On 7th May, Scotland elects a new government. Ahead of the election, the Parent-Infant Foundation convened a coalition of children’s and mental health charities (Save the Children, NSPCC, Home-Start UK, Mental Health Foundation, Parenting Across Scotland and Starcatchers) to call on all political parties to ‘Speak up for babies in Scotland’ With just over a week until the elections, we are keen to see how each of the main parties…
The Parent-Infant Foundation is delighted to welcome a new research report – ‘Why babies’ first relationships matter’ – from Centre for Mental Health. The new economic analysis finds that expanding the services of parent-infant teams could save billions of pounds across health, social care, and education systems in the UK. As the authors point out,…
The Parent-Infant Foundation and a coalition of six other charities working to support the rights and wellbeing of babies, have today launched a ‘Manifesto for babies in Scotland’, with policy recommendations for the next Scottish government. Convened and led by the Parent-Infant Foundation, the manifesto has been created in partnership with Save the Children Scotland,…