Support for Dads and Partners

Children don’t come with instructions and learning to be a parent can be very demanding. Dads are just as important in bringing them up and they have support needs of their own.

Acacia Dads

Acacia Dads has information specially for new dads and partners. They know one in ten new dads struggle with their mental health during and after pregnancy.

Connecting Dads

Connecting Dads project has been developed to aid fathers in the early stages of parenting, focusing on those with a child between 0- 3 years old. For parents, this is known as the perinatal stage. The support is inclusive to all dads/fathers, dads with current or previous low to moderate mental health needs, or maybe experiencing some difficulties in their relationships.

DadPad

Dads Unlimited is a charity that supports the emotional safety of men and those they care about.

Tommy's Dads and Partners

Tommy’s has lots of information and advice for non-birthing parents on how pregnancy and birth may affect them and suggest ways that they can be involved.

Dad Matters

Dad Matters aims to help dads have successful relationships with their families and to support dads with anxiety, stress and mental health issues.

Pink Parents

Pink Parents offers advice on gay and lesbian parenting issues, same-sex adoption in the UK and talking with your children about your sexual orientation.

LGBT Mummies

LGBT Mummies support LGBT+ women and people globally on the path to motherhood or parenthood.

New Family Social

New Family Social are a UK charity, led by LGBTQ+ adopters and foster carers.

La Leche League

La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organisation that supports everyone who wants to breastfeed or chestfeed in reaching their goals.

PANDAS Foundation

PANDAS Foundation offer hope, empathy and support for every parent or network affected by perinatal mental illness.

Mind

Mind offers information about mental health support for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, or asexual.

Barking & Dagenham Mental Health & Wellness Teams (MH&WTs)

The MH&WTs provide specialist mental health services for adults aged 18 and over with serious mental health problems.

NHS

The NHS has advice about starting a family if you’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary.

Voda

Voda is an app designed by NHS psychotherapists and provides self-guided digital therapy programmes derived from mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

James' Place

With World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September) on the horizon, now’s the perfect time to spotlight James’ Place—a vital service offering free, life-saving therapy to men in suicidal crisis.