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Parent Representatives for an Advisory Group
Oxford Population Health are seeking parent representatives for an advisory group to look at how parents
Parents 1st New Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative
Parents 1st leads exciting new partnership project to develop a coordinated Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative across Essex
Play Packs to Support Families in Essex
Parents 1st Essex has teamed up with Creative Homes and Tea Dance for Little People to provide their pregnancy/baby play packs to families in Essex
Celebrating Volunteers Week Through Peer Support
We talk to Sarah Kholia, a former peer support volunteer for and now peer support worker for Parents 1st Essex as we celebrate Volunteers Week.
Peer Support Complements Midwifery Service
Parents 1st Essex talks to Dolly, a Perinatal Mental Health Midwife at Basildon Hospital about how peer support has complemented the midwifery service and support for expectant Mums in her care.
Fit-for-Mums Classes Have Benefitted Mums Like Julie
Julie talks to Parents 1st Essex about her experience of attending our Fit-for-Mums exercise classes during and after her pregnancy.
Volunteers Week runs 1-7 June 2020 and we'd like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all our volunteers.
Throughout this difficult time, our volunteers haven't stopped working hard to support mums, dads, partners and babies.
Parents 1st UK launch new community website
Anyone and everyone can find out more about developing a perinatal volunteer peer support initiative and the benefits it provides, access guidance and download FREE tools to get a new initiative up and running or develop an existing one.
Win big and support Parents 1st with The Essex Lottery!
Play The Essex Lottery and help to support families in your local community by raising funds for Parents 1st
Bump, birth and beyond - BBC 4 Women's hour
Woman’s Hour has been following three dads, whose partners gave birth a year ago, for their series Bump, birth and beyond.
Peer supporter on-going training
Our Peer Support volunteers thoroughly enjoyed their recent monthly training session.