Essential family support from Koala North West

Koala North West offer essential support for families and children across Wirral, Cheshire and Liverpool. They cover everything from family support, early years support and special educational needs and disabilities support (SEND), to sleep support.

Koala North West believe in making sure that families stay in control and have the tools they need to build confidence and skills.

If you are a parent, grandparent or carer living in Cheshire West, you can access Koala North West's services. They have a team of staff & peer support volunteers who offer direct support to families, including:

trained parent peer support volunteers
trained sleep practitioners
trained breastfeeding peer supporters
early years specialist trained staff who offer courses and group support to parents and carers.

Find Koala North West services to support you in Cheshire West: Services - Koala North West

You can refer yourself to Koala’s services by calling 0151 294 5885

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Volunteers

Koala North West are supported by volunteers; local parents who train for 8 weeks and are given the skills and tools to offer peer support to local families. Volunteers provide emotional and practical support to families, once a week, to help them with a parenting goal. This could be support to get out and about with their child, feel confident in supporting their child’s development, or support with breastfeeding.

They are always looking for more volunteers, so if you are interested in helping out you can find more details and sign up here: Volunteering Vacancies - Koala North West

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