Our Story
The Hearts and Minds Partnership is a collaboration of two England-based perinatal mental health charities: Acacia Family Support in the Midlands and Smile Group in the North West.
We’re not a membership organisation, but a thriving community of grassroots perinatal mental health services committed to sharing, learning and creating a coherent voice for our sector.
Our programme of work focuses around:
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The creation of an England-wide interactive map of quality VCSE (voluntary, community & social enterprise) perinatal mental health services, to enable signposting for parents and healthcare professionals
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The development of Trusted Spaces to share learning, make new connections and talk about the challenges we collectively face
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The creation and delivery of dedicated training to support the practical realities of growing, developing and sustaining a grassroots perinatal service
The two charities have come together, supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, with shared values and a vision to help connect, support and celebrate Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector perinatal mental health charities across England.
Meet our . . .
OPERATIONS TEAM
Connecting, supporting and celebrating community-led perinatal mental health support services
Meet our . . .
EVALUATION PARTNERS
Focusing on the effectiveness of Hearts and Minds to deliver against its objectives and outcomes.
Find out more about Evaluation Partners here.
EDEI Collaborations at Hearts & Minds
From July 2024 - May 2026, the Hearts & Minds Partnership initiated project committed to Equity, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion called 'Root Makers'. This was a dynamic and diverse team of people supporting Hearts & Minds to connect, grow and empower a more inclusive and equitable grassroots perinatal mental health community nationally.
Click through the slides to find out who they were and how they contributed...
NB: The Root Makers project benefitted from the contributions of all team members, although not all were involved for the whole duration