2017 Highlights

Best_Beginnings_Highlights_from_Jan-Dec_2017.pdf

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Best Beginnings set to help 6500 Newcomers to Newham

The community leaders project seeks to train staff and volunteers from grassroots organisations in Newham to create community leaders to pave the way to more confident, well-informed parenting and a greater understanding of how to deal with challenges to mental health and wellbeing when becoming a parent. Learn more here.
We are recruiting more Parent Panelists!

At Best Beginnings we believe in the power of collaboration to create and provide quality-assured and evidence based information for families. All of our content is co-created with parents and healthcare professionals and vetted by external Healthcare bodies and parents. Read more here about our Parent Panel and how to register
Contact us for 'app development'

Are you interested in bespoke 'app development' as part of our services we provide to address strategic health priorities in your local care pathway? Learn more here.
Baby Buddy Cyprus enters its production phase

The version of Baby Buddy for Cyprus and Greece has entered the production phase and the test platform will be ready in early June. In the meantime, we enjoyed a three-day visit from our European partners in early January during which time we shared the insights regarding our process: from co-creation and development to dissemination. It wasn’t all hard work though.

Baby Buddy app

The free multi-award winning app for parents and parents-to-be endorsed by the Department of Health and other leading health organisations in the UK.
Breastfeeding Videos

On this page you can watch the From Bump to Breastfeeding DVD videos. From Bump to Breastfeeding guides you through all the questions, and talks to young mums about what it’s really like. The videos follow four mums who decide to breastfeed their babies - it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about breastfeeding and how to do it successfully.
From Bump to Breastfeeding

From Bump to Breastfeeding is a project to support women with breastfeeding. It includes a set of films following the journey of mums who decide to breastfeed their babies to provide support and information for parents. Learn more here.
Parents with learning disabilities
5. Graphic of a baby attaching on the breast
Parents who use drugs
Out of the Blue

Mental health resources to support parents who may experience a wide range of emotional problems: from generalised low mood and anxiety to severe depression and postpartum psychosis. Best Beginnings' participation in the Heads Together campaign, spearheaded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The National Teenage Pregnancy Midwifery Network

Working to improve outcomes for teenage parents and their children by developing maternity services to meet their needs. Learn more about the National Teenage Pregnancy Midwifery Network here.
4. The early days and weeks
Our Vision

Our vision at Best Beginnings is that parents of all backgrounds have the knowledge and confidence to look after their own physical and mental health and to maximise their children's potential.

Volunteers Week at Best Beginnings

It's #VolunteersWeek and Harry, Beatrice and Francesco, our dear volunteers and interns, share their experience of volunteering for Best Beginnings. Read more