APNI is a small charity who offer support and advice to anyone affected by postnatal illness. We run a helpline and online service but no face to face/group work.

APNI is often a first port of call for those struggling to understand PNI and we offer continued support as needed as well as signposting to other useful services in your area.

We have a bank of volunteers who have all experienced PNI themselves and offer peer support via phone/email alongside any professional input they may have.

We support dads and male carers to understand attachment and bonding, theirs and mums' mental health and accessing appropriate services. We do this through a blended approach of universal engagement, targeted group support and one to one peer support. Online support is also available UK-wide.

Maddie's Miracle is a charity that offers skilled, qualified, practical breastfeeding support to resolve pain and other feeding challenges for both parent and baby, providing emotional and wellbeing support and reducing mental distress.

A support session may help mothers/parents with breastfeeding anxiety, feelings of lack of confidence, a sense of isolation or loneliness, or breastfeeding grief for mothers who did not feed their baby the way they wished to and are processing their emotions around their experiences.

Our beneficiaries have called our services 'life saving' and cited improved sense of wellbeing, improved mental health and reduced sense of isolation or loneliness.

We provide free online video One-to-One Sessions with trained Breastfeeding Counsellors & Lactation Consultants that are available to anyone living in the UK.

We have a physical in-person breastfeeding support group in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire which also provides emotional support surrounding breastfeeding and infant feeding. This group also encourages parents to build a network of support which is shown to be beneficial to parents’ well-being

PANDAS offer hope, empathy and support for parents affected by perinatal mental illness. PaNDAS is a community offering peer-to-peer support for individuals, families and their networks. There are a variety of different support services available, all run by a trained team of PaNDAS volunteers who are here to help.

Our free helpline is open every day between 11am and 10pm. It is maintained by trained volunteers who will be happy to chat and direct / signpost to the correct support. There is also a text support service which is free and will not appear on any phone bills. You don't need to register, download an app or use mobile data.

Additionally, we have an email service if anyone needs any information or support. The email support team are available 365 days a year.

There's also a number of face-to-face support groups that are led by a group leader and are specifically tailored around mental health equally.

Pregnancy Sickness Support was founded in 2002 and is the only registered UK charity working to improve care, treatment and support for women and pregnant people suffering from nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) and the severe form of the condition, hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). We are currently a small charity and rely heavily on donations and fundraising but we are growing rapidly thanks to the hard work and dedication of our small team and supporters.

Singing Mamas CIC is a UK based, non-profit movement for maternal wellbeing.  Our aim is to empower women and mothers to improve their wellbeing by creating song-sharing communities through our network of Singing Mamas Leaders.

Our network of leaders welcome women of all ages and life stages to come along to a group, incl. mothers, caregivers, aunties, grandmas and non-mothers.

The Singing Mamas Leader network is made up of mothers, nurses, doctors, midwives, birth workers, musicians, teachers and community workers.

We deliver projects in partnership with NHS health services, and train women and health professionals in singing for wellbeing.

Our bespoke Singing Mamas On Prescription (SMOP) programme, often delivered in partnership with a localised health services, supports perinatal women with children up to the age of two years old.

Support ME is a grassroots organisation supporting Polish-speaking and Muslim families to get culturally appropriate and equal maternity care. Our aims are to reduce birth trauma and perinatal mental health conditions and provide infant feeding and postnatal support in the community. We support families, run a unique Doula Training Programme and deliver CPD for healthcare professionals. We also offer free access to our online Bump To Baby antenatal course to Black, Asian and non-native English speakers.

We offer face-to-face support for the Polish community in Newark and the Muslim community in Nottingham. Our online support is available to people from these communities across the UK.

Action on Postpartum Psychosis is the national charity for women and families affected by psychosis in the perinatal period.

We offer information, resources and peer support via: an online forum; one to one support (email, video, phone & in person);  creative workshops and regional social groups.

Our regional social groups are currently being run in Birmingham, Lancashire & South Cumbria, London, North East & North Cumbria, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sussex & Hampshire, Wales and Yorkshire.

APP also has NHS partnerships in some areas, with embedded peer supporters in perinatal community teams and mother and baby units, along with cafe groups. To find out more about the NHS partnership projects visit this link.

Hey Mama is a peer support community run by mums with their own lived experiences of maternal mental health.

If you’re struggling with your mental health, feeling a little wobbly, having a hard time and/or prefer a smaller group to chat to, we are here for you!

We would love for you to join us at one of our peer support groups for refreshments, toys, crafts and opportunities to meet new mamas. All groups are free to attend. We also offer online support to people across the UK.

OCD Action is the National Charity for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and related disorders. As part of our range of Skype / Phone & Zoom support groups we run a Perinatal OCD support group for women diagnosed  with OCD during pregnancy or with children up to five years of age. These remote groups are an informal, safe and supportive environment for people to share experiences of OCD and to offer encouragement to other people.

Petals provide a specialist counselling service for individuals or couples who experience the loss of a pregnancy or the death of a baby up to one year old. Our unique model delivers a programme of counselling that is tailored to support the client through the early stages of loss, coaching them through a grieving process and working through any trauma they have experienced during the ending of their pregnancy or the death of their baby.

We partner with the following hospitals & Trusts: Colchester Hospital; Guys & St Thomas' Hospital London; Harrogate & District NHS Trust; Hillingdon Hospital; Hinchingbrooke Hospital; Imperial Hospital Trust London; Ipswich Hospital; Lister Hospital Stevenage; Nottingham University Hospitals; Oxford University Hospital Trust; Peterborough City Hospital; Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow; St George’s hospital London (South); West Herts Hospital Trust; West Suffolk Hospital; Wye Valley NHS Trust.

Pregnancy in Mind is a service delivered by the NSPCC which supports parents-to-be with their mental health. Pregnancy in Mind is a preventative mental health service that helps support expectant parents who have or are at risk of mild to moderate anxiety or depression. It uses a range of approaches including mindfulness, active relaxation and peer support. Parents-to-be can be referred to the programme between 12 and 26 weeks gestation.

• Those with a prior history of anxiety and / or depression or a family history of mental health problems

• Those with a history of childhood adversity (e.g. neglect, abuse etc or having experienced poor parenting themselves)

• Those with a lack of social support

• Those experiencing a poor relationship quality with their partner

• Experiencing an unplanned or unexpected pregnancy

• Having experienced prior complications in pregnancy or loss etc

There does not have to be a medical diagnosis of anxiety and / or depression to qualify for support.

Set up in 2011, following lived experience of perinatal mental illness, Snowdrop Doula CIC was founded to provide holistic support to pregnant women and new mothers.  We now provide our award winning service across the UK in various ways. Providing specialist Doula and Counselling support to all in need, regardless of financial situation. Our unique model of support has been shown to improve birth outcomes, health and wellbeing of women and their families.  Accredited training available.

Willow’s Rainbow Box is a Registered Charity that aims to support women, birthing people and families experiencing pregnancy following a loss through miscarriage, termination, stillbirth or neonatal death. The primary activity is the provision of a comfort box to help reduce anxiety and to promote positive mental health and well-being. These are currently provided England-wide and we also provide online support and resources for people throughout the UK.