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Parents1st Essex Services

Offering life changing peer support for mothers, fathers and babies in Essex.

Parents1st Essex Services

Peer support worker
Experienced coordinator

Experienced coordinator

Experienced peer support worker

Experienced peer support worker

Experienced volunteer

Experienced volunteer

Community Champion

Community Champion

Gold Parents1st UK Member

Gold Parents1st UK Member

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Offering life changing peer support for mothers, fathers and babies in Essex.

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 has a unique and valuable contribution to make to mothers, fathers, babies, families and communities.

The approaches we use are based on clear and strong evidence of what works across the UK and other countries too.

The benefits can be life changing for both the volunteers and the parents they support:

  • Mothers and fathers build their confidence, feel supported, prepare for changes ahead, and feel less stressed
  • Improved wellbeing of parents means healthier pregnancies, less complicated births and healthier babies
  • Parents get to know what services are available to them and volunteers help them to benefit from them
  • Volunteers gain satisfaction from ‘giving’ to their community. They make new friends, improve their confidence, develop new skills and gain pathways to employment.
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 has a unique and valuable contribution to make to mothers, fathers, babies, families and communities. The approaches we use are based on clear and strong evidence of what works across the UK and other countries too. The benefits...

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Event - Fit for Mums - Online Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness - September

Parents1st Essex Services
A fun and friendly weekly online exercise group that helps expectant mums to keep healthy. Classes run every Thursday, 1-2pm from 4th-25th September...
  • 63 days remaining
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Event - Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness Sessions - Vange - September

Parents1st Essex Services
Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness Sessions - Meet other mums. Feel fitter. Have a drink and chat. Classes run every Wednesday, 10-11.30am, from...
  • 62 days remaining
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Event - Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness Sessions - Wickford - September

Parents1st Essex Services
Pregnancy and Postnatal Fitness Sessions - Meet other mums. Feel fitter. Have a drink and chat. Classes run on Tuesdays, 10.30-12.30pm from 2nd-30th...
  • 68 days remaining
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Event - Antenatal Information Sessions Thurrock - 10, 17, 24 November 2025, 11.30am-1.30pm

Parents1st Essex Services
Come and learn about all things birth and baby! We are supporting local expectant mums and birthing people to prepare for labour, birth and becoming...
  • 123 days remaining
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Event - Walkie Talkies - Canvey Island - August

Parents1st Essex Services
Join us at our new location in Canvey Island for an outdoor walk and talk session! Dates: 12th, 19th, 26th August Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location:...
  • 33 days remaining
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Event - Walkie Talkies - October

Parents1st Essex Services
Join our Thurrock peer supporters for an outdoor walk and talk session. Dates: 6th, 17th and 20th October Time: 10:00am-12:00pm Locations: 6th...
  • 88 days remaining
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