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The Parent-Infant Foundation is delighted to announce it has been awarded National Lottery Funding to help develop more specialised parent-infant teams across Wales. The Foundation has successfully applied for just over £400,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund. The funding will support a three-year project aimed at further developing parent-infant relationship teams across all areas…
Read MoreThe Parent-Infant Foundation has announced the theme and dates for this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (IMHAW). It will run from 13th to 19th June 2022. The week will look at the nature and impact of trauma experienced by babies, the buffering impact healthy relationships can provide, as well as the importance of having…
Read MoreThis webinar will be of interest to anyone about to commission or set up a parent-infant relationship service. The Parent-Infant Foundation have been walking alongside the new Essex Together with Baby team throughout 2019-20 as they opened their doors and developed a highly regarded service. Hear about their development journey, adaptation during COVID and lessons…
Read MoreThe Mother Object Relationships Scales measure maternal representations of the infant. Distorted maternal representations have been associated with child abuse and neglect (e.g. Main & Goldwyn, 1984; Milner, 2000; Stratton & Swaffer, 1988; Lyons-Ruth, 1999) and post-natal depression (e.g. Field, Morrow & Adelstein, 1993; Murray, Kempton, Woolgar & Hooper, 1993). In this webinar, the scales’…
Read MoreOn 8th June, during Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, the APPG for Conception to Age Two met to discuss the Health and Care Bill and how it might support local action to support babies and their families. The meeting with chaired by Tim Loughton MP. A full recording of the discussion is available to watch…
Read MoreEarly relationships shape babies’ social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes The positive influences of healthy relationships Early relationships influence a baby’s brain, and in particular their social and emotional development. This early development plays an important role in how well a child will go on to achieve many of the key outcomes…
Read More1001 Days Updates Past Activities APPG Activities Resources Infographics Working for Babies Members #WhatAboutUs 600,000 babies born in lockdown are overlooked. In the year since we first locked down, over 600,000 babies living in England have been born and have lived their whole lives in lockdown. Many young families are missing out on vital early…
Read MoreThe First 1001 Days Movement is delighted to announce that we have received a three-year grant from the AIM Foundation. The funds will enable a range of activities including the recruitment of a new Membership and Parliamentary Officer. This new role will play a vital role by actively engaging our membership for maximum impact and…
Read MoreThe Parent-Infant Foundation is delighted to have received a three-year grant from the AIM Foundation. The funds will support our role as secretariat to the First 1001 Days Movement, including enabling the recruitment of a new Membership and Parliamentary Officer to work with our Head of Policy and Campaigning. The Movement is a campaigning alliance of over 160 organisations that work…
Read MoreWe are deeply saddened to see reports today about the awful harms suffered by babies during the pandemic. Ofsted reports that the numbers of babies who have suffered serious injury through abuse or neglect during the Covid pandemic is up by a fifth on the same period last year, and eight have died from their…
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