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The Out of the Blue Project funded by Comic Relief

Best Beginnings has been funded to deliver its maternal mental health project, Out of the Blue, in North West England and East England to raise community leaders' and healthcare professionals' awareness and knowledge around maternal mental health. Read more
The Parent Panel

We work with parents across the UK to create our content and support, in our Baby Buddy app and beyond. Register to become a member. Read more
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. Read more

A communications pack for partner organisations of Best Beginnings to promote the beta version of Baby Buddy 2.0 Read more

Child and Maternal Records Altogether

Maternity Voices Partnership Chair

BabyBuddy commendation letter ahsn

Bring Baby Buddy to your area

Our bespoke embedding and training programme supports local areas to integrate our award-winning pregnancy and parenting Baby Buddy app into maternity and early years care pathways. Read more

Help and Advice

Tips on breastfeeding, mental health, exercise and more – and our award-winning free Baby Buddy app. Read more

Head of Delivery

It’s Baby Buddy – but better!

The Baby Buddy app first launched 7 years ago, but tech and information have both obviously come on in leaps and bounds since then, which meant that it was time for Baby Buddy 2.0! We’re really excited to have daily information for dads! Here we reveal the process behind bringing together organisations and information for dads as part of this new incarnation of Baby Buddy.
Birth Options
Baby Buddy – behind the tech

We’re now celebrating the release of Baby Buddy 2.0 (beta) – the new and improved app that’s been built in collaboration with parents and professionals to deliver augmented supported for families across the UK.
Business Manager

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

Through supporting all parents, co-parents and caregivers to give their children the best beginning in life, we will help the whole of society now and for the future.