- About the service
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NCT Parents in Mind (Coventry & Warwickshire) offers mental health peer support to women/birthing people who are experiencing mild-moderate mental health difficulties during the perinatal period, including those who are feeling isolated or lonely. The service exists for individuals during pregnancy and up until 2 years postnatally. Support is delivered by volunteers, with lived experience of wellbeing difficulties themselves, who access accredited training in order to deliver 1:1 and group support. All of the support offered is FREE to access. The service is referral-based: referrals can come from a professional or individuals can self-refer.
The service centres on:
- Reducing stigma around mental health concerns;
- Validating parenting struggles;
- Normalising difficulties with wellbeing as a new parent;
- Holding space to process the transition to parenthood;
- Reducing isolation and offering an informative signposting service;
- Support can be delivered face-to-face or online, 1:1 or in a group.
- Organisation running the service
- Parents in Mind is a commissioned service of the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).
- Where it is available
- Due to the confidential nature of the service and the fact it is referral-based, we do not widely share the specific times and venues of peer support sessions (these details are shared with individuals after referral into the service). Sessions run on a regular basis throughout the year and individuals are welcome to access both in-person and remote support concurrently if wanted.
- Contact
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Alison Baker, Regional Manager, 07885 975261, parentsinmind.wc@nct.org.uk
- Website
- https://www.nct.org.uk/about-us/community-support-programmes/parents-mind-perinatal-mental-health-peer-support
- Any costs of services
- Free to access
