tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/services Services 2025-04-14T10:14:14+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/application-or-access-to-birth-records 2025-04-14T10:14:14+01:00 Getting your birth certificate information before adoption Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/get-childcare 2025-04-02T17:00:56+01:00 Get childcare: step by step How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/parents-learning-allowance 2025-02-03T10:15:37+00:00 Parents' Learning Allowance Parents' Learning Allowance for full-time students with children - funding, apply, eligibility. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/child-adoption 2025-01-21T10:15:44+00:00 Child adoption The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/looking-after-someone-elses-child 2025-01-15T15:01:47+00:00 Looking after someone else's child Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/child-maintenance-if-one-parent-lives-abroad 2024-12-11T14:23:22+00:00 Child maintenance if a parent lives abroad What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/parental-leave 2024-11-08T16:25:42+00:00 Unpaid parental leave Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/childcare-grant 2024-11-08T12:57:30+00:00 Childcare Grant Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/register-birth-abroad 2023-09-21T12:00:05+01:00 Register a birth abroad Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/police-check-someone-involved-with-child 2021-05-04T17:18:25+01:00 Get a police check on someone that has contact with a child You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/apply-foster-child-council 2019-02-15T15:46:57+00:00 Apply to foster a child through your council Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/application-or-access-to-birth-records-outside-england-and-wales 2018-10-25T13:57:24+01:00 Getting your birth certificate information before adoption: if you do not live in the UK Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption. Use this form if you do not live in the UK. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/register-stillbirth 2018-01-05T12:31:06+00:00 Register a stillbirth Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/legal-rights-for-egg-and-sperm-donors 2017-07-21T15:54:10+01:00 Legal rights for egg and sperm donors If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/return-or-contact-abducted-child 2017-02-15T17:20:00+00:00 Find help to get your child back from abroad or arrange contact How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/alcohol-young-people-law 2016-03-03T14:53:24+00:00 Alcohol and young people It's illegal to buy alcohol if you're under 18 and you can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police for drinking in public tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/how-child-maintenance-is-worked-out 2016-02-11T15:15:25+00:00 How the Child Maintenance Service works out child maintenance See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/apply-short-term-care-for-child 2015-12-23T10:53:16+00:00 Apply for short-term care for your child Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/if-your-child-is-taken-into-care 2015-11-09T14:20:14+00:00 If your child is taken into care What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/find-registered-childminder 2015-11-05T09:27:23+00:00 Find a registered childminder Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area