General resources

David Batten Photography
David is a member of the British Institute of Professional Photography and a Master Photographer. He is an Associate of the British Institute. Vist his website at davidbattenphotography.com.  David was a Gold award winner in the 1999 BIPP annual print competition for the picture titled "Terminator", and in May 2002 he gained a bronze award in the International print competition, having been up against some of the best photographers in the world.  Having achieved a front cover for Professional Photographer magazine, he has also been awarded two special awards for creating two exceptional images which toured Great Britain and Europe. 

CAB Advice
This is the online CAB information service, developed and run by Citizens Advice. Covering all four UK countries, the site has a wealth of information on a wide range of topics from parental rights at work, benefits you can claim, through to advice on debt, housing and consumer issues.  There ia wide range of fact sheets to print.  The site has the Community Legal Service Quality Mark for Websites, which means that you can be assured of the accuracy and relevancy of the information you find here.  Visit www.adviceguide.org.uk. 

First Aid Training Courses
We highly recommend that your au pair receives some basic First Aid training.  Details of all courses can be found at the St John Ambulance website at www.sja.org.uk.   They offer the following courses designed to meet the needs of home or leisure activities.  Just three hourse is all it takes to learn how to save a life.

• Emergency life support  giving you the essential skills to save a life including CPR
• Basic first aid about every day first aid; cuts and scrapes, minor burns and scales
• Family first aid for famlies to learn first aid together.  The course covers the same content as Basic First Aid and also includes asthma, heart attacks, serious bleeding and burns, anaphylactic shock, seizures and strokes.  The course takes six hours.