13/11/2025
Worried about your child’s emotional health and wellbeing? Feeling overwhelmed, confused or alone? Or simply things seem to be getting a bit too much for you or your child/teen? If you don’t know how to help and are looking for some direction to improve things, then read on. If you think we might be able to help, reach out, give it a go and try attending one of our friendly, monthly, Peer Support Group meetings.
𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘?
R.E.A.C.H is a Parent and Carer Peer Support Group dedicated to promoting good mental health in children and teens. The Group has been going for 2 years, founded by Sue and Rachel, both Mums, who, either in the course of our previous work or via our own lived experiences, have listened to children and young people who have felt that they were struggling with some aspect of their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
We are not mental health professionals; we cannot give professional mental health support. However, it is true that people often find it useful to talk to others who face or have faced the same issues or share the same experiences as they do.
R.E.A.C.H is there to help parents and carers coming together to both offer AND receive support so that in turn, we may all feel better informed and equipped to support our children.
We have a Group in Cwmbran and in Cardiff.
𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗦:
To help parents and carers to support their child’s emotional wellbeing by bringing people together in a mutually supportive network and to offer and receive support in a safe, confidential, non-judgemental environment.
To talk with others who have had similar shared experiences
To enable parents and carers to ‘get things off their chest’ over a tea or coffee
To explore new ideas and coping strategies to improve mental wellbeing
To share relevant information, links and pathways to other mental health services
To hold ‘themed’ meetings with free professional webinars or speakers from time to time
Parents and carers may attend R.E.A.C.H meetings for a number of reasons. Some may simply be looking for further information or signposting to other possible services. Others may want to try to make sense of what is happening in their family.
We are working on a R.E.A.C.H Directory of services/charities that parents and carers may find useful in certain situations.
𝗜𝗦 R.E.A.C.H 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨?
When your child is struggling emotionally, the impact upon you and the family unit can be significant. It is never easy to approach these matters and feels harder still to try to resolve them. Children may find it difficult to discuss their feelings when they are so emotionally charged or perhaps confused. It is often difficult to navigate the wealth of information and services online, but by talking through such issues in our group and exploring what has worked well for others previously, we hope to reassure you that you are not alone as a significant number of children and teens suffer at some point in their adolescence with their mental health and wellbeing.
R.E.A.C.H IS OPEN TO ALL PARENTS AND CARERS TO ATTEND ANY OR ALL OF OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS, TO ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE OR SIMPLY JUST TO LISTEN.
MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE EARLY EVENING (6.30PM)
OUR NEXT MEETING IS WEDNESDAY 10th December @ 6.30PM
LOCATION THREE BLACKBIRDS INN (small function room)
PENTRE LANE, LLANTARNAM, CWMBRAN
SAT NAV: NP44 3AY
