Commission Baby Buddy app services

Our fully bespoke 'embedding & training' programme is designed to support local areas to address their strategic health priorities. The programme is devised to effectively co-create and deliver a plan to integrate our quality-assured multi-award winning pregnancy and parenting digital intervention, Baby Buddy App, into the area's maternity and early years care pathways.

Read more about our embedding programme, the different bespoke services and workshops we offer, bespoke Baby Buddy app feature development, and testimonials from front-line practitioners who have completed training and are actively using our Baby Buddy App to support families in their everyday practice.

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Data Reporting

Localised content

Baby Buddy offers all users a personalised journey from conception to 1st birthday and provides bitesize pieces of daily parenting information. Localise this content for your locality. Read more

Our embedding program

We undertake 'embedding and training' work with local authority areas, CCGS, Trusts and other agencies to support the effective use of our resources to support families of young children. Read here about the process of embedding our digital intervention tool, Baby Buddy, into local care pathways. Read more

Bespoke services and workshops

The process of 'embedding' Baby Buddy resources involves training professional and community champions to support and reach parents of all backgrounds. Read more about the different training workshops we provide. Read more

Testimonials

Our embedding and training program has received great feedback and analysis has shown us that our process of 'embedding' has more impact in the local area. Read some of the feedback we've received here. Read more

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Are you interested in our bespoke offers we provide to address strategic health priorities in your local care pathway? Learn more here. Read more

Embedded areas in the UK

We have evidence that our process of 'embedding' involving training professional and community champions to use our tools successfully reaches parents of all backgrounds and therefore has more impact. See here all the areas that have embedded Baby Buddy app in their business-as-usual practice with parents and soon-to-be parents. Read more

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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.
Experiences of LGBTQ+ mums and non-binary parents

Evidence suggests that more openly LGBTQ+ people are having children each year, yet little is known about their needs or experiences. This research project used funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation, in partnership with LGBT Mummies and the University of Huddersfield, to find out more about the needs of LGBTQ+ women and non-binary parents who had babies in the last two years.
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Impact Lead

The Impact Lead will focus on developing Best Beginnings’ frameworks for monitoring and evaluating our national and international work ensuring that learning continues to be captured in ways that can be shared and used for effective advocacy and influencing. The successful candidate will also play a pivotal role influencing policy and its implementation within the maternity, early years, digital health and public health context.

Baby Buddy app
Breastfeeding Videos

Your guide to breastfeeding and how to do it successfully.
If my baby's hungry after a breastfeed does it mean I haven't got enough milk?

A lot of parents worry that their baby may not be getting enough milk. But as long as your baby is weeing and pooing often, and gaining weight, then you don't need to worry. Learn more here.
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.
5. Graphic of a baby attaching on the breast
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.
Small Wonders

Supporting you when your baby is sick or premature. Small wonders project include 12 bite-size films following families and their journey in neo-natal units. Learn more here.
Out of the Blue Films Launched

23rd March 2017 marked the launch of Best Beginnings' Maternal Mental Health films, with a moving speech from HRH The Duchess of Cambridge and conversations between our parent contributors
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.