IT TAKES A VILLAGE, CRYSTAL PALACE

SUPPORTING FAMILIES FROM PREGNANCY TO PARENTHOOD

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Welcome to our village, an inclusive perinatal peer support community. We are here to help nurture your mental wellbeing, and support you and your family from pregnancy to parenthood. Run by local mums and supported by expert practitioners, we provide antenatal education, postnatal meet-ups, stay & play drop-ins, and workshops/events, in and around Crystal Palace, South East London.

We run free weekly postnatal meet-ups every Tuesday from 10.15am to 12pm. It's a restorative space for you and your baby to meet other local families, practice building your breast/chest/bottle feeding confidence, and explore a calm, mindful relationship with your baby, and more importantly, yourself. Summer meet-ups are held in Crystal Palace Park (near the Brown & Green Life cafe), and when the weather turns, we head indoors to St Hugh's Community Centre in Anerley.

Recently, we launched The Pregnancy Project, our new hybrid antenatal programme which offers nurturing support for your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, before and after birth. With in-person expert led talks on topics not commonly covered in traditional birth preparation courses, live online sessions during the fourth trimester, and a facilitated WhatsApp group from the very start, we hope to provide the support you and your partner needs, from pregnancy through to those early, hazy days as new parents, and beyond.

About

It Takes A Village, Crystal Palace CIC is a non-profit organisation initially set up in May 2021 thanks to seed funding from Mind Charity. We have since received community funding from JoJo Maman Bebe and The National Lottery.

Managed by local mums Emily Harper and Sharon Wong, and supported by Breastfeeding Counsellor and IBCLC, Eleanor Campbell, we want to carry on making this group inclusive and accessible for all, so donations are very welcomed to help cover any venue costs and refreshments. All funds raised go towards supporting local families in our community.

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  • Emily Harper & Sharon Wong

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