The following projects provide advice, support, guidance and information on family support services:

1. Home-Start (for information on befriending services click here, for the Home-Start website click here)
   Contact: Shirley Doveton 01639 644 648
2. Startwell - Family support within the home from a range of qualified staff, centred on parenting issues and teenage pregnancies.
   Contact: Julie Howells, Project Manager - 01639 812319
3. SNAP - Empowering parents, carers, children and young people to have their voices heard within the area of special educational needs.
   Contact: Veronica Roberts / Ruth Moses 01639 632192
4. Parenting Matters - Providing support and mediation services for children and families enabling promotion of caring family settings in which all children are valued.
   Contact: John Sayce, Project Manager - 01639 620771
5. NCH Family Support - Working with families and agencies through parenting programmes, play opportunities and support in communities.
   Contact: Beryl Tyler 01639 793939
6. Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin - A national voluntary association of Welsh-medium playgroups (Cylchoedd Meithrin), baby and toddler groups (Cylchoedd Ti a Fi) and nurseries providing children with pre-school experiences through the medium of Welsh. Also provides parent support, and discussions are held on such matters as health, safety, child development and parenting skills. For information on Cylchoedd Meithrin click here, and for information on Cylchoedd Ti a Fi please click here.
   Contact: Margaret Squire, 01792 869926
7. Wales Pre-school Playgroup Association - An association providing support in playgroups, nurseries and parent and toddler groups. Also providing support and information to parents including parenting skills courses. For information on Cylchoedd Meithrin click here, and for information on Cylchoedd Ti a Fi please click here.
   Contact: Andrea Wright, 01792 781108
8. Dulais Valley Under 3’s Project - Additional play opportunities and support for families in the Dulais Valley, helping prepare children for school and fostering good parenting practice.
   Contact: Kate Faulkner, Childcare worker - 01639 700024
9. Women’s Aid - Working directly with mothers, children and young people addressing the effects of domestic violence and to improve relationships between mothers and their children through a range of support strategies and activities. A childworker is employed aiming to work with families in the Refuge as well as supporting families once re-housed in the community