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Breastfeeding Support in Trafford Drop-In Leaflet

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Breastfeeding Support in Trafford Drop-In Leaflet

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Breastfeeding Support in Trafford Jun 2020

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Strengthen and tone your muscles; especially abdominals, pelvic floor and back. Encourage you and your baby to find time and space for relaxation. Use the breath to increasing calm and confidence. Improve your sleep. Re-energise and motivate you. Babies can join in and experience some yoga especially for them to:

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Connect Parent and Baby Group (Jo's Group!)

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Connect Parent and Baby Group (Jo's Group!)

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A chance to meet other local parents over a cuppa! Currently online.

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NCT Early Days Course

Most courses offer 12 hours of sessions for a group of 4-10 women who have babies aged 2 weeks-6 months of age.

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Having a baby is life-changing. Help yourself adjust and grow in confidence with an Early Days course. You’ll be guided by one of our highly experienced course leaders, meet other mums in the same boat, build a network of support and gain valuable knowledge, skills and insight.

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Doula UK - Postnatal Support for families through a Postnatal Doula

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Supporting women who suffer birth trauma – a shorthand term for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after birth.

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The Birth Trauma Association

Welcome to the Birth Trauma Association (BTA). We're a charity that supports women who suffer birth trauma - a shorthand term for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after birth.

About 30,000 women a year, according to the most recent research, experience birth trauma in the UK. Instead of being joyful and happy, the experience of giving birth has been frightening. Perhaps the baby's heartrate dipped, leading to an emergency caesarean section. Maybe you or your baby suffered injuries as the result of the birth. Or maybe you felt that you weren't well looked after in labour, or you weren't told what to expect.

If something like this has happened to you, you might have felt scared that you or the baby were going to die. As with any other traumatic experience - a car accident, or a sexual assault, or seeing a bomb explode - a traumatic birth can lead to symptoms of PTSD: flashbacks, a sense of heightened anxiety, constantly feeling on the alert, avoiding anything that reminds you of the trauma.

Birth trauma means that it can be difficult to bond with your baby. You may find your symptoms are triggered by reminders of the birth: pregnant women, other babies, programmes such as One Born Every Minute.

Witnessing someone else's trauma can also be traumatic, so partners can experience PTSD too.

We're here to help people like you - if you want to know more about how we can help, please select the Parents menu.

If you're a health professional and want to find out more about birth trauma, select the Health Professionals menu.

In the video below, five women talk about their experience of birth trauma and how they found help.

Keep up to date with The Birth Trauma Association (BTA) on social media

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Surestart Centres for activities and family support

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Surestart Centres for activities and family support

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Sure Start centres give help and advice on child and family health, parenting, money, training and employment.

Some centres also provide early learning and full day care for pre-school children.

Contact your local council to find out about Sure Start centres in England.

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One of the leading family support charities in the UK which helps families with young children deal with the challenges they face

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Home-Start is one of the leading family support charities in the UK.

Home-Start volunteers help families with young children deal with the challenges they face. We support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children.

Our support for families

Across all four nations of the United Kingdom 16,000 volunteers support 30,000 families and 60,000 children to transform their lives.

There are 269 local, independent Home-Starts. At the heart of each Home-Start's work is home visiting volunteer support.

Families struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement and many other issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a week in a family's home supporting them in the ways they need.

Home-Starts across the UK also support families in groups, hold day trips and Christmas parties and help access local services, as well as lots of other support.

Why it matters

The five years between birth and school are vital for a child's development. What goes on inside a family strongly determines the opportunities and life chances children have.

Children who are raised in a stable, loving, family environment are more likely to have a positive and healthy future.

Home-Start works because our volunteers are parents. They understand how hard it can be. They work alongside parents, in their own homes, to help them cope with the stresses and strains of life and make sure they have the skills, confidence and strength they need to nurture their children.

We feel happy when our dad feels happy.

Graeme's daughters
Greater Manchester Home-Starts
Our impact

Last year Home-Start supported 60,000 children in 30,000 families, in communities across the UK.

Home-Start is committed to providing real evidence of the difference our volunteers' support makes for families, which is why we measure the issues faced by families, and the changes to their situation while they are working with a volunteer.

Our support means:

95% of families felt their children's emotional and physical health and well-being had improved

95% of parents felt more involved in their children's development

94% of parents felt less isolated

94% of parents said their emotional health had improved

95% of parents felt more able to cope with the day-to-day running of the house

Our values

We offer families choice.

We work in partnership - with each other, with families and with other agencies.

We work in a spirit of openness, encouragement and enjoyment.

We are flexible and responsive to the needs of families.

Our history

Home-Start started in 1973. We were founded by Margaret Harrison who believed that supporting a family was best done in their home where it can be shaped to the needs of the family. She realised that if parents get support and friendship from another parent, they will be better equipped to learn to cope with the many difficulties life can bring, and will be able to give their children the best possible start to their own lives.

While this idea remains at the heart of our work, we have created new ways of helping parents and their children to meet the changing needs of families.

This idea that started in Leicester, spread across the UK and is now a movement around the world. There are now 22 countries on five continents that have Home-Starts providing support for families.

Margaret remained life president of Home-Start until her death in 2015.
Home-Start Monmouthshire

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The people at Home-Start are its most important resource. Home-Start UK has been accredited with Investors in People since March 2005, which recognises the commitment we give to developing our staff. Please find below current vacancies within Home-Start UK.

Help parents and their children by visiting them for a couple of hours a week in their own homes.

This year Home-Start UK wants to transform the lives of thousands of children who are facing tragedy and hardship. And it all starts with people just like you. This is a donation to support Home-Start UK's work across the country, if you want to support a local Home-Start and their work in your community please contact them directly. Read more
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How Home-Start helps families.

With the help of a Home-Start volunteer, the impossible becomes possible.

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The contact page for the Family Information Services team at Trafford Council.

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Dad Info gives advice for parents from a dad's perspective, including articles and 'dad guides' on pregnancy, birth and financial issues.

Family Lives is a national charity providing help and support in all aspects of family life.

National Childbirth Trust (NCT) is the largest UK charity for parents, giving accurate, impartial antenatal information so that parents can decide what's best for their family, and introducing them to a network of local parents to gain practical and emotional support.

Mumsnet gives information and advice for parents, including news articles, product reviews, competitions and blogs. Also includes useful information on pregnancy and birth.

Family and Childcare Trust is an independent charity that exists to make the UK a better place for families and children. They work with charities, businesses and public services to offer practical help to families.

Parent Channel.tv offers free parenting videos and parenting advice by topic and age range.

Parenting Support Centre includes parenting articles and tips along with a useful parenting directory.

Vodaphone Digital Parenting magazine has helpful advice for parents on internet use and mobile technology.

The Working Parent offers helpful information for parents who juggle work and family life.

Lone parenting
Gingerbread provides expert advice, practical support and campaigns for single parents.

Single Parent Action Network is a uniquely diverse organisation empowering one parent families throughout the UK.

Only Dads give advice and support for single dads.

Only Mums give advice and support for single mums.

Additional needs parenting
Contact a family is a national charity that exists to support the families of disabled children whatever their condition or disability.

Family Fund the UK's largest provider of grants to low-income families raising disabled and seriously ill children and young people.

Mencap supports both adults and children with learning disabilities.

Sibs is a charity for the brothers and sisters of disabled chidren and adults.

Scope is a leading UK charity which supports both adults and children with disabilities.

Adoption and fostering
Home for Good is an initiative from Care for the Family, The Evangelical Alliance and CCPAS that seeks to build a culture in local churches throughout the UK where adopting and fostering are a significant part of their life and ministry, and where churches are equipped to recruit and support foster carers and adoptive families in their congregations.

First 4 Adoption is the dedicated information service (funded by the Department for Education) for people interested in adopting a child. The website and helpline explain the application process and provide links to adoption agencies across England.

Adoption UK is a national charity run by and for adopters, providing an online forum, support groups, family days and training.

After Adoption provides a helpline with trained counsellors, the 'SafeBase' parenting programme, and family days and support groups in certain areas.

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) provides information, resources, training and family finding services, plus links to adoption and fostering agencies across the UK.

The Fostering Network has a membership scheme and provides a helpline for legal issues, medical advice, and stress counselling; advice on financial issues; a forum; resources and publications.

Foster Talk provides legal advice, accounting advice, online learning, a magazine and online forum to their members.

PAC provides advice and counselling related to pre adoption, post adoption, and permanency.
Stepfamilies
Happy Steps provide research and resources for those parenting within stepfamilies.
Grandparenting
Gransnet provides information and support for grandparents.

Postnatal depression
The Association for Postnatal Illness (APNI) is a network of phone and postal volunteers who have had - and recovered from - postnatal depression.

This information is supplied in good faith, but Care for the Family cannot accept responsibility for any advice or recommendations made by other organisations or resources.

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Parent support organisations - Care for the Family

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Dad Info gives advice for parents from a dad's perspective, including articles and 'dad guides' on pregnancy, birth and financial issues. Family Lives is a national charity providing help and support in all aspects of family life.

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Parent and Infant Mental Health Support in Trafford

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Parent and Infant Mental Health Support in Trafford

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Friday Drop-in

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Proud 2 be: A service for LGBT families and their children and LGBT parents-to-be in Manchester