PROJECT
Baby Steps
PURPOSE
To increase families' access to support services, childcare, and financial benefits, and improve parental wellbeing
FUNDING
Organisations delivering the programme pay a fee, covering training for 12 people, materials, and ongoing support for three years
BACKGROUND
Antenatal education focusing on the transition to parenthood, the relationship between partners, and the development of positive bonds between babies and parents, can improve outcomes for both parents and children. The NSPCC worked with Warwick University to develop Baby Steps for new parents more likely to need extra help and less likely to access antenatal education.
"We did some scoping work around perinatal education and vulnerable families and it showed gaps in provision," says Victoria Joel, implementation manager at the charity. "The most vulnerable do not attend antenatal care."
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