Members in Parents 1st

The Hearts and Minds Partnership is a collective of three perinatal mental health charities: Acacia - The Midlands, Bluebell Care - South West and Smile Group - North West. We’re not a membership organisation, but a thriving community of grass ... Read more

Paula joined Parents 1st as CEO in August 2024, following the announcement of our founder’s (Celia Suppiah) retirement. Paula brings over a decade of executive and senior leadership experience, with a proven track record in strategy developmen ... Read more

Sensory Help Now is a supportive online community of parents and carers with sensory integration qualified therapists on hand to answer your queries and concerns. We've also got a suite of short videos and downloads teaching you tips and activities ( ... Read more

I am an art therapist and Director of The Collective Arts Group CIC, a non-profit social enterprise committed to enhancing the mental health and well-being of women, families, and communities.  In this capacity, I lead The Creative Wellbeing Pr ... Read more

I'm Laura and I am a Perintal Peer Support Link Worker for the Peer to Parent network. I cover the Harlow and West Essex area. My role is to support families who are curerently expecting or have babies up to the age of 1 years old. I can provide peer ... Read more

Hi,     I'm Stacey and ive just taken on the role of peer support worker in the East Thurrock locality. I'm a mother of 2 children and would have greatly beneifited from peer support in those early challenging times.  My role is to  ... Read more

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Hi everyone, I'm Nicole CEO of B3-Bumps Birth and Belonging CIC. We are A grassroots organisation based in Thurrock who provide support for Black, African and Caribbean women and families in the perinatal period. Our focus is on improving the overal ... Read more

I have been volunteering with Parent's 1st as a peer supporter since 2019. I've found my role to be extremely rewarding - for both, me, and the parents who have utilised the support Parents 1st offers. 

Hi  I'm Laura, a peer support link worker for the peer to parent networking covering Basildon. My role is to support families who are pregnant or have babies up to 1 year old that may be struggling with things such as emotional wellbeing or soc ... Read more

I'm 39 and pregnant with my first baby, due in October. 
I have a lovely dog called Max who's a Cavapoo 

Hi Everyone, Welcome to the Parents1st UK website, I am your point of contact if you need any assistance with anything relating to this site. Whether: Registering with us needing help with resetting your password downloading documents to assis ... Read more

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MuM-PreDiCT is a group of 8 UK universities. Our aim is to improve care for pregnant women with 2 or more long-term physical / mental health conditions and their families, through research. MuM-PreDiCT is funded by the Medical Research Council and N ... Read more

28 years in 'health & social care' ... and I am a parent. I spent 14 years working in the voluntary sector in service areas where peer support and harnessing the expertise of those with lived experience was growing rapidly and with a very positiv ... Read more

Hi I'm Alice full time mum from Brentwood having the baby in Basildon hospital and due in September and my first 2 are 10,12 don't have any friends who pregant this y iv joined and maybe also make friends who also pregnant. 

We support parents and babies using Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) and Baby Bonding Groups

Pregnancy, birth and becoming a parent is a life changing experience. A happy and responsive parent means a baby’s development will flourish. Every parent deserves support and every baby deserves the best possible start in life. Peer support h ... Read more

If you need any help or advice please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected]. Office hours are: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.   Best wishes,   The Parents1st Uk team ... Read more

I have been part of the Parents 1st team for over 10 years and train lots of lovely volunteers to become a pregnancy pal's or birth buddy's. I am also one of the programmes assessors and support volunteers and peer supporters to complete their CASCHE ... Read more

I facilitate events, meetings and workshops - of all shapes and sizes. My experience is primarily in the voluntary and community sector and I work a lot with partnerships, especially those that seek to strike a more equal approach to delivering suppo ... Read more

I joined Strengths in Communities (trading as Parents 1st) in 2017, following my retirement from full time senior roles in the voluntary sector. My personal experience of becoming a mum and then a grandparent, raised my awareness of the need for diff ... Read more