Tackling #MentalHealth starts in pregnancy and with the best start in life for our babies. On #IMHAW2024 I pledge to continue my work on transforming services and awareness on Mental Health.

It's #InfantMentalHealthAwarenessWeek and it's a great opportunity to use our collective voices to speak up for babies to ensure that they are Stronger from the Start. For more info about #IMHAW24 see: parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/our-work/imhaw/

This week is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. #IMHAW2024 The toolkit we created with UNICEF UK helps professionals, policy makers & others understand what it means for babies & young children to be mentally healthy and how they can support this. unicef.org.uk/campaign-with-…

“Infant Mental Health” isn’t about applying concepts of adult mental health (diagnosis, medication, talking therapies) to babies. It’s about creating the relationship, family, community, societal & political environments for babies to develop & thrive emotionally. #IMHAW2024

🤯 For every £ spent per child in Scotland, Northern Ireland only spends 12p. Appalling. Childhood adversities are strongly associated with poor mental health. We need to invest in our children.

Infant mental health is ‘everyone’s business’. This #IMHAW24 @publichealthNI and National Children's Bureau is delighted to share a collection of case studies showing how services across NI are supporting infants & their parents for the best start in life! See pha.site/IMHW24 for info.

We are proud to speak up for babies this #InfantMentalHealthAwarenessWeek, alongside our voluntary and community sector partners. Find out more about NSPCC NI's services and campaigns to protect babies from pregnancy onwards at nspcc.org.uk/northernireland

It takes a village to raise a child… our IMH Insights Report, developed with NCB in Northern Ireland, demonstrates just how many services are working to support positive infant mental health pha.site/IMHW24 #IMHAW24 #speakupforbabies

📢By working to include infants in policy, strategy and service delivery we can deliver change to the life chances of our children, and to generations to come #StrongerfromtheStart ➡️tinyurl.com/7kjm9fkh #IMHAW24 #speakupforbabies

4 ways to boost your baby's #mentalhealth on #netmums with Dr Matt Price, Strategic Lead for Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy Barnardo's Health netmums.com/baby/4-ways-to…

📣 Investing in the early years is a cost-effective way of transforming child & family outcomes. #StrongerfromtheStart Manifesto calls for a multidisciplinary, cross departmental approach to prioritise and improve infant mental health. #IMHAW24 👉tinyurl.com/7kjm9fkh

📢 This #IMHAW24 #speakupforbabies protect and promote the emotional wellbeing and development of babies by improving infant mental health and strengthening parent-infant relationships ⬇️ tinyurl.com/7kjm9fkh

It may be coming to end of #IMHAW24 but our policy and NI leadership team are committed to speaking up for babies every day. We do that by working with Stronger From The Start Alliance & other forums to ensure they are included in policy, investment & practice decisions. #strongerfromthestart

As Infant Mental Health week 2024 comes to an end, our Head of Office Ruth Sedgewick share her thoughts 💭 #IMH24 #strongerfromthestart Roberta Marshall Barnardo's NI CYPSP in N.Ireland RCSLT 💙

Thank you Michele Janes and Barnardo's NI for your ongoing support for babies and their families Stronger From The Start Alliance #IMHAW24

An amazing team who are always listening to, and speaking up for, babies and their families to make sure they get the best start in life Stronger From The Start Alliance #IMHAW24

Thanks so much to ⁦Chris Quinn⁩ ⁦NI Commissioner for Children and Young People⁩ for speaking up for babies this #IMHAW24 Commissioner supports Infant Mental Health Awareness Week - Niccy niccy.org/news/commissio…

Thank you Chris Quinn for making such a strong commitment to babies and their families in #IMHAW24 #speakupforbabies #strongerfromthestart

Interesting article below from University of Leeds on the link between 'school readiness' and later school absenteeism. Further evidence for how critical early intervention is to give babies & children the #beststartinlife

The Alliance Steering Group was delighted to present to this APG last week. Thanks to Employers4Childcare for the opportunity to highlight the importance of promoting positive infant mental health in all aspects of family support, childcare and early education #strongerfromthestart