Hearts & Minds Blog

We're delighted to use this space to let you know about a new trial called 'CALM' which is aimed at supporting women with anxiety in pregnancy led by researchers from the Universities of Exeter, Birmingham, Manchester and Cambridge.

Get involved in this peer-led research by Mothers For Mothers

Hearts and Minds is expanding our team to open up opportunities for diverse voices to be heard and to embed our commitment to equitable, inclusive support at the heart of our workstreams . We are recruiting five ‘Root Makers’ to work alongside us to bring greater accountability and depth to our focus on EDI, in a way that is in keeping with the collaborative spirit of the VCSE community. These are new roles within the team, thanks to support from The National Lottery Communi

Here at the Hearts & Minds Partnership, we are lucky enough to be working in the beating heart of the VCSE community in perinatal mental health. And if you've ever attended any of our Conversation Spaces or been involved in our main workstreams , you will know that ongoing evaluation is such an integral part of how we operate. We are always keen to evolve the way we gauge the impact of our work, in a collaborative and transparent way. Thanks to our recent funding from the Na

Over the past two and a half years, the Hearts and Minds team has been bowled over by the appetite from the grassroots perinatal mental health community to come together, share learning, celebrate successes and talk honestly about the challenges affecting our sector. We’ve had many meaningful conversations with well over 100 VCSE services in this space, all doing incredible work on the ground to support families experiencing perinatal mental health challenges. We’ve also host

Your voice is vital! The Hearts & Minds Partnership is running a series of healthcare professional focus groups in October hosted by our external evaluation consultant. Following great engagement and participation in last year’s focus groups (thanks all who attended!) we are looking for midwives, health visitors, perinatal specialist teams and GPs to take part this time round. Your focus group contributions will help us review how perceptions may have shifted since last year

Help us connect this amazing community Growing and developing the perinatal mental health VCS community is at the centre of The Hearts and Minds Partnership. One of our three main objectives is to develop trusted spaces to enable VCS organisations to share and learn from each other, enabling a collective voice for the grassroots PMH sector. We have been thrilled by the appetite across the sector for opportunities to share and collaborate and we hope to continue to develop ho