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The Parent-Infant Foundation is delighted to announce it has been awarded more than £1 million from the National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework. Babies depend on sensitive, responsive relationships to grow and develop healthily. But many do not get the nurturing care they need1. Parent-infant teams and services support…
Read MoreTo mark start of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, the Parent-Infant Foundation has published results from a survey of more than 1,000 women, which finds that NICE guidance on bonding is not being followed. The new survey of more than 1,000 women from across the UK who have given birth within the last five…
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Read MoreToday we are launching our #TurnOffTheTaps campaign calling for investment in Health Visiting services. The focus of Government policy and spending is too often on dealing with a backlog of unmet needs, rather than reducing this need through improving the health, happiness and resilience of our citizens. We are investing billions in overstretched health and…
Read MoreAs part of this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (7-13 June), The Parent-Infant Foundation is highlighting huge and concerning gaps in mental health services for babies and toddlers. The Foundation is sharing results of an online workforce survey which shows that infants are too often overlooked and neglected in children and young people’s mental…
Read MoreOn Tuesday 19th January, the Conception to Age Two APPG met virtually. The meeting was joined by over 120 people watching via zoom and youtube. At the meeting, Jodie Reed from Isos Partnership presented the Working for Babies Report findings about how local systems responded to the needs of babies and their families during the…
Read MoreInfant Mental Health Awareness Week Who is holding the baby? Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 – Who is holding the baby? Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (IMHAW) 2025 is taking place from 9th – 15th June 2025. The theme this year is, ‘Who is holding the baby?’. Why ‘Who is holding the baby?’ Not…
Read MoreWe campaign to convince national and local decision makers across the UK to do more to support parent-infant relationships More than one in ten babies in the UK is thought to be living in fear and distress. Whatever the root cause, we have a shared responsibility to help babies who are suffering. Parent-Infant Relationship Teams…
Read MoreWe were established in 2012 as Parent Infant Partnership UK to act as a national body to support a network of parent-infant teams The Parent-Infant Foundation was founded as Parent Infant Partnership UK in 2012 to create a network of parent-infant teams across the UK (PIPs) with the vision of giving every baby the best…
Read MoreThis week, the First 1001 Days Movement launched as an alliance of over 130 charities and professional bodies campaigning to improve babies’ emotional wellbeing and development. The first 1001 days, from pregnancy until a child’s second birthday, are an age of opportunity. There is clear, compelling evidence that this is a significant and influential phase…
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