THE PARENTING PROJECT

We urgently need financial support in order to be able to continue to provide vital lifesaving support for parents. 47% of parents in our counselling present with current or historical suicide ideation or self-harm. We support them to understand and overcome their thoughts and feelings and move forward with their lives.

We provide parents, young people and families mental health support at a time when it is most needed. Our parent and carer counselling service offers up to 18 free counselling sessions. With enough funding we are able to support parents struggling with extremely poor mental health, many of who have feelings of suicide.

The long-lasting effects and strain of Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis continue to greatly impact families, making already challenging circumstances unmanageable.

Since 2020 we have seen an unprecedented increase in referrals from statutory NHS teams such as Health Visitors, GPs and IAPT. Unfortunately we do not have any statutory funding. We rely mostly on raising funds ourselves. Our grant funding has not only decreased inline with referrals, it has reduced due to the current financial climate. We are now at risk of not being able to support all of the families in crisis that are being referred to us.

We need to raise at least £20,000 

Your help will enable us to continue to provide vital counselling places for parents and carers in need of essential mental health support.