ERIC Conference

Together for 35 years: leading change in paediatric bowel and bladder health. Join us for an exciting event for healthcare professionals.

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ERIC is the national charity dedicated to improving children’s bowel and bladder health. Our mission is to reduce the impact of continence problems on children and their families.

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ERIC advice sheets

Find out how you can keep your child's bowel and bladder working properly from birth. Clinically approved information and resources to help you and your child.

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What is a healthy bowel?

Treating constipation

Soiling accidents

Stool withholding

What is a healthy bladder?

Treating bedwetting

Wetting accidents

Potty training

Up to 1 in 3 children in the UK struggle with constipation

1 in 4 children in England and Wales are starting school not toilet trained

Almost 1 in 4 children are scared to use the toilet at school

What's happening

Wee and poo characters speaking in other languages

Information in other languages

Read some of our most popular resources translated into other languages including advice sheets on constipation, bedwetting and daytime wetting.

New training course

Practitioners who support children with potty training at nurseries or other early years settings can now benefit from a new eLearning course designed by the experts at ERIC.

ERIC gains PIF TICK accreditation to become a ‘trusted information creator’

ERIC has been awarded the PIF TICK – the UK’s only assessed quality mark for print and online health and care information.

As our charity celebrates a landmark year in our history, we look back at our achievements, where we are now, and what the future holds for the UK’s only charity dedicated solely to children’s bowel and bladder health.

News & updates

Blog, News

ERIC recertified by PIF as ‘trusted information creator’ for second year

For a second year, ERIC has been awarded the PIF TICK – the UK’s only assessed quality…

Blog, News

New Potty Training Guide: ERIC collaboration with Kindred Squared and other Early Years experts

A coalition of Early Years experts, including ERIC, The Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity, came together to produce the brand-new Potty Training Guide.

Upcoming events

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What people say...

"From the first phone call, I was greeted with so much understanding and the most sense of anyone I've spoken to about our issues! Not only has ERIC's advice helped my son's issues improve, but it's also given me the confidence to talk to his school without being embarrassed."

Parent

"Absolutely fantastic training, with the best delivery ever. I've never heard people talking so openly about poo! The Flying Start team are now more aware of the impact of toileting difficulties on a child's education. The training has given us the confidence to share these messages with not only parents, but other professionals too."

Beth
Flying Start Manager

"The Helpline adviser I spoke to was lovely. She took time to have a conversation with me and was very knowledgeable about my daughter’s condition. I purchased an alarm from the website, which worked a treat."

Sophie
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