Parenting Focus Podcast

For #menshealthweek our Senior Participation and Research Officer Emma met with Ciara Knox, Regional Speech and Language Coordinator for Surestart to discuss the importance and impact of fathers involvement in their child’s therapy and how parents are their child’s first teacher.

Emma Hitchen (Senior Participation and Research Officer, Parenting Focus) talks to Laura Dowie (Timely Careers, Director) about what support is available to women returning to the workplace after a period of absence.

Children born in sub-Saharan Africa are 15 times more likely to die in childhood than children in Europe and North America and the earliest days of life are still the most dangerous for children born in Kenya and all over Africa.

Child.org work with pregnant women, new mums, communities and government to provide life-saving antenatal and postnatal health information, connect communities and services, and advocate for quality care so that mums and babies stay safe, alive and healthy.

QUB student placement Hannah talks to Child.org on the work that they do, and the similarities between this, and work carried out at Parenting NI.

Please note: This podcast was recorded virtually and therefore subject to low sound quality at parts, due to interruptions in transmission.

Former CEO of Parenting NI, Pip Jaffa, join us to discuss the importance of grandparents.

Mark Williams is a mental health advocate, particularly passionate about the mental health of fathers and new parents. Founder of Fathers Reaching Out and International Fathers Mental Health Day, Mark campaigns tirelessly to raise awareness of the importance of paternal wellbeing. Highly sought as a motivational speaker, Mark is called upon to start conversations about perinatal mental health issues having now spoken at over 350 events.

Mark speaks to Parenting NI about the struggles of fathers perinatal mental health issues, and how to be an advocate for fathers.

Kate and Brian from Family Care Adoption Services join us to talk about the services they can provide for those looking to adopt and for those who have been adopted.

Website - https://familycareadoption.com/

Linktr.ee - linktr.ee/familycareadoption

Phone – 028 9069 1133

Email- [email protected]

Information pack download: https://www.parentingni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Information-Pack.pdf

In this episode the dads discuss the changes and challenges of going through a separation.

In this episode Cahir (Parenting NI Dads Support Services Lead), and a group of dads, talk about planning a family, parenting and technology.

Roz (HMRC Tax-free Childcare Policy Lead) talks to us about Tax-free Childcare and how to apply for this goverment support.

Links mentioned:

www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Tax-Free Childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Apply for Tax-Free Childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Apply via phone on 0300 123 4097  (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm)