Key Tameside contacts for early years support or information

For medical help from a GP – use your GP surgery’s website, use an online service or app, or call the surgery.

For urgent medical help – use the NHS 111 online service, or call 111 if you’re unable to get help online.

For life-threatening emergencies – call 999 for an ambulance.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust, NHS

The service provides advice and support to parents and carers, from the later stages of pregnancy until your child reaches school age.
Home-Start Tameside

Homestart Tameside is a local charity of trained volunteers and experts support helping families with young children through their challenging times
Family Hubs – Tameside MBC

Local support centres where families with children and young people can access a broad and integrated range of help
Early Help – Tameside MBC

Helping families early and providing support at the right time can reduce the likelihood of problems escalating and improve long term outcomes for children and their families.
Parenting Service – Tameside MBC

Supporting families whether this is access to a course, guidance, or group.
Infant Feeding Team – Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust, NHS

Tameside’s Infant Feeding Team works in partnership between Tameside General Hospital and Home Start Breastfeeding Support, to provide information and support to local families, to enable them to breastfeed successfully.
Early Attachment Service

Working with families with a baby or child under 5, supporting families to build a relationship with their baby and child.
Service Information Directory – Tameside MBC

Information about services for children, young people, their parents and carers.
Tameside’s Portage Service

Tameside’s Portage Service offers a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with SEND (Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities) and their families
Tameside Speech & Language Service
Tameside’s Service Information Directory provides information for children, young people and families
Family Nurse Partnership: Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care – NHS

The partnership offers a home visiting programme for first-time young mothers and families.
Family Nurse Partnership – a short introductory video