Association for Post-Natal Illness Web: www.apni.org Tel: 0207 386 0868 Email: info@apni.org Address: 145 Dawes Road, Fulham, London, SW6 7EB | The Association for Post-Natal Illness is the leading charitable organisation in its field. It has 3 aims;
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Best Beginnings/Baby Buddy App Web: www.bestbeginnings.org.uk Tel: 020 7443 7895 Email: info@bestbeginnings.org.uk Address: 36 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 3QB | Best Beginnings works collaboratively to develop and disseminate quality-assured educational content and tools to support the transition to parenthood during pregnancy and the early stages of parenting. Baby Buddy is there our free multi-award winning pregnancy and parenting app, designed to support the communication and work of medical professionals. It provides easy access to trusted, evidence-based information and self-care tools during the transition to parenthood and throughout the early stages of parenting. |
Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy (BUMPS) | A website dedicated to providing reliable, evidence-based, and accurate information about use of medicines in pregnancy, in the form of freely available patient information leaflets. |
Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Hub Web: www.infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/advice.page?id=Nh2oJw7Qq4I Tel: 0345 600 2090 | The Emotional Wellbeing Hub provides information, advice, and guidance if you are worried about the emotional wellbeing and mental health of a child or young person aged 0-25 years. Or if you are a young person who needs emotional wellbeing support. The Emotional Wellbeing Hub is a multi-agency team offering a central point of contact for families, professionals, and young people to access mental health services or to discuss concerns about the emotional wellbeing of a child or young person in East or West Suffolk. |
Epic Dad Web: www.epicdad.co.uk Tel: 07717744608 Email: info@epicdad.co.uk Facebook: EPIC Dad Address: EPIC Centre, Risby Truckstop, 117 Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RD | EPIC Dad is a community interest company with a focus on supporting fathers, father figures and families. They run social and support groups, including a dinner clubs, retro games nights, mentoring, fatherhood preparation classes, parenting courses and events for dads and male carers to attend with their children. They also are an invaluable resource and can signpost to other agencies. |
Mark Williams founded Fathers Reaching Out after his own experience of postnatal depression. He writes a blog, is a national campaigner for perinatal mental health and is a public speaker. | |
Get Me Out The Four Walls Web: www.getmeout.org.uk Email: info@getmeout.org.uk Facebook: Get Me Out The Four Walls Suffolk GMOTFW PND Group Address: Various locations across Suffolk | Get Me Out The Four Walls is a registered maternal mental health charity that offers informal social events. Offers an opportunity to escape your four walls and to interact with other parents helping to prevent the feeling of loneliness and isolation you may feel as a new parent. |
Home Start | Home-Start works with families in communities right across the UK. Starting in the home, their approach is as individual as the people they helping. No judgement, it is just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. |
Kooth Web: www.kooth.com | Kooth, from XenZone, is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop and free at the point of need. XenZone is a provider of online mental health services for children, young people and adults. |
Maternal Mental Health Alliance | The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a charity and coalition of UK organisations with a vision to see all women across the UK get consistent, accessible and quality care and support for their mental health during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth. |
Maternal OCD is a charity co-founded by two mothers who have experienced and recovered from extreme perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Maternal OCD aims are to:
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A free service for all Ipswich Hospital patients to find out information about their medication. | |
Mini First Aid Web: www.suffolk.minifirstaid.co.uk Tel: 07706 068980 Email: naomi@minifirstaid.co.uk Address: various locations
| Mini First Aid offers a range of classes for all the family; parents, grandparents, carers and for children, training them in basic and life-saving first aid. |
PANDAS – Pre and postnatal depression advice and support Web: www.pandasfoundation.org.uk Helpline: 0843 28 98 401 open 9am to 8pm every day Email: contact@pandasfoundation.org.uk
| PANDAS Foundation helps support and advises any parent experiencing perinatal mental health illness. Local support group meets on the first Monday of the month at The Highfields Children’s Centre, Chesterfield Drive, Ipswich. For further information and referral to the group, call 01473 742534. |
Qwell Web: www.qwell.io | Qwell, from XenZone, is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for adults accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop and free at the point of need. XenZone is a provider of online mental health services for children, young people and adults. |
Relate are there to help you make the most of your couple and family relationships, past, present or future. They can help you even if you’re not currently in a relationship. They provide relationship counselling, sex therapy, friendly and informal workshops for people at important stages in their relationship and have online help pages. They also work to champion the importance of relationships in society and in the media and work with the government to ensure relationship support is kept at the heart of public policy. They also carry out research and make recommendations. | |
Samaritans Web: www.samaritans.org Tel: 116 123 / 01473 211133 Email: jo@samaritans.org Address: 140 St Helen’s Street, Ipswich, IP4 2LE | Samaritans is a unique charity dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide. |
Suffolk Babies Tel: 01473 612972 Email: info@suffolkbabies.co.uk Address: Unit 7 Grange Business Centre, Tommy Flowers Dr, Kesgrave, IP5 2BY Classes held at various locations across Suffolk. | Suffolk Babies is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, providing high quality, affordable education, continuity and support from pregnancy to preschool. Classes include: Preparation for Birth, Baby massage, Baby yoga, Fitmumas, Understanding your Toddler, Sling library. Also hosts the Maternity Voices Partnership. |
Suffolk Children’s Centres Web: www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/childrens-health/childrens-centres Address: various locations across Suffolk www.infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/results.page?qt=&term=&familychannel=1-11 | Health and Children’s Centres offer families with young children under the age of 5, a friendly place to go to access a range of activities and support services. |
Suffolk Mind Tel: 0300 111 6000 Email: info@suffolkmind.org.uk Address: Quay Place (St Mary on the Quay) Suffolk Mind also has bases in Felixstowe, Bury St Edmunds and Saxmundham
| Suffolk Mind have a wide range of courses, training and therapeutic services which can enable you to better understand mental wellbeing and how you can help improve or maintain your own. Skills learnt can also help you support others. This knowledge can be applied at both home and work to help you get the best from your life and to feel happier and healthier. Mind is a national charity which campaigns improved mental health services and support and to raise awareness. They also provide information leaflets regarding mental health conditions. |
Suffolk Wellbeing Tel: 0300 123 1503 Address: The Suffolk Wellbeing Service, Drayton High Road, Norwich, NR6 5BE | Wellbeing Suffolk provide a range of support for people with common mental health and emotional issues, such as low mood, depression or stress. They work with you to help you make the necessary changes to improve your wellbeing and quality of life. Their services are free and are available to people and for people of all ages. |
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