About this service
The Family Information Service (FIS) provides free, reliable and impartial information and assistance to parents, carers, professionals and young people about local services and activities available to you and your family.
The Family Information Service offers a wide range of information advice, and signposting to support families, children and young people from 0 - 19 years of age (or up to 25 years for young people with SEND)
The information held ranges from Childcare Provision to Teenagers, there is a section for disabled young people up to the age of 25 in the SEND Local Offer Bury Channel which offers information on support services, activities and places of interest.
Unable to find the childcare you need
If you are still unable to find the childcare you need our Brokerage Service may be able to help.
This service is for parents and carers who:
- have exhausted the normal routes of finding childcare and are still unable to find childcare which meets their needs
- need extra support to understand the options available to them, this may be because of individual child's circumstances such as a disability or special educational needs
- need childcare as an emergency/short notice
- are unable to find a free early learning or childcare place for their child.
For brokerage enquiries to find childcare, please complete the enquiry form below