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How parents give their babies a warm welcome

Training course helps parents improve attachment with their babies, enhance their coping skills and boost children's wellbeing.

PROJECT

Welcome to the World

PURPOSE

To improve parent-baby attachment, parental relationships and wellbeing, and baby care

FUNDING

Two-day training for those already trained as "parent group leaders" with Family Links costs £375 per person for two days, or £3,900 for a team of up to 16. Four-day training for others costs £820 per person, or £8,800 for a team

BACKGROUND

Charity Family Links identified a need for an antenatal programme to prepare pregnant women and partners for parenthood. Welcome to the World (WTTW) was the brainchild of the charity's founder and former chief executive Annette Mountford. It launched in 2013 following several years of development, and 687 practitioners have since been trained to deliver it.

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