Croydon MNVP

06/02/2026

🌟 Free Online Parenting Workshops – February 🌟

Barnardo’s Virtual Family Space is excited to offer a range of FREE online parenting workshops for local families this February 💛
The best part? They’re all online — so you can join from the comfort of your own home!

✨ Upcoming Workshops:

👶 Ready for Reception
📅 Saturday 31st January – 10:00am
📅 Wednesday 25th February – 6:00pm

🚽 Potty Training
📅 Saturday 7th February – 10:00am

🆕 Healthy Kids, Happy Parents – Live Panel
📅 Monday 9th February – 6:00pm

🏠 Child and Family Safety Inside the Home
📅 Thursday 12th February – 10:00am

🧸 Toddler Talk
📅 Monday 23rd February – 10:00am

😁 Healthy Smiles (Oral Health)
📅 Thursday 26th February – 10:00am

These sessions are supportive, informative, and designed to help parents and carers feel confident every step of the way 🌈

👉 Book your place today – http://www.barnardos.org.uk/vfsworkshops-croydon

04/02/2026

Sexual abuse is ANY sexual activity without consent.
There are many voices that often go unheard or with little recognition. This week is an opportunity for anyone that wants to use their voice to join a conversation with thousands of others. Together we can amplify the voices that should be heard.

03/02/2026

CroydonMNVP will be attending the Babes in arms screening of The Housemaid, this Friday 6th February 2026.
Please come over and say hello 👋 , and if you would like to share your experience of Croydon Health Services - Maternity and Neonatal services 🫄🤱👨‍🍼 with us, we'd love for you to share your 👝contact details with us.
We're also super excited to watch this movie 🎬

Our next BABES IN ARMS film is “audacious, daft and hugely enjoyable” (★★★★ The Times).

THE HOUSEMAID (15) 2025 USA 131 mins
Director: Paul Feig ● Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar

Sydney Sweeney stars as a woman with a troubled past, hired to work in her wealthy employer’s immaculate mansion. But she starts to sense that something sinister lies beneath the family’s flawless facade... Based on Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel. Expect shocking twists and relentless suspense. Tickets only £6 and free hot drinks and biscuits!

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173673896/events/428801020

03/02/2026

💕Last week, on Wednesday 28th January 2026, Croydon MNVP neonatal lead Davina, held her first feedback drop in session at Croydon University Hospital, Neonatal unit.
💐Thank you to everyone who could pop by and those who shared their contact details in order to tell us their experience of the CUH neonatal unit.
✨This feedback is essential in making sure that the neonatal unit is supporting families in the best way possible.
📩If, your baby has been cared for by the CUH neonatal unit in the last 12 months and you would like to share your experience please come to one of our drop in sessions, email d.lewis-osigwe@nhs.net or DM us via our socials.

27/01/2026

Today CroydonMNVP attended a the world prematurity day webinar. This is an overview of everything that we learnt today (27 Jan 2026) and how we are going to use what we learnt in our roles as Croydon MNVP leads.

27/01/2026

An NIHR funded research survey for mother/birthing person who has suffered pregnancy loss before the 24th week of pregnancy

🤍💜Would you like to take part in research about pregnancy loss?

What is the research about?

The Linking Loss study is an NIHR-funded project which aims to increase the understanding of mental health support needs following pregnancy loss, and to develop a supportive and inclusive peer-led group programme. It will explore experiences of pregnancy loss before 24-weeks, with a focus on mental health support needs following loss.



Who can take part in the study?

The study is running surveys and interviews with people who have personally experienced pregnancy loss before 24-weeks (including miscarriage, ectopic, and molar pregnancy) in the last 2 years, and the professionals who support them after their loss (including peer support workers, sonographers, midwives, and psychologists). The surveys and interviews will inform a series of coproduction workshops where a group, peer-led intervention to support mental health needs following pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will be adapted. If you have personally experienced pregnancy loss or work in a role that supports those who have, the research team would really like to hear from you.



How can you take part in the study?

The study survey can be completed anonymously online without contact from the research team, but they can also provide translated materials and remote assistance to complete the survey. At the end of the survey, you can express an interest in being contacted about an additional one-to-one interview to speak more about your experiences. Anyone who is interviewed will receive a £20 voucher. You can access the study surveys and find out more through the below links.



Study survey for people who have personally experienced pregnancy loss before 24-weeks: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JHW8DWJ
Study survey for professionals who support people following pregnancy loss before 24-weeks: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JGXD5HW


If you have any questions about the study, please contact the Study Coordinator (Hannah Hopson, hannah.hopson@annafreud.org).

27/01/2026

26/01/2026

Our Neonatal Lead Davina, will be starting the Neonatal drop in sessions on Wednesday 28th January 2026, 10am to 12pm.
For more information email, d.lewis-osigwe@nhs.net or send us a DM with your contact details.
If, you and/or your birthing partner have been under the care of Croydon Health Services - Maternity Neonatal unit and you would like to share your experience or you would like have a safe space to talk to other families who have been ended up in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Croydon University Hospital (CUH). This is an opportunity for CroydonMNVP to share with Croydon Health Services Neonatal team, confidentially, what they are doing well and what needs to be improved. It, is also an opportunity for the NICU families to have a voice and discover ways their experiences can help improve the service, as well as to support each other.
This is an inclusive, respectful space for all mums, birthing people, dads, birthing partners, grandparents and/or other people who supported the baby during their NICU journey.

25/01/2026

🌸 Postnatal Wellbeing Workshops for Mums 🌸

Join us for a FREE 6-week wellbeing course created to support mums and mums-to-be.

This course will help you to:
✔ Boost your mood
✔ Alleviate stress and worry
✔ Connect with others who are pregnant or have children under 2

📍 Location: Samuel Coleridge Taylor Family Hub
📅 Start date: 3rd February
⏰ Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

📞 For enquiries: 0203 228 4040
👉 Click here to find out more https://croydontalkingtherapies.nhs.uk/

16/01/2026