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Chancellor Rishi Sunak referred to the importance of a child’s first 1001 days during today’s Budget and Spending Review, as he confirmed £500 million worth of spending on services for children and families. This new money will fund family hubs, the supporting families programme, and mental health services. Unfortunately, the documentation published by the Treasury…
Read MoreThe Parent-Infant Foundation welcomes the House of Commons Petitions Committee’s report on the continuing challenges faced by new and expectant parents in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their report, ‘Impact of COVID-19 on new parents: one year on’ provides a clear analysis of the difficulties the pandemic has posed for some babies and their families.…
Read MoreThis webinar will be of interest to anyone commissioning, working in or developing a parent-infant relationship service. A clear and mutually helpful relationship between parent-infant teams and their colleagues in perinatal mental health is crucial to ensure families receive integrated, high quality services. In this episode, we talk to two clinicians who have navigated and…
Read MoreParent-Infant Foundation Network Event March 2021 In this webinar session, Parent-Infant Foundation Head of Policy and Campaigning, Sally Hogg, offers an overview of the current policy landscape and tools teams can use to influence local and national decision makers.
Read MoreOver 60 First 1001 Days member organisations have today jointly written to the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, asking him to address the impacts of the pandemic on babies and their families, and to take longer-term action to ensure all our children have the best start in life. The…
Read MoreThe Parent-Infant Foundation is delighted to announce that national charities including NSPCC, Home-Start UK and the Children’s Commissioner in Northern Ireland have all pledged their support to include infants and made an important commitment to adopt the language of “infant, children and young people’s mental health”. The Foundation launched its ‘Including Infants Pledge’ this week…
Read MoreAs part of this year’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, and our core message to include infants in children and young people’s mental health, The Parent-Infant Foundation has written a letter to Nadine Dorries, Minister for Mental Health. The letter highlights findings of our new research, which has shown that there are big gaps in…
Read MoreApproximately 15% of babies do not have an emotional connection with a supportive and nurturing adult The majority of babies have a secure relationship with a sensitive and nurturing adult, giving them a strong foundation to develop physically and mentally. This is not true for approximately 15% of babies.[1] These are the babies we worry…
Read MoreEarly relationships between babies and their parents are incredibly important for building healthy brains The first 1001 days of life, from conception to age two, is a time of unique opportunity and vulnerability. It is a period of particularly rapid growth, when the foundations for later development are laid. “The period from pregnancy to age…
Read MoreThe Parent-Infant Foundation is sad to hear that NorPIP, the Parent Infant Partnership in Northamptonshire is having to close in June after a decade of supporting local babies and their families. Specialised parent infant services such as NorPIP play a crucial role in the treatment and prevention of mental health problems, supporting parents to establish…
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