The courses listed below are for parents of children aged from 0 to 5 years years old. All the courses are free for parents in Cambridgeshire.
Triple P Baby
Triple P Baby aims to prepare parents for a positive transition to parenthood and the first year with baby.
Parents actively participate in a range of exercises to learn strategies to develop a positive relationship with their baby, promote their baby’s development and help teach their baby new skills.
Who is it for?
The Triple P Baby course is for parents of babies up to 1 year old. You can start the course during pregnancy or any time during baby's first year.
The course will help you to understand what you can do to promote your baby’s development, build a stronger bond, and support their emotional and physical health.
The course covers:
- Creating the best environment for your baby
- A variety of strategies to cope with crying
- Baby sleep patterns and healthy sleep habits
- Promoting your baby’s social and cognitive development
- Taking better care of your own emotional well-being
- Improving your communication with your partner and other family members
- Really enjoying life as a new parent!
This course is delivered in a group for 2 hours once a week for 8 weeks, this can be in person or virtually.
How to access this course
Please email ccc.parenting@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or contact your local Child and Family Centre for further information.
Incredible Years Pre School
The Incredible Years Pre-School programme supports parents and carers to build warm, positive relationships with their children and create strong foundations for learning and development. It promotes nurturing, consistent approaches that help children feel secure, confident, and ready to learn.
Over 14 sessions, parents/carers develop practical skills to:
- Encourage social, emotional, and language development
- Use positive and effective behaviour strategies
- Support children to manage their emotions and build confidence
- Develop school readiness skills
- Work in partnership with early years settings
Who is it for?
Parents/carers of children aged 3–6 years who would like to strengthen their relationship with their child, develop effective behaviour strategies, and support their child’s development and readiness for school. Parents need to commit to all sessions.
How to access this course
Please email ccc.parenting@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or contact your local Child and Family Centre for further information.
Togetherness online courses
Togetherness offer free self-led courses to help you understand how best to support yourself and your family during those early years. There are free courses available for parents and carers including:
- Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
- Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby: for women couples
- Understanding your baby
- Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
- Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you’re home
- Understanding your child from toddler to teenager
- Understanding your child in a changing world
- Understanding your child with additional needs
- Understanding your child’s feelings
- Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
Get more information on our free online parenting courses webpage.
Healthy Relationship courses
RISE
RISE is a supportive programme for people who have experienced domestic abuse, whether they are still in the relationship or have moved on. It provides a safe space to learn, share, and reflect.
The programme includes guided discussions, gentle activities, and opportunities to build understanding about relationships, safety, and wellbeing.
Before starting, we will complete a short safety and needs assessment (called a DASH Risk Indicator Checklist) to make sure the programme is right for you and that appropriate support is in place.
The programme is delivered in person (face to face) over 6 weeks. Each session lasts 2 hours.
Who is it for?
This programme is for individuals who:
- Have experienced domestic abuse, past or present
- Would like to better understand healthy and unhealthy relationships
- Want to build awareness of their own safety and available support
- Are looking for a supportive and respectful space to talk and learn
To access a RISE course please complete RISE Self Referral form
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Healthy Relationships
This programme helps parents and carers understand what healthy relationships look like whether that be adult to child or adult to adult and how to build strong, positive connections at home and in the wider network. It focuses on improving communication skills and supporting healthy relationships that benefit both adults and children.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore how conflict, criticism, and difficult interactions can affect family life, and learn practical ways to create calmer, more supportive relationships.
The programme runs over 6 weekly sessions, each lasting 2 hours.
We offer a friendly, supportive, and non-judgemental environment, where you can share experiences, learn from others, and feel understood. There are also opportunities to connect with other parents and carers, as well as access information about additional support services if needed.
To access this course please email ccc.parenting@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
Togetherness Understanding Your Relationships – Self-Guided Online Course
A flexible, self-paced online course designed to support parents in building healthier, more connected relationships. Created by clinical psychologists and psychotherapists, it offers practical tools you can use in everyday life.
What you’ll learn:
- Understanding emotions: Recognise your feelings and identify underlying needs
- Communication skills: Express yourself clearly and strengthen interactions
- Connection & relationships: Build trust, understanding and closeness
- Personal reflection: Short, bite-sized modules you can complete in your own time
Accessible anytime, anywhere, this course fits around busy family life and supports meaningful, lasting change.
Get more information on our free online parenting courses webpage.
Reducing Parental Conflict
Cambridgeshire County Council have partnered with One Plus One to offer free courses to help parents communicate better with their child’s other parent and to help parents understand the negative impact of conflict on children.
There are free courses available for parents and carers including:
- Improve the communication with your partner to support your children (Arguing Better)
- Improve the communication with your ex-partner to support your children (Getting it Right for Children)
There is further information on the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme webpage.
4. Parenting Discussion Groups
Triple P Discussion Groups are 6 supportive, small-group workshops that offer parents and carers practical ideas for everyday parenting.
The sessions introduce positive parenting principles in a way that recognises each child’s individuality, development, and needs. Parents and carers are encouraged to share experiences, reflect on what works for their family, and take away flexible strategies they can adapt in ways that feel right for them.
Each session lasts around two hours and families can choose to attend the sessions most relevant to them:
- Being a positive parent
- Cooperating with instructions
- Developing bedtime routines
- Developing mealtime routines
- Expressing feelings without aggression
- Going out
Who is it for?
These discussion groups are for parents and carers who would like some ideas, reassurance, or guidance around a specific aspect of their child’s behaviour or family routines.
They are particularly helpful for those:
- wanting to better understand their child’s needs and communication
- experiencing day-to-day challenges that feel manageable but would benefit from new approaches
- who feel comfortable trying out ideas between sessions in ways that suit their child and family
The approach recognises that all behaviour is a form of communication, and that strategies may need to be adapted to reflect each child’s strengths, differences, and stage of development.
To book, contact your Child and Family Centre for further information.
5. Stepping Stones Parenting Workshops
These are low-intensity, seminar-style parenting workshops designed for families of children and young people with disabilities or developmental differences (diagnosed or not), up to the age of 12. They offer supportive, practical introductions to positive parenting approaches that recognise each child’s unique strengths, needs, and ways of communicating.
The programme is made up of three individual workshops (90 minutes to 2 hours each). Families can choose to attend the ones most relevant to them:
- Positive Parenting for Children with a Disability
- Helping Your Child Reach Their Potential
- Changing Problem Behaviour into Positive Behaviour
They focus on building positive relationships, supporting communication and independence in ways that suit each child, and offering gentle, respectful strategies for responding to behaviours and supporting emotional wellbeing.
Who it’s for: Parents, carers, and families of children with a wide range of developmental, sensory, or physical differences
To book, contact your Child and Family Centre for further information.
