Parents 1st leads exciting new partnership project to develop a coordinated Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support Collaborative across Essex Read more
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
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
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
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
Oxford Population Health are seeking parent representatives for an advisory group to look at how parents Read more
Julie talks to Parents 1st Essex about her experience of attending our Fit-for-Mums exercise classes during and after her pregnancy. Read more
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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
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
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
Play The Essex Lottery and help to support families in your local community by raising funds for Parents 1st Read more
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
We have received a request to ask pregnant mums to participate in the Wrisk project survey. Read more
Congratulations to Terina and Celia on reaching milestones in their VIG training. Read more
Woman’s Hour has been following three dads, whose partners gave birth a year ago, for their series Bump, birth and beyond. Read more
Faye, Chantelle, Terina & Jo presented at the AVIG UK Building Baby's Minds event hosted by the NSPCC. Read more
Our Peer Support volunteers thoroughly enjoyed their recent monthly training session. Read more
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