Bilingual Family is a registered charity that helps children and young people
acquire, develop, and maintain all their languages independent of
where in the world they live and which languages they speak.
PARENTS GUIDE
WHAT WE DO
Our charity provides accurate, research-based information, advice, and best practices on how to raise bilingual children at home and in educational settings.
We aim to advance the understanding of the benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism for children and young people.
Bilingual Family promotes language equality and diversity to give every child the chance to learn and use their heritage language(s).
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EDUCATORS GUIDE
FOR WHOM?
Our charity supports bilingual and multilingual families, as well as the professionals working with them.
We help educational institutions with bilingual pupils and assist refugee and immigrant organisations support children’s linguistic backgrounds.
We advise organisations, officials, and policymakers how to ensure that their laws, regulations, and policies comply with UN’s Convention of the Rights of the Child, article 30, which states that every child should have the chance to learn and use their heritage language(s).
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HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT
With the help of your kind donation, we can create more guides, articles, videos, and other materials, and we can arrange more local and online events. By donating towards our activities you contribute to the preservation of languages and cultures across the globe. With your gift you also participate in building a better future, not only for children and young people, but for all of us.
HOW?
Bilingual Family develops free and low-cost publications, creates videos and printable materials, collates music playlists, and holds workshops, conferences and other events.
We translate resources into multiple languages to ensure accessibility.
Our charity will train a world-wide network of Bilingual Family Specialists to advise about raising bilingual and multilingual children in various languages. We will arrange talks, workshops, and training in different languages, both online and in communities across the world.
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Mission
Our Mission and Vision
Purpose: Advise bilingual families and professionals in the sector
Core values: Inclusion, transparency, empowerment
Aim: Every bilingual child to develop their languages in an environment which values their diverse linguistic heritage
BACKGROUND
Our Story
Bilingual Family was founded as a charity in 2024 by former Ambassadors for the Erasmus+ Project PEaCH. PEaCH produced guides, videos, and other free materials on raising bilingual children, which can now be found on our website.
Our Charitable status
