We provide Early Help services to support mothers experiencing mental health problems within disadvantaged communities. Our vision is to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma in families caused by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). 

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. ACEs can include violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with mental health or substance use problems. Toxic stress from ACEs can change brain development and affect how the body responds to stress. ACEs are linked to chronic health problems, mental illness, and substance misuse in adulthood. However, ACEs can be prevented.
Preventing ACEs can help children and adults thrive and potentially:
•Lower risk for conditions like depression, asthma, cancer, and diabetes in adulthood.
•Reduce risky behaviors like smoking and heavy drinking.
•Improve education and employment potential.
•Stop ACEs from being passed from one generation to the next.

We provide the following services to prevent and reduce ACEs as a result of parental mental health problems.

15 hours free childcare for babies 3 months to 2 years. - To reduce the stress in mothers diagnosed with mental health disorder. This will enable mothers to practice selfcare, attend appointments and reduce toxic stress. And as a result enable parents to develop secure and healthy attachments with their child/ren. Secure attachments will promote positive child development and contribute to preventing ACEs. This will also provide babies with a secure caregiver (nursery practitioners) in the absence of secure attachment with parent. Childcare will also develop the child’s social and everyday skill. 

Floating support/weekly supervision sessions - To support mothers reflect on their emotions, actions and goals. And to develop household managment skills in order to provide a safe, secure and healthy environment for themselves and their children. 

Workshops - we provide workshops and peer support groups to reduce isolation in mothers.