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Parent-Infant Foundation responds to Government’s latest spending review

11 June 2025

Earlier today Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP set out the government’s spending for the next three years in the Spending Review. Reflecting on the announcements, Keith Reed, Chief Executive at the Parent-Infant Foundation said: “We welcome the commitment in today’s Spending Review to continue to “invest in and expand the Family Hubs programme, working with parents…

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Parent-Infant Foundation asks, ‘Who is holding the baby?’ this Infant Mental Health Awareness Week

09 June 2025

To mark the start of this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (9th – 15th June), the Parent-Infant Foundation is launching a new report and asking, Who is holding the baby? The new ‘Who is holding the baby?’ report uses research conducted by the Parent-Infant Foundation, including the findings of a questionnaire sent to specialised…

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Report estimates that supporting parent-infant relationships could deliver £900m benefit each year 

19 May 2025

A new report, written by Steve McKay and commissioned by the Parent-Infant Foundation is the first of its kind to show the potential economic value of supporting parent-infant relationships in the earliest years.   The research and report, ‘Maternal Attachment and Child Outcomes’, was completed using data from the mothers and babies that took part in…

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