The Parenting NI Podcast Parenting NI

Emma Hitchen (Senior Participation and Research Officer, Parenting Focus) talks to Laura Dowie (Timely Careers, Director) about what support is available to women returning to the workplace after a period of absence.

The theme for Single Parent Day 2024 is ‘recognition’, which allows us to recognise single parents and all they do, as well as recognising the need for wider supports and structural change to improve the lives of single parent families 👩‍👧
 
This year Parenting NI collaborated with Single Parent charities, and found out what they are doing to support Single Parent Families across the UK 👉
 
 
Fife Gingerbread, Gingerbread, One Family Ireland, and One Parent Families Scotland

Children born in sub-Saharan Africa are 15 times more likely to die in childhood than children in Europe and North America and the earliest days of life are still the most dangerous for children born in Kenya and all over Africa.
Child.org work with pregnant women, new mums, communities and government to provide life-saving antenatal and postnatal health information, connect communities and services, and advocate for quality care so that mums and babies stay safe, alive and healthy.
QUB student placement Hannah talks to Child.org on the work that they do, and the similarities between this, and work carried out at Parenting NI.
Please note: This podcast was recorded virtually and therefore subject to low sound quality at parts, due to interruptions in transmission.

Former CEO of Parenting NI, Pip Jaffa, join us to discuss the importance of grandparents.

Mark Williams is a mental health advocate, particularly passionate about the mental health of fathers and new parents. Founder of Fathers Reaching Out and International Fathers Mental Health Day, Mark campaigns tirelessly to raise awareness of the importance of paternal wellbeing. Highly sought as a motivational speaker, Mark is called upon to start conversations about perinatal mental health issues having now spoken at over 350 events.
Mark speaks to Parenting NI about the struggles of fathers perinatal mental health issues, and how to be an advocate for fathers.

Kate and Brian from Family Care Adoption Services join us to talk about the services they can provide for those looking to adopt and for those who have been adopted.
Website - https://familycareadoption.com/
Linktr.ee - linktr.ee/familycareadoption
Phone – 028 9069 1133
Email- email@familycareadoption.org
Information pack download: https://www.parentingni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Information-Pack.pdf