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| A membership list for this website: the largest independent list with nearly 1000 members. | |
| The oldest, Internet mailing list supporting home education in the UK. | |
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AHED is a relatively new (2007) support organisation which campains for and supports home educators in England and Wales. It runs a wiki on home education issues. Membership is free. |
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| A home education list supporting those home educating in Cymru (Wales). | |
| A Home education support group based in Scotland. To be highly recommended for those living there. | |
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This speaks for itself - a meeting place for single parents who home educate |
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A support organisation for home educating families of children with special educational needs |
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A Deaf Home Education Network |
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| An Internet mailing list supporting parents of children with special educational needs. | |
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An Internet mailing list for parents of children under 5 considering home education |
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| An Internet mailing list supporting parents of children are exhibiting what is commonly called school refusal particularly if they are considering home education. | |
| an internet mailing support list for parnets with children over 12 | |
| A website and forum supporting Home education in other countries, particularly continental Europe | |
| Mostly American mailing lists supporting home education | |
| A UK home educators support newsletter. Choice in Education are also distributors of the Elective Home Education Legal Guidelines. | |
| Information & support from organisations outside the home education community | |
| Local contacts page - find other home educators close to you | |
| Paula Rothermel is one of the UKs most important researchers in the area of Home Education. her website contains summaries of her research. | |
| National Support for Dyslexic children and their families | |
| A Catholic Home Education support list | |
| Provides a forum where Muslim home educators can support each other and discuss issues connected to home ed. and also generate a base where ideas/resources can be shared for teaching a possible home curriculum. | |
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Another Muslim support website. A well laid out site marred a little with popups. This website has a 'sister' site for Muslim children |
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| Islamic Home Schooling Advisory Network, PO Box 30671 ,London, E1 OTG, a membership organisation which provides information and support to Muslims who are home educating their children or who are seeking other alternatives to mainstream education. We produce a quarterly Newsletter, resource sheets and a contact list. | |
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A support network for Muslim Home Educators |
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| The Home Education Network | |
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What limited information I have on NI is here along with a link to a Northern Ireland local website. |
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| A Scottish Home Ed mailing list | |
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The UK's largest home educators membership organisation. There are currently (12-07-08) so many controversies surrounding EO that I do not feel able to recomend membership. There are in any event sufficient sources of support and free advice and so I do not feel that EO membership fees represent good value for money. Also Education Otherwise is an organisation structured with an elected governing council. However, as there are no postal votes to change the council you must attend the weekend annual meeting often held in remote locations. Thus few members ever get the chance to vote. |
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HEAS
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The Home Educators Advisory Service, HEAS is an associate membership organisation supporting home education in the UK. NOTE: I do not feel that I can recommend HEAS for two reasons. 1) They are not democratic. One joins as an associate not a member you have no vote regarding the organisations policies, running or management etc. 2) It is difficult to asses the impact of HEAS as the Trustees apparently have a policy of not discussing their decisions or policies. Such a policy makes co-operation difficult. 3) they charge for membersip, the benefits of which are generally available for free elsewhere. |
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