Evaluation of Perinatal Support Programme

 

 

Rights Lab project lead:Kevin Bales. In collaboration with Hestia and the Happy Baby Community 
Funder: Department for Health and Social Care VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund
Duration:July 2021-March 2023 
Programme: Communities and Society

 

Hestia and the Happy Baby Community (HBC) developed the Perinatal Support Programme for pregnant women and mothers with babies who are seeking international protection in the UK and who have experienced trafficking, violence, trauma or abuse. This programme has the potential to improve access to services, provide support (informational, practical, and emotional) on the journey through maternity and early parenthood, demonstrate how to avoid coercion after birth for the survivor-mother, instead supporting them emotionally and relationally through pregnancy, birth and postnatal experiences, with the aim of a dignified, autonomous, and empowered recovery, through and beyond the NRM process. Our evaluation focuses on how the programme contributes to improved health outcomes for 0-2 year olds.