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Annual report reveals the Parent-Infant Foundation is supporting more babies through specialised parent-infant teams than ever before.

The Foundations’ work is driven by our mission to support the growth and quality of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the UK to give babies the best possible start to life.   We are pleased to share our annual report, which describes what the Foundation team achieved, with our partners, in 2020-21, including key statistics…

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June 2021 All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting

On 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…

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IMHAW

Infant Mental Health Awareness Week Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (IMHAW) 2026 will take place from 8th-14th June 2026. The theme will be announced in early 2026. Keep an eye on this page and our other channels for further details. What is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week? Infant mental…

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New toolkit aims to increase support for parent and infant relationships across the UK

A new resource just launched by The Parent-Infant Foundation and Newcastle University, which aims to address a huge gap in support services for parents and babies across the UK, has been welcomed by the Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom DBE MP. The ‘Parent-Infant Relationships (PAIR) Services Commissioning Toolkit’, developed by the Parent-Infant Foundation and Newcastle…

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Acceptable Use Policy

Please read the terms of this policy carefully before using this site What is in this policy? This policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our website at www.parentinfantfoundation.org.uk (our site), make contact with other users on our site, link to our site, or interact with our site in…

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Self Audit Tool

Self-audit tool for parent-infant teams. Go straight to tool Background As part of our mission to support the growth and quality of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the UK, we created the UK’s first definition of a specialised parent-infant relationship team in the Rare Jewels research and report. This work forms the basis of this…

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Publications

We have a range of policy briefings, reports and research reports available for anyone interested in infant mental health The Parent-Infant Foundation has information and support available for anyone working in Infant Mental Health and particularly those looking at setting up specialist parent-infant teams. Here you will find key publications that may help you on your…

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Parent-Infant Foundation secures more than £1 million Lottery funding to create new Framework 

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…

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Parent-Infant Foundation Annual Report shows an increased level of support for babies in the UK

The Parent-Infant Foundation is pleased to be ending 2022 on a high, with the knowledge that even more babies are being supported by specialised parent-infant relationship teams. The Foundation’s mission is to support the growth and quality of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the UK to give babies the best possible start to life, and…

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The Baby Blind-spot: First 1001 Days report shows babies’ needs overlooked in COVID response

A report released by the First 1001 Days Movement today found that the “hidden harms” of the Spring lockdown on 0-2s were broad and significant, and experienced unevenly depending on family circumstances and background.  The Working for Babies report was written by First 1001 Days partners Isos Partnership.  It examined the response of local services…

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