28/01/2026
Such a joy to work with Julie & Katie at Circle who do such fantastic work supporting children and their families, if you’re looking for a charity to support please consider them 🙏🩷
Thanks to incredible fundraising by Katie and Cerri, who completed the Scottish Half Marathon 2025 and raised over £1,000, Circle was able to offer osteopathy sessions to parents and babies attending Haven’s Baby Massage groups and Outreach work. Many parents shared concerns about reflux, colic, and other medical issues, and these sessions provided gentle, therapeutic support alongside medical advice.
Working with Amanda Burnham from AB Osteopathy, Edinburgh, 8 parents and 10 babies received over 30 sessions, tailored to individual needs. For babies, treatment was completely baby-led, involving a gentle, light touch and always including parents. Parents also received practical advice on feeding positions and exercises to continue at home.
For parents, sessions focused on their own wellbeing too - using massage, stretches, and exercises to support recovery after birth.
💬 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥:
“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 - 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.”
“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 - 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴.”
This is the power of challenges with heart, turning fundraising into real, lasting support for families. 🧡