We're recruiting Casual Peer Support Worker(s) in the Birmingham and the West Midlands region:
• Hourly rate £15.32 + statutory holiday pay
• Hours vary according to need and are agreed in advance (normally seven or fewer each week)
Apply by 26 May: app-network.org/jobs

💜A heartfelt thank you! 💜

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who got involved in #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek .

Your support has been invaluable in raising awareness about #PostpartumPsychosis . We’re incredibly grateful to have such a supportive community.

Today’s theme for #MMHAW24 is ‘Perinatal positivity pot: shining a light on parent voices and recovery stories’ and Alice’s story fits this theme PERFECTLY🤩🤩 read below about Alice’s time on the MBU 👇🏻💕

Happy International Day of the Midwife #IDM24

Thank you to all the amazing midwives and student midwives I have met and collaborate with through Action on Postpartum Psychosis 💜

A special thank you to those who got me the help I needed whilst developing #PostpartumPsychosis 💜

It’s been a busy maternal mental health awareness week #MMHAW24

I am still ‘rediscovering’ myself… but the work and passion of everyone, striving to make things better for the future, helps through the tough times 🎉

Thank you all 💜

PMHP UK
Action on Postpartum Psychosis
Maternal Mental Health Alliance

Take on the #MilesForMumsAndBabies Challenge in May for Maternal Mental Health Awareness. Sign up today, aim to raise at least £50 and we'll send you a free APP t-shirt and other awareness and fundraising materials, plus a medal when you complete it! 🥇
➡ ow.ly/59YZ50R5M4X

Take on the #MilesForMumsAndBabies Challenge in May for Maternal Mental Health Awareness. Sign up today, aim to raise at least £50 and we'll send you a free APP t-shirt and other awareness and fundraising materials, plus a medal when you complete it! 🥇
➡ ow.ly/59YZ50R5M4X

Congratulations to Ruth Stacey on the publication of your book 'Everyone is Here to Help: A healing account of postpartum psychosis and recovery' this week 💜

📖 You can read an extract here: ow.ly/OTum50RvY6g

Well done Sarah for helping to get a postpartum psychosis signs and symptoms poster displayed at your local medical centre today 💜🎉

💡Inspired? Get in touch and we can send out printed A4 posters: [email protected]

#MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek #PPPAwarenessDay PMHP UK

Marie Anne it was lovely to have you and show you the amazing work we do. Particularly pertinent this week on #maternalmentalhealthawarwnessweek and Action on Postpartum Psychosis #milesformumsandbabies

Sharleen joint us on our #MilesForMumsAndBabies earlier this week and we were thrilled to see hear how far she and her fanily have come.

Read what she had to say about her experience.

#MaternalMentalHealthWeek
#mmhaw24 #FeedbackFriday
Georgie George

A lovely day with Betsi Cadwaladr and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT perinatal mental health teams and colleagues walking 9.5 miles around Llyn Brenig - raising awareness of #maternalmentalhealth and Action on Postpartum Psychosis

Thank you for everything you do. Very moving to see so many purple t-shirts 💜

Our new guide is out! Thank you so much to all the families and experts who helped to put it together.

🆕 New APP guide! 📢

We’re delighted to launch our new Insider Guide. ‘Being a parent after postpartum psychosis’ has been produced with the help of families who've experienced PP.

📥 Download the free guide here: app-network.org/postpartum-psy…

#MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek

💬 Have you met an APP peer supporter in a Mother & Baby Unit? Perhaps you attended a tea and talk session, or craft activity, like the one pictured at Ribblemere Mother & Baby Unit?

➡️ Please give us your feedback on APP’s NHS partnership projects here: ow.ly/KFCo50RvMgO

Great turn out for the start of our #MilesForMums challenge raising money and awareness for Action on Postpartum Psychosis 🥰
We walked 9.5miles around Llyn Brenig towards our 141mile (per team member) challenge!
Lucinda Thomas Esther Rebecca land Dr Sally Wilson

It's Day 5 of our PMHP UK #maternalmentalhealthawarenessweek !
Check out these great events from my friends at Action on Postpartum Psychosis for #PPPAwarenessDay

Maternal Mental Health Alliance DorPip Dorset Mind 💡 Blue MumDays Eve Canavan BEM Bournemouth Uni Dorset Community Fnd

Take on the #MilesForMumsAndBabies Challenge in May for Maternal Mental Health Awareness. Sign up today, aim to raise at least £50 and we'll send you a free APP t-shirt and other awareness and fundraising materials, plus a medal when you complete it! 🥇
➡ ow.ly/59YZ50R5M4X

📢 Share your views: antenatal educators & healthcare professionals

We are seeking feedback to help develop our free postpartum psychosis info toolkit for antenatal educators.

➡️ Take the 5 min APP survey here: bit.ly/APPAntenatalSu…

Postpartum psychosis is a treatable medical emergency that affects 1,400 women and their families every year in the UK. We've partnered with Action on Postpartum Psychosis to share with you some information on what it is, and what support is available.
#MMHAW24 #MaternalMHMatters #PPPAwarenessDay