Events | Best Beginnings

Special screening of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

A huge thank you to our Ambassador Andy Serkis for his generous support of Best Beginnings and to The Everyman in Kings Cross for hosting an exclusive screening of the new Netflix release of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Read more

The LSC Rugby Legends Ball 2018 - Thursday 8th November at Grosvenor House Park Lane, London

A limited number of tickets are now available to purchase! Read more

Run the 2018 Virgin Sport British 10K for Best Beginnings

Looking for a challenge? This July take on London with Team Best Beginnings. Read more

Join the 2018 Dixons Carphone Race to the Stones for Best Beginnings

Walk the ancient and scenic Ridgeway, Britain oldest path, and help give every child in the UK the best start in life. Read more

Run the 2018 London Marathon for Best Beginnings!

Looking for a challenge? This April take on London with #TeamBestBeginnings. Read more

An Evening with Sugar Ray Leonard

An exclusive opportunity to join a star studded guest list for an unforgettable night in honour of boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. Read more

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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.

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