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The Parent Champions National Network
50 Parent Champions schemes across the country
300 Parent Champions volunteering
10000 families reached per year
Parent Champions are parent volunteers who give a few hours a week to talk to other parents about the local services available to families. Coram Family and Childcare developed the Parent Champions programme in 2007 to help ‘hard to reach’ parents who miss out on vital information about how to access local family services.
The Parent Champions model is delivered by parents for parents, with the support of a local authority, children’s centre, school or local community organisation.
Become a Parent Champion
Launch a Parent Champions scheme
National Network Parent Champion members
Impact of the Parent Champions programme
For over a decade, the Parent Champions programme has transformed the lives of families across the country as well as the lives of Parent Champions volunteers.
Last year, Parent Champions supported over 10,000 parents. 2,500 two year olds took up a free childcare place thanks to the help of a Parent Champion.
• Our peer to peer model is well-established and proven to be effective at raising parents’ awareness of the benefits and availability of local services, such as free early education entitlements - parents are more likely to trust other parents
• The model is adaptable can lend itself to a variety of messages and behaviour changes to meet your local needs
• Low cost method of spreading information and increasing take-up of services, particularly to families who are more likely to miss out
• The National Network of 50 Parent Champions schemes provides opportunities to share best practice, get a national profile, gather national parent voice to campaign and lobby for policy change
• High quality resources and accredited training to build volunteers’ skills to help them be successful Parent Champions and improve employability
Latest news
Loneliness among parents common but the solutions are out there
Our new project, funded by the National Lottery Community Reaching Communities programme, supports four groups of local parents to work together to combat loneliness while their children are young.
Celebrating Parent Champions volunteers
We were proud to celebrate Parent Champions volunteers for their hard work and dedication at the Redbridge Children's Centres Awards 2018.
Department for Education visits Parent Champions East Sussex
Last month, we visited Parent Champions East Sussex at Crowborough Children’s Centre with the Department for Education, to learn about the good work they are doing in the community.
New research shows that childcare works – but information matters
Childcare entitlements for 2 and 3-4 year olds are providing benefits for parents and children, but families are missing out because of a lack of information.
The benefits of volunteering as a Parent Champion
Parent Champions are part of a community of parent volunteers gaining valuable experience while helping local families.
Parent Champions conference and awards 2019
The Parent Champions conference is held every year to celebrate the achievements of Parent Champions and learn from their experiences.
The Parent Champions programme is supported by
