NCT Parents in Mind

21/11/2025

Do you have lived experience of Perinatal Mental Health or wellbeing struggles?

Would you like to support Parents in your area?

Do you have time to dedicate to free online training?

Then why not get in touch and learn more about our Prents in Mind Peer Support service? 💚💜

21/11/2025

📣 Please share within your networks!

💚We are looking for parents to join our volunteering teams in:

NCT Parents in Mind Newham
NCT Parent Support Hartlepool
NCT Parents in Mind Coventry & Warwickshire
Parents in Mind Warrington & Halton
Parents in Mind St Helens

20/11/2025

Continuing on with our Men's Mental Health Month Posts, here are some resources Dads can access both Locally and Nationally 💚💜
Family Hubs
@neyoungdadsandlads



charity

20/11/2025

Thinking about training as a volunteer peer supporter for Parents in Mind?

Training begins in January & we would love to tell you more 💚

Come join the team

20/11/2025

Here, Aaron speaks for himself. He’s why we keep going ...

Listen to what the dads volunteer support meant to him and now how he volunteers with meaning for others 👇

So proud of this guy 💪 & so lucky to have him at Parents In Mind Dads & Partners Halton & St Helens ⭐

https://youtu.be/23_CVrKnqxI?si=v3ycANNv6zJtRKXc

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If you are a father living in Halton or St Helens - Get in touch with us:We understand that sometimes you just need to talk. Whether you want to offload, ask...

20/11/2025

19/11/2025

Launching today on International Men’s Day - our new podcast Series of Shorts all about dads’ mental health. (Pete calls it mental stealth!)

We’re dropping this during Men’s Mental Health Month for a reason: dads’ voices are still so often missing from perinatal conversations, and that silence can be heavy.

This series gives space to the realities of fatherhood - the highs, the fear, the identity shifts, and the mental load that too often goes unseen.
Huge thanks to the brilliant contributors who made this possible:
🔹 Scott Mair Fatherhood Solutions
🔹 NCT Parents in Mind
🔹 Halton Family Hubs: Runcorn & Widnes

Your honesty, experience and passion for supporting families sits at the heart of every episode.

🎧 Episode 1 is out now: 'The power of sorry and teaching through mistakes'
https://youtube.com/shorts/E-4vgGMgYIg?si=CNLhZPLXctoFRgjw

If you work with dads, support families, or simply care about what better looks like for fathers, this one’s for you.

Let’s keep challenging the idea that dads should 'Just get on with it.' Their mental health matters - to them, to their partners, and to their babies.

In this short, Scott Mair (Fatherhood Solutions) & Peter Smyth (NCT Parents in Mind) reflect on what happens when dads get it wrong - and why owning mistakes...

18/11/2025

*Tomorrow 8pm* Join our friendly peer support group for dads and co-parents who have 'been there' through postpartum psychosis. Listen, ask questions, share 💬

APP dads and co-parents social / café group
🗓 Every 3rd Wednesday of the month
⏰ Time: 8-9pm
📲 Where? Online on Zoom. Drop in here: bit.ly/PARTNERMEET
📩 Questions? Email Simon: simon@app-network.org

18/11/2025

Episode 1 Teaser..
Being Dad: A Series of Shorts
Launching 19 Nov for

Parents in Mind Dads & Partners, in partnership with Halton Family Hubs and their commitment to father-inclusive practice we kick off our Being Dad series of shorts.

This series shines a light on the people - dads and allies, championing father inclusivity - showing why supporting & feeling supported matters for children, families, and whole communities backed up by research, science, lived experience and coproduction with fathers.

Our first shorts feature Dad & director of Fatherhood Solutions Scott Mair, opening up the conversation with our very own Pete Smyth, NCT Parents in Mind peer supporter.

More to come. 😁

Halton Family Hubs: Runcorn & Widnes Parents In Mind Dads & Partners Halton & St Helens NCT

Coming Soon – November 19th | Men’s Mental Health DayBeing Dad – A Series of ShortsSupporting dads, families, and good conversations.Join Pete Smyth, experie...

11/11/2025

💚"Why did you decide to volunteer with Parents in Mind?"

15/10/2025

We've got our Mindful Moments group this afternoon at Hartlepool Family Hubs.

If you're already accessing our Parents in Mind service why not pop along for a chat.

If you aren't but you think you might benefit from some support with your Perinatal wellbeing you can refer in by filling in the referral form below:
https://www.nct.org.uk/redirect/parents-mind/hartlepool/referral