NCT Holme Valley & Emley Moor

Can you give a few hours a week to host a Walk & Talk to support people as they become parents?

We would love to hear from you!

https://www.nct.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering

Happy ! If you’re thinking about life after your baby arrives, now is the time to book onto our discounted NCT New Baby Course.

For a limited time only, we’re offering:

💚Half price New Baby course when you book your Antenatal course

💚 £25 off your New Baby course

Our Black Friday sale ends 28 November. You can find more information about the NCT New Baby course, here: https://www.nct.org.uk/courses-workshops/black-friday-offers?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BlackFriday&utm_content=Volunteers1

Real lives, real change. We're reigniting our focus on campaigning and community action. We are listening to your experiences, amplifying all parents’ voices and collaborating to improve the experiences of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. We want everyone who becomes a parent to feel confident, connected, and safe. No exceptions.
We need your support to make this happen.
: https://www.nct.org.uk/about-us/our-strategy

When it comes to children, hot weather can be tricky. Keeping them cool, making sure they don’t get sunburnt and persuading them to keep that hat on can be a parenting challenge.

Check out our 8 top tips for keeping children cool in hot weather https://bit.ly/toptipstostaycool

let us know your top tips in the comments

Our Nearly New Sales are a win-win for everyone. Sellers love the fact they can find a new home for pre-loved toys and clothes while making some extra cash, and buyers benefit from picking up good quality items at very reasonable prices.

Our sales are good for the planet too! Find out more and see if there’s one near you: http://bit.ly/41cXtGL

Get in touch and find out how you could set up a sale in our local area. https://tinyurl.com/volunteerwithNCT

Our Baby First Aid courses provide the essentials to help cope with an injury or emergency. Taking Baby First Aid training can help build your confidence as a parent, whether your child is under one year old or an older child.

Find an online or in-person course here: https://www.nct.org.uk/local-activities-meet-ups/baby-first-aid

Find out how you can get involved as a volunteer with as little as 2 hours of your time per month: https://tinyurl.com/volunteerwithNCT

Happy Volunteers Week 2023

Volunteers are the heart of our community and our volunteers gave 70,000 hours of their time to support parents in their communities over the past year.

Find out how you can get involved as a volunteer with as little as 2 hours of your time per month: https://tinyurl.com/volunteerwithNCT

Want to volunteer but not sure what your options are?

Does your local area need more inclusive, low cost events and activities for parents?

Find out how you can get involved as a volunteer with as little as 2 hours of your time per month: https://tinyurl.com/volunteerwithNCT

Are you interested in supporting parents-to-be by leading antenatal courses? Here’s a glimpse into what our training to become an NCT course leader looks like.

Find more info here: https://bit.ly/3M8WSQx

What is training to become an NCT antenatal teacher like? Here’s a glimpse into what training to become an NCT practitioner looks like. Students and tutors from our CertHE NCT Perinatal Education and Practice course...

NCT volunteers make a life-changing difference to parents in the community. But we need more volunteers. Could you help? There are plenty of ways you can get involved. Find out more: bit.ly/NCTVolunteering

Have you thought about what you can do to fight climate change this year? Organising an NCT Nearly New Sale in your local community can be a really rewarding way to be more green. Find out more: bit.ly/NCTVolunteering

Between 10% and 20% of women have depression and anxiety in pregnancy and after birth.

If you’re suffering from postnatal depression, just some of the symptoms you may be experiencing could include feeling down or teary, worthless, having trouble sleeping or bonding with your baby – but also many more. Please remember that PND is an illness and there is help available.

Take a look at our information on postnatal depression here:https://www.nct.org.uk/life-parent/how-you-might-be-feeling

You could also contact organisations like Mind and Pandas Foundation (Pre And PostNatal Depression Advice and Support) for a listening ear and support.
https://www.nct.org.uk/life-parent/how-you-might-be-feeling

You may use a car regularly to get around every day. Or perhaps you just need a baby car seat for occasional trips in someone else’s car or taxi (like the journey home from hospital after your baby is born!)

Either way, you might find our tips on choosing and fitting your baby’s car seat useful: https://www.nct.org.uk/baby-toddler/getting-out-about-your-baby/travelling-baby/checklist-for-choosing-child-car-seat

Melting, anyone? Being pregnant can cause you to get hot and bothered at the best of times, let alone when it’s pushing 30 degrees outside.

Read our tips for keeping cool when you’re pregnant, including dressing your bump for summer and quick wins to beat the heat (clue: ice lollies and mini fans for starters!) https://www.nct.org.uk/pregnancy/pregnancy-summer 🌞🏖️🌺🙌💚

Thinking of you this ❤️

From Josephine Dellow & BBC Tiny Happy People

It's not just mum's body that changes during pregnancy, dad's does too! 🤓

Volunteering for your local NCT isn’t just for mums, dads can get involved too. Get some inspiration from NCT Doncaster’s Andrew 👇🏼

What exactly do NCT volunteers do? Andrew, NCT Treasurer and Dads' Walk & Talk leader in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, tells us a bit about what volunteering looks like for him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP59nAcaxnI

Andrew says: "I'd never had experience in being a Treasurer or leading walks before. I saw this advert on social media asking for a dads' walk leader, and I thought it was an excellent opportunity for me to get involved and promote dads' mental health in and around South Yorkshire."

Andrew also supports finances for local NCT groups, including Bumps, Babies and Beyond. Watch his video to find out more 💚If you're interested in volunteering, check out our link: https://www.nct.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering

Calling expecting parents! 🤰🏼

Would you like to take part in important research on the impact of sleep changes in new mothers?

University of Birmingham is looking for participants in a study on the impact of sleep loss on social abilities on new mothers – see details 👇 To participate or for more information please contact Dr Andrew Surtees [email protected]

Weekend (or weekday), here are all the ways we can help support you: ⁣⁣
💚 Our free Infant Feeding Support line ⁣⁣
💚 Fun & informative antenatal and postnatal courses ⁣⁣
💚 Friendly parent support groups and activities⁣
💚 Our website is full of reliable, up-to-date information

PANDAS Central Support Call Are you a parent and feeling the strain of the current situation, then this is the call for you!?

We hope your Easter has been full of lots of these things 😊

HAPPY EASTER 🐣💛 We hope your day is filled with lots of tiny happy things 🥰

If you aren't eating chocolate for breakfast then you're doing it wrong 😘

Newborn babies brains grow to full size faster than any other part of the body, using about 50% of their energy intake 😲🧠 (an adult's brain uses 25% of their energy!)⁣
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Whilst their brains are growing in those first few months, the basic understanding of language is growing too 🥰⁣
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Babies have the ability to hear the sounds of different languages and tune into the ones they hear most 👏⁣
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So it's a no brainer (pardon the pun) that the more you talk to them, the more they begin to understand how language works 🙌⁣

10 for the weekend for April 2&3! More information on all the events listed below here - https://t2m.io/aprilevents

For our complete Easter round-up check out - https://yorkshiretots.com/yorkshire-easter-events-activities/

Lots of FREE days out here - https://t2m.io/free

Good luck everyone🤞🏼

⏰Don’t forget the clocks go forward an hour this weekend!⏰
It is a good time to start making changes to bedtime over the next few days -gradually bring your routine forward by up to 15 minutes a night; starting at teatime.
Don’t forget to wake your child up earlier the next morning to gradually change their body clock. Do this from now until Sunday and hopefully you won't notice the change! 🤞🏻