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  • Parents 1st New Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative

    Parents 1st New Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative

    Parents 1st leads exciting new partnership project to develop a coordinated Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative across Essex Read more

  • Play Packs to Support Families in Essex

    Play Packs to Support Families in Essex

    Parents 1st Essex has teamed up with Creative Homes and Tea Dance for Little People to provide their pregnancy/baby play packs to families in Essex Read more

  • Celebrating Volunteers Week Through Peer Support

    Celebrating Volunteers Week Through Peer Support

    We talk to Sarah Kholia, a former peer support volunteer for and now peer support worker for Parents 1st Essex as we celebrate Volunteers Week. Read more

  • Peer Support Complements Midwifery Service

    Peer Support Complements Midwifery Service

    Parents 1st Essex talks to Dolly, a Perinatal Mental Health Midwife at Basildon Hospital about how peer support has complemented the midwifery service and support for expectant Mums in her care. Read more

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  • Play Packs to Support Families in Essex
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Help Shape Local Services for Families

Help Shape Local Services for Families

Parents 1st Essex and social purpose consultancy Traverse have teamed up to find out what matters for parents and their babies as NHS Comissioners shape local services. Read more

Published: 16th June, 2022

Author: Ashton Josephs

Parent Representatives for an Advisory Group

Parent Representatives for an Advisory Group

Oxford Population Health are seeking parent representatives for an advisory group to look at how parents Read more

Published: 23rd February, 2022

Author: Ashton Josephs

Parents 1st New Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative

Parents 1st New Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative

Parents 1st leads exciting new partnership project to develop a coordinated Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative across Essex Read more

Published: 16th November, 2021

Author: Ashton Josephs

Play Packs to Support Families in Essex

Play Packs to Support Families in Essex

Parents 1st Essex has teamed up with Creative Homes and Tea Dance for Little People to provide their pregnancy/baby play packs to families in Essex Read more

Published: 13th July, 2021

Author: Ashton Josephs

Celebrating Volunteers Week Through Peer Support

Celebrating Volunteers Week Through Peer Support

We talk to Sarah Kholia, a former peer support volunteer for and now peer support worker for Parents 1st Essex as we celebrate Volunteers Week. Read more

Published: 1st June, 2021

Author: Ashton Josephs

Peer Support Complements Midwifery Service

Peer Support Complements Midwifery Service

Parents 1st Essex talks to Dolly, a Perinatal Mental Health Midwife at Basildon Hospital about how peer support has complemented the midwifery service and support for expectant Mums in her care. Read more

Published: 22nd February, 2021

Author: Ashton Josephs

Fit-for-Mums Classes Have Benefitted Mums Like Julie

Fit-for-Mums Classes Have Benefitted Mums Like Julie

Julie talks to Parents 1st Essex about her experience of attending our Fit-for-Mums exercise classes during and after her pregnancy. Read more

Published: 25th January, 2021

Author: Ashton Josephs

Exciting News from Best Beginnings

Exciting News from Best Beginnings

Read more

Published: 7th September, 2020

Author: Ashton Josephs

Volunteers Week 2020

For #VolunteersWeek 2020 we've put together a short message to let all our volunteers know just how important they are to us and to the parents in our community. Read more

Published: 1st June, 2020

Author: Nicole Ranaweera

Pregnancy Pals go live with new online support group!

We are offering friendly, informal and free online group sessions to all pregnant mums living in the Basildon, Billericay, Wickford, Thurrock or Castlepoint areas of Essex. Read more

Published: 23rd April, 2020

Updated: 3rd July, 2020

Author: Nicole Ranaweera

Parents 1st UK launch new community website

Anyone and everyone can find out more about developing a perinatal volunteer peer support initiative and the benefits it provides, access guidance and download FREE tools to get a new initiative up and running or develop an existing one. Read more

Published: 23rd April, 2020

Author: Nicole Ranaweera

Win big and support Parents 1st with The Essex Lottery!

Play The Essex Lottery and help to support families in your local community by raising funds for Parents 1st Read more

Published: 29th August, 2019

Author: Nicole Ranaweera

New rooms for hire!

Room hire now available at the Parents1st offices in Laindon, Basildon, Essex. Our meeting rooms are available both weekdays and weekends, at various rates to commercial/ business organisations and not-for-profit organisations, community and voluntary groups. Read more

Published: 25th July, 2019

Author: Nicole Ranaweera

Location: Southfields Business Park, Laindon, Essex, SS15 6SD

Wrisk project survey for pregnant mums

We have received a request to ask pregnant mums to participate in the Wrisk project survey. Read more

Published: 19th June, 2019

Author: Julie Clark

VIG success

Congratulations to Terina and Celia on reaching milestones in their VIG training. Read more

Published: 28th March, 2019

Author: Julie Clark

Bump, birth and beyond - BBC 4 Women's hour

Woman’s Hour has been following three dads, whose partners gave birth a year ago, for their series Bump, birth and beyond. Read more

Published: 12th March, 2019

Updated: 23rd April, 2019

Author: Julie Clark

Building Baby's Minds event

Faye, Chantelle, Terina & Jo presented at the AVIG UK Building Baby's Minds event hosted by the NSPCC. Read more

Published: 28th November, 2018

Updated: 23rd April, 2019

Author: Julie Clark

Peer supporter on-going training

Our Peer Support volunteers thoroughly enjoyed their recent monthly training session. Read more

Published: 6th November, 2018

Author: Julie Clark

Charity fun walk

The sun was shining for Annette and Merrill as they represented the Parents 1st charity at the John Baron fun walk on Sunday 2nd September. Read more

Published: 5th September, 2018

Updated: 31st October, 2018

Author: Julie Clark

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  • Programme Manager

    Parents 1st Essex is currently looking for a unique individual to work as their programme manager and lead and develop an exciting new initiative for vulnerable parents-to-be in Jaywick and Tendring, Essex.

  • Postnatal Buggy Fit Classes August - September 2022

    Postnatal Buggy Fit Classes August - September 2022

    Meet other new Mums and workout in the fresh air with your baby. Feel energised and enjoy exercising with others outside, for all fitness levels.

  • In-Person Antenatal Information Sessions - Basildon - March

    In-Person Antenatal Information Sessions - Basildon - March

    Friendly, in-person antenatal Sessions for mums to help you prepare for labour, birth and becoming parent.

  • In-Person Antenatal Information Sessions - Basildon - January

    In-Person Antenatal Information Sessions - Basildon - January

    Friendly, in-person antenatal Sessions for mums to help you prepare for labour, birth and becoming parent.

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  • Antenatal sessions for mums

    Would you like to meet up with other expectant mums in your area? Join our ‘Virtual information sessions for mums: sharing and preparing together’!

  • For expectant dads and partners

    For expectant dads and partners

    Dads have told us that they would like to meet up with other Dads and would like more information about pregnancy, birth and becoming a parent.

  • What we offer and where

    What we offer and where

    We offer a range of friendly and free activities during pregnancy, birth and after the birth.

  • Why we exist

    We specialise in effective volunteering and peer support during the key life change of pregnancy, birth and becoming a parent.

  • How do I make a referral?

    How do I make a referral?

    We welcome referrals of expectant mothers and fathers who live in the following areas: Basildon, Billericay, Wickford, Thurrock and Canvey Island.

  • Fit 4 mums-to-be

    Fit 4 mums-to-be

    Fun, friendly and really helpful if you are feeling anxious, suffering from back pain or are overweight.

  • How to get involved?

    How to get involved?

    Do you want to make the difference of a lifetime?

  • Why get involved?

    Why get involved?

    Do you want to make the difference of a lifetime?

  • Information and support during coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Information and support during coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Find out what local support services can help you through pregnancy, birth and beyond during coronavirus.

  • Volunteer Pregnancy Pal Taster Course Sept - October 2022

    Volunteer Pregnancy Pal Taster Course Sept - October 2022

    Join our Volunteer Pregnancy Pal/Birth Buddy 4-session taster course. This is a great way of discovering whether being a Pregnancy Pal is for you.

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