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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£255.4K
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Spending
£241.4K
Public benefits
The direct benefits that flow from our purposes include improved mental and, as a by-product, physical health. This includes reduced levels of stress and anxiety, speedier access to treatment and shorter recovery times. Improved mental health through reduced isolation and a sense of community and understanding. Improved understanding of mental
illness, breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness and a comprehensive resource that anyone can access to learn more about the illnesses, treatments and options available. Fully trained peer supporters who can lead peer support groups in the community, increased knowledge and skills around mental illness and ways to support/treat mental illness. This will lead to an increase of trained professionals who can support parents in the community. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from our service users and regular evaluation through service user surveys and interviews. We will also benchmark progress of our campaign activities in our annual operational plan. We will also benchmark progress of our training programme in our annual report. In providing peer support there is a very small risk of service-users becoming distressed in group sessions. However, as all of our peer support leaders will be rigorously trained and undergo supervision this risk is small and manageable. We have a process in place to further support service-users in this instance. The charity’s beneficiaries are; Parents who are struggling with perinatal mental illness, their supporters and families; Professionals and volunteers who support parents with perinatal mental illness and Parents with previous lived experience who wish to upskill and become peer supporters. There is a small private benefit to two trainers who will be providing bespoke peer support training to our lived-experience parents. This is a necessary benefit. We will ensure that the trainers are absent from all discussions relating to this benefit.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
- Creating and sustaining a peer support network led by parents with lived experience - Creating and sustaining a professional support network to help professionals manage their own mental health and to provide best-practice advice for engaging with parents - Training and education courses on perinatal mental illness and its treatments. - Training
and support for peer support leaders - Develop a campaign to raise awareness of perinatal mental illness - Set up a number of social groups and activities to reduce isolation and loneliness - Fundraise to support our initiatives financially - Set up a network of volunteers
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Men
- Mental health
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Medical/health/sickness
- Volunteer development
