Derbyshire Perinatal Mental Health Service

27/08/2025

26/08/2025

This inspiring well-being board was created by our new community peer support worker, especially for our family fun day. It contains some lovely messages and well being tips.
The board is now on display at The Beeches, Mother and Baby Unit to help our mums and families.

19/08/2025

19/08/2025

Some more family fun day photos!

19/08/2025

30,000 babies’ lives have been saved since our Back to Sleep campaign in 1991.

Safer sleep guidance saves lives, but sometimes it can be difficult to have conversations about safer sleep with well-meaning family members.

Becky, mum to Flo, told us “I see lots of memes that show baby sleep spaces in the 80s and 90s with toys filling the cot, compared to sleep spaces now, with no toys at all. Unfortunately, I think a lot of people see this and think they shouldn’t worry if there are lots of blankets and toys in the cot. They may just think that since lots of babies survived during this time, safer sleep guidance isn’t important. Whereas the reality is that thousands of lives have been saved since safer sleep guidance started being followed.”

Read Becky’s story in full here 👉 https://bit.ly/42pG3Ie

19/08/2025

Derby Children's Health - NHS are at the Arboretum Park Family Fun Day. Why not say hello to the team!

🦷 We're at Arboretum Park Family Fun Day today promoting the School Health and Health Visiting Service – come and say hello! 🧡

We’re focusing on Summer Safety and Healthy Teeth with lots of fun, free, and educational activities for children and families.

☁️ Don't let the weather put you off. Come and enjoy the day with us 😁

Look for the NHS banner – we’re set up and ready to go! 💙

19/08/2025

Find out about becoming a perinatal peer supporter and meet our peer supporters on Friday 22nd August from 9.30am-12noon, at Derby Market Hall
Join us for a relaxed chat about our volunteer training. If you've ever wanted to support parents through pregnancy or the postnatal period, this could be just for you!
For more information see https://www.connectedperinatalsupport.org/volunteer

18/08/2025

Did you attend our fun day?

If so, please send us your feedback to help shape and improve our future events.

Please send your comments here:

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18/08/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our family fun day yesterday at the fantastic This year it was even bigger and better and we were delighted to welcome 641 people to the event.

Huge thanks to the stall holders who offered their invaluable support and advice, provided an array of interactive activities and live entertainment. To Bluey, Spiderman and Rapunzel for making a special appearance, Derby arena and staff for their support and providing such a fantastic setting for our families to experience and enjoy, and to for kindly giving us a mention.

Whilst a lovely time was had by all, the family fun day was all about raising awareness of perinatal mental health and taking the information and support out into the community, and most importantly for every family to know, you are not alone, contact us - there is help available.

And finally, thank you to all our amazing staff (and their families) for their continued enthusiasm and commitment who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make it possible, whilst putting families and perinatal mental health at the heart of everything they do.

13/08/2025

Afternoon tea in the sunshine!
Our mums on The Beeches enjoyed delicious sandwiches, cakes and cups of tea with their families in the garden on a sunny afternoon.
It was lovely to welcome so many relatives and to see them enjoying the craft sessions with our amazing staff. A lovely afternoon was had by all!