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Additional Needs

Here in the additional needs section you will find information to help you if you feel if either yourself or your child needs any additional support.

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Financial help and support

Find out the various ways to help you pay for your child's living expenses, or their education.

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Action For Children

All families need help at critical moments. Action for Children supports children and families with the most difficult problems and are the largest provider of family support services in the UK.

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Legal Help

Here are some contacts for leagal assistance for you and your child.

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Raising Children Bilingually

Some useful resources to help you raise your child bilingually

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Working in childcare

If you fancy Working within the childcare or play work field check out this page.

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More Support and Advice (FIS Services)

Here is a list of other Family Information Services in the greater Gwent area.

You can also call the National Helpline on 0300 123 777 and be linked to a service near you.

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Whats on

Find out what's on in Blaenau Gwent

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Blaenau Gwent is a place of heritage and dramatic change, with a sense of its past but its eyes firmly on the future.
Covering an area of approximately 10,900 hectares and with a population of 68,400, Blaenau Gwent is divided into 16 political wards, represented by 42 elected members.

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A-Z

Here is an A-Z Breakdown of services in the blaenau gwent area it is brought to you via the Blaenau Gwent Council website

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Credit Union Child Trust Fund

a long-term savings and investment account where your child (and no-one else) can withdraw the money when they turn 18 neither you nor your child will pay tax on income and gains in the account

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Wise Kids

WISE KIDS provides innovative training programmes and consultancy in New Media, Internet and Mobile Technologies, Internet Proficiency, Literacy and Safety.

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Service Buddy

Young Peoples Complaints for Blaenau Gwent

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Childcare Approval Scheme Wales

The Childcare Approval Scheme Wales is a voluntary scheme for approving home childcare providers who meet certain basic criteria. The scheme provides recognised national status for individuals providing childcare in the child’s own home.

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Fostering

Fostering is about making a difference to a child’s life to enable them to reach their full potential

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Eisteddfod 2010

The Blaenau Gwent and Heads of the Valleys National Eisteddfod is held at The Works, Ebbw Vale from 31 July to 7 August 2010.

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Common Assessment Framework (CAF)

Welcome to a new way of helping children and young people.

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Connect To Blaenau Gwent (C2BG)

Connect To Blaenau Gwent

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Transport & Travel

The Travel Code is a simple set of rules that you should follow to make sure you and your friends have a safe journey to and from school. It's simple really.

Learning and using these easy rules can make a big difference to everyone's day.

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GEMS - Gwent Education Multi-Ethnic Service

Advice, support, guidance on race equality for schools and governing bodies;
GEMS also helps with the provision of interpretation and translation in the main community languages

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Meic (National Advice & Support)

Meic is a new helpline service for children and young people up to the age of 25 in Wales

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