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This collection of trusted resources is here to support your mental and emotional wellbeing as a parent or parent-to-be. You'll find a range of information, tools, and support services designed to meet you where you are—whether you're looking for professional help, peer support, or simply reassurance.

We use early childhood development research to create meaningful resources for families, professionals, and policymakers who shape the lives of young children.

You can learn more about each service using the links below.

The effects of CSA can last a long time and having a baby can be a particularly difficult and lonely time. The resource shares real-life experiences of pregnancy, birth and parenthood and has been created through the collaboration of women who have experienced CSA, midwives and researchers.

You can also find a number of help pages, toolkits and courses.

This collection of resources is here to honour and support the diverse experiences of queer, trans, and gender-expansive parents. Whether you’re planning your family, adjusting to life with a new baby, or seeking affirming mental health support, these materials are designed to centre your needs and celebrate your path.

FFLAG offers a range of support, including events, group meetings, and a national helpline, for families navigating LGBTQ+ identities

New Family Social are a UK charity, led by LGBTQ+ adopters and foster carers. New Family Social exists to help you decide if adoption or fostering is right for you and then support you on your journey to becoming parents and carers.

This collection of resources has been thoughtfully curated to honour the diverse experiences of Black, Brown, and racially minoritised parents. Whether you're seeking culturally safe mental health support, affirming community networks, or guidance that speaks to your realities, we hope this space offers care, connection, and empowerment.

The purpose of this group is to help improve the mental wellbeing of parents and partners during and after pregnancy. To help recognise and discuss peri-natal mental health issues and improve wellbeing, help build confidence, and reduce stress and anxiety, and to raise awareness of support services available.

In a Mother’s Mind is co-produced by a group of women who have experience of child removal and who have all completed the Pause Programme.

Trigger warning – please take care when listening, as certain episodes discuss difficult topics, including domestic abuse and violence

In a Mother’s Mind is co-produced by a group of women who have experience of child removal and who have all completed the Pause Programme.

Trigger warning – please take care when listening, as certain episodes discuss difficult topics, including domestic abuse and violence

with peer-led creative support groups. Whilst the in person groups may not be local, there are a number of online groups available.

The Hearts and Minds Partnership i a website that signposts you to a number of your local community voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) perinatal mental health services.

This booklet aims to share supportive ideas and words of encouragement as you enter into this next transition to discover yourself as a mum, get to know and bond with your baby

Currently expecting? Here are some films and articles to help you make sense of it all, from talking to baby bump to pregnancy mental health advice.

This piece is written not with the intent of changing who anyone is innately, but to help bring out the best in everyone.

By communicating positively, we are also more likely to be able to communicate effectively and be communicated with positively.

Remember — you are not alone! There is hope and help available for you.

• 6 1:1 sessions, which the birth parent can take up anytime up until the child is 18, and part of this is to discuss grief and loss, and offer support (they will offer signposting too).

• Support with writing letters and staying in contact, and creating a later in life letter for the child. 

• Monthly groups, led by a professional, but focused on the parents and allowing them to tell their stories, and meet with other parents whose children have been adopted (currently online). 

• Both a mum and dad peer supporter available. 

• Pregnancy Crisis Counselling

• Post Termination Counselling

• Pregnancy Loss Counselling

• Peer Support for Health Professionals

Supporting bereaved children, young people and their families – before or after a death of someone close.

Supporting bereaved children, young people and their families – before or after a death of someone close.

They provide an information and signposting service to men suffering from domestic abuse from their current or former wife, partner (including same-sex partner) or husband. This can range from physical violence or object throwing to abuse such as constant bullying or insults.

The charity is run by injured women and healthcare professionals who are committed to better detection and prevention of injury during childbirth

Antenatal Results and Choices can give you impartial information and support to help you decide on your next steps.

• 6 1:1 sessions, which the birth parent can take up anytime up until the child is 18, and part of this is to discuss grief and loss, and offer support (they will offer signposting too).

• Support with writing letters and staying in contact, and creating a later in life letter for the child. 

• Monthly groups, led by a professional, but focused on the parents and allowing them to tell their stories, and meet with other parents whose children have been adopted (currently online). 

• Both a mum and dad peer supporter available. 

This page is for family members or friends of someone who has a terminal illness. But people who have a terminal illness can also feel anticipatory grief.

Our mission is to ensure that the child welfare and family justice system supports children to live safely and thrive within their family, while strengthening the family and community ties of those children who cannot live at home.

We do this through advice and advocacy, pioneering family-led solutions, championing kinship care, and amplifying family voices.

Our mission is to ensure that the child welfare and family justice system supports children to live safely and thrive within their family, while strengthening the family and community ties of those children who cannot live at home.

We do this through advice and advocacy, pioneering family-led solutions, championing kinship care, and amplifying family voices.

You might be a parent, carer, child, or young person. With Kent Family Hub, you can find advice, support and services to help throughout your family journey, from newborns to 19-year-olds, or up to 25-year olds with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Don’t suffer in silence: Text the word SHOUT to 85258 or call 0800 107 0160 for free confidential support at any time.

Free expert advice from trained counsellors is available for every mental health concern, including:

Here at the Kent Resilience Hub we wanted to create a resource that helps young people, parents and carers, staff and practitioners to understand emotional wellbeing and resilience.

When we argue with our partner or ex-partner, we can get caught up in the heat of the moment. At times like these, it’s difficult to find a way forward.

We want to help you see things differently, and do things differently.

To help when conflict occurs, they are offering free in-person workshops across Kent and Medway.

A community initiative dedicated to building a culture of welcome for refugees and asylum seekers in the Medway area. 

Offers free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers appealing decisions about accommodation and financial support from the Home Office. 

We’ve gathered some resources and links below that we hope will offer support, guidance, and a sense of connection during this time.

Below are some resources that may help you access care, find community, and look after your mental health during the perinatal period.

– but often a challenging one too.

Parents need to find ways to cope with night waking, a lack of sleep, crying which doesn’t always make sense, and with strong and

sometimes overwhelming emotions. It can take time to feel things are back in control. See this guide for information and support.

– but often a challenging one too.

Parents need to find ways to cope with night waking, a lack of sleep, crying which doesn’t always make sense, and with strong and

sometimes overwhelming emotions. It can take time to feel things are back in control. See this guide for information and support.

Tough to Talk is the UK's leading Men's Mental Heath charity dedicated to breaking the silence that leads to suicide. We do it through POSITIVE ACTION.