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On Wednesday May 30th 2018, Manor Park Community Children’s Centre (MPCCC) hosted the launch of the Baby Buddy app in Newham and has now completed its embedding workshops; a process that included Co-creation & Planning workshops and a Perinatal Mental Health module. Read more
Best Beginnings incredible 10th Anniversary Dinner was held at the exquisite Guildhall in London to Springboard the charity into our in our second decade with much fanfare. Read more
Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD is often mentioned, but not necessarily understood. Pam is a Best Beginnings family member, London Marathon runner and author of the Obsessive Compulsive Mother blog. We spoke with Pamela Milne about how her condition influenced her journey to parenthood and how she found support. Read more
We are happy to announce that you can support Best Beginnings charity while shopping on Amazon.co.uk. Read more here. Read more
In the wake of the recent airing of the Louis Theroux Documentary "Mothers on the Edge", Best Beginning launches a postpartum psychosis video in Baby Buddy to show parents that as frightening as it is (and that in can literally happen to anyone - no history of mental illness necessary) with the right support, a full recovery is possible. Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced the launch of Shout, a new text messaging helpline that supports people in crisis. As part of the Heads Together campaign we offer Baby Buddy Crisis Messenger in collaboration with Shout to support parents and parents-to-be if feeling overwhelmed and in a crisis. Read more
ukactive in collaboration with Best Beginnings and other key health and academic organisations has kicked-off a ground-breaking project called This Mum Moves, aimed at supporting women to be active during and after pregnancy. Learn more here. Read more
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. Read more
As part of the 7th Annual Digital Leaders 100 list, Best Beginnings is one of the chosen nominees to be part of the latest champions of digital transofrmation across the UK. Learn more here. Read more
A star studded screening of Andy Serkis' latest movie, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle organised by Influencer Aliia Roza and MC’d by Presenter and Campaigner, Charlie Webster, both also Ambassadors of Best Beginnings. Andy Serkis announced the Serkis Family Everest Challenge during the event. Read more
Matt Sims is running the Marathon des Sables in Morocco in April 2019 and chose to support Best Beginnings. The race doesn't carry the title of 'the hardest footrace in the world' as it is a 250 km track across the Moroccan desert! Read more here and donate. Read more
We have launched Baby Buddy Crisis Messenger available in our Baby Buddy app and accessible on our website, powered by Crisis Text Line and Shout. Read more
Best Beginnings' baby, Baby Buddy app, is 4 years old! Since the launch of the app in November 2014, and over 200,000 parents have now used Baby Buddy to support themselves through their pregnancy journey into parenthood. Read more
A winning poster from a student art exhibition from 2008 called "Get Britain Breastfeeding", held in collaboration with Central Saint Martin's and endorsed by the NHS, recently resurfaced in a South London hospital. Read more