Our Universal Parenting Offer
The Birmingham Family Hubs and Best Start for Life programme is pleased to offer face-to-face and online universal training options on a range of topics such as Antenatal, Postnatal, Baby, Child and Teen.
Online Offer
These easy to follow short courses cover topics such as:
- Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
- Understanding your child with additional needs
- Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding your teenager’s brain
- Understanding your relationships
- Understanding your own trauma
There are even a couple of short courses for teenagers: 'Understanding your brain' and 'Understanding your feelings'.
For non-English speaking parents/carers there are resources available in some additional languages: Arabic, Urdu, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Welsh, Polish and Somali.
Parents/carers can access these resources without a referral at any time by searching online for ‘In Our Place’ or using the following link which will provide them with the full course library:
In-Person Parenting Groups
There are a number of parenting groups taking place in community venues across the city. Parents/carers and professionals alike can access information and request a place on a group by using the following link to access an enquiry form. The form will contain details on the dates and venues and language options for the following programmes.
Targeted Offer
Groups in our targeted offer are for parents/carers who meet specific criteria.
Go to our Targeted Parenting Offer
Parenting Directory
The Parenting Directory provides practitioners with a description of each online and in-person course within the Family Hubs Best Start for Life parenting offer and within Birmingham Children’s Trust targeted parenting offer.
The description include course content, an outline of the modules, length of the programme as well as links to introductory/explanatory videos and information leaflets for professionals and parents (where available).