Join us on Wed 25th September for #ConversationSpace. It's a free, online catch up for the VCSE community in perinatal mental health & we're going to be discussing 'Resourcing Riddles - Attracting & Retaining Brilliant People in the VCSE'. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversation…

Great piece of work by Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡, Maternal Mental Health Alliance Tommy's & partners re: the need for compassionate care in the perinatal period. It's vital we have healthy conversations about suicidality & ensure parents feel truly seen.

#ForDadsByDads week 2️⃣ Walk & Talk ✅ A really engaging & thought provoking session with Dr Charlie Cowtan on psychology on what sort of dads do our guys want to be Keep up the great work guys, you are superb. thanks for all your engagement Child and Family Community Psychology

Meet Mike.. his story is quite unique! Mike is our dadmattersuk Coordinator, this is his journey into working with us from being a volunteer himself. Would you like to like to develop new skills as a volunteer? Call us today for a quick chat on 0161 344 0669

Congratulations Post Natal G4 in your SILVER bosca. Your ongoing performance on quality is impressive - thank you for all you do for our mums, dads and babies…Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Can not thank the staff at WWL NHS Maternity Ward, Delivery Suite, Infant Feeding Team & WWLRainbowWard enough. My son Noah and I have been so well looked after. Incredibly kind & caring people throughout. I’ll never forget the care we have received🤍🤍🌈❤️ WWLPatientExperience

Bolton Maternity Silver Superstars🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 I absolutely know that women and families are at the centre of all they do👩🏽‍🍼👶🏽🤰🏽

LGBTQ+ parents and carers of children of all ages! Sign up for these free online creative workshops with zine extraordinaire Lea. Learn how to make zines and be guided through an exercise responding to prompts encouraging reflection (Lea 🌊 (as in sea) 🌊 ) perinatal-loneliness.com/creating-a-dig…

There is nothing babies love more than faces. And this is doubly true for those of their most significant caregivers. Watch how mesmerized this little one is by her mother - and how carefully she studies the shape and movement of Mom’s face as she serenades her. Turns out,

The seeds of “happiness” are sown during our first few years when we learn that relationships provide safety, security, trust, and joy. Fear, insecurity, or unmitigated stress damage the biological & psychological underpinnings of happiness. Our later experiences nurture….

Boop! So taken by how this little one steps in to comfort her crying sister. Watch carefully and you’ll see that she models behaviors that have almost certainly been used to comfort and distract her during times of sadness. She comes in close to make eye contact. She offers

Finally managed to start the Wrexham AFC documentary! It’s honestly amazing. Baby loss, autism, fatherhood, mental health, and so much more that’s close to our hearts at Dad Matters! I wish I’d found it earlier. Check it out!

This is our actual Empathy belly - many many dads have tried it on over the last couple of years - and a couple of people wore it to run the Manchester 10k It was fully laundered 😂 Jack Whitehall Michael Whitehall

How does language begin? There’s a lot of important growth and development that occurs during the 45 month window from prenatal to age three. But among infancy’s greatest accomplishments is language acquisition. So over the coming week I’m going to dedicate this space to a

Our Joint Policy Unit with Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡 has long called for saving babies’ lives and reducing inequalities in pregnancy and loss to be national priorities. It’s great the Liberal Democrats passed a motion on equitable and improved outcomes during pregnancy and the neonatal period at #LdConf👏

This is a bit of a moment for Home-Start. For the first time in our 51 year history we have an advert on TV! The ads form part of our new campaign, We answer the cries you don’t hear and will be broadcast soon. Keep your eyes peeled, we will be sharing more very soon!

Can you help Nesta with their call for evidence on the essentials of good integrated early-years delivery? We encourage parent-infant teams to respond to ensure that the important work teams do is included in this vision! Deadline 27/09. More info👇 bit.ly/3XvaV7y

What an absolute cracking day with Lads Like Us. In all my years I’ve never seen such impactful training. Mike and Dan are superb 👌🏻 Lads Like Us Pennine Care NHS FT Chris Murray Dr Gordon Milson #CAMHS #TheresHopeOnTheHorizon

Rainbow clinic St Mary’s showing off our excellent outfits and our even more excellent patient care Alexander Heazell Patient Safety Congress & Awards #HSJpatientsafety #hsjevents @MCR_RainbowClinic 🌈

Amazing team fully deserving of this award - really proud to work with them to support dads.