Contact a Family is in touch with over 300 national groups dealing with specific conditions as well as over 1,000 local parents groups.

The Contact a Family Group Action Pack consists of a series of guides for parents' groups which can be downloaded below for free in Adobe Acrobat pdf format or multiple copies can be ordered via our online shop.

For Local Groups

• Starting a local parents' group (0.2Mb)
• Holding an open meeting (0.1Mb)
• Attracting and keeping members (0.1Mb)
• Local campaigning (0.1Mb)
• Professional workers and parents' support groups (0.1Mb)

For National Groups

• Questions before you start (0.1Mb)
• Starting a national support group (0.1Mb)
• Developing a national support group (0.1Mb)
• The role of a medical advisor (0.1Mb)
• Holding a national family day (0.1Mb)

For National and Local Groups

• Charity registration (0.1Mb)
• The role of trustees (0.1Mb)
• Leaflets (0.1Mb)
• Publicity (0.1Mb)
• Patrons and celebrity support (0.1Mb)
• Writing a news release (0.1Mb)
• Speaking to the media (0.1Mb)
• Public speaking for parents (0.1Mb)
• Effective meetings (0.1Mb)
• Reaching Out to Disabled Parents (0.1Mb)
• Reaching Out to Black and Minority Ethnic Parents (0.1Mb)
• Reaching Out to Fathers (0.1Mb)
• Data protection (0.1Mb)
• Websites (0.1Mb)
• Virtual communities (0.1Mb)
• Meetings via telephone conference (0.1Mb)
• Fundraising (0.1Mb)
• Newsletters (0.1Mb)
• Employing a paid worker (0.2Mb)
• Child Protection (0.1Mb)