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Join ClinksBirth Companions is a unique charity which supports women experiencing severe disadvantage during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. We are the UK’s leading organisation working in this area, with widely acknowledged expertise in the needs of pregnant women and new mothers facing severe disadvantage both in prison and the community.
The women we support face a range of issues and challenges including mental health problems, substance misuse, a history of domestic and sexual violence, trafficking, experience of detention and human rights violations overseas. They are particularly vulnerable during their pregnancies due to the effects of poor health, poverty, lack of support from family and friends as well as isolation.
Our overall aim is to empower women and help them to give their babies best possible start in life.
We also seek to raise awareness and to influence changes in policy and practice to improve conditions for the women we work with.
The women we support face a range of issues and challenges including mental health problems, substance misuse, a history of domestic and sexual violence, trafficking, experience of detention and human rights violations overseas. They are particularly vulnerable during their pregnancies due to the effects of poor health, poverty, lack of support from family and friends as well as isolation.
Our overall aim is to empower women and help them to give their babies best possible start in life.
We also seek to raise awareness and to influence changes in policy and practice to improve conditions for the women we work with.
Contact
Address
Dalton House
60 Windsor Avenue
London
Greater London
SW19 2RR
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
07786133636
info@birthcompanions.org.uk
Website
http://www.birthcompanions.org.uk
In Brief
Primary Field of Work
Family support
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
No. of service users
170
No. of Paid Staff
9
No. of Volunteers
50
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Legal status
Charitable incorporated organisation
Year of Formation
1996
Organisation's Income
£250k - £500k
Contract History
Partner organisations
HMP Bronzefield
HMP Peterborough
The Whittington Hospital
Homerton Hospital
Helen Bamber Foundation
HMPPS
NHS ENgland Health and Justice
Regions
East
Peterborough UA
London
Inner London
Camden
City of London
Hackney
Haringey
Islington
Lambeth
Lewisham
Newham
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Westminster
Outer London
Barnet
Brent
Enfield
South East
Surrey
Area covered
1 or more regions
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy
Family support
Mentoring & befriending
Parenting skills
Peer support
Physical health
Prisons
Resettlement
Service user involvement
Volunteering
People you work with
Families
Foreign nationals
Immigration detainees
People with English as a second language
Prisoners with short sentences
Refugees & asylum seekers
Remand prisoners
Victims
Women