PLACE parent support
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Welcome to PLACE
There is always a PLACE for parents and carers in children & young people’s mental health
PLACE provides a structured safe space to support individuals/organisations who are providing or establishing parent-carer support (PCPS) in CYPMH.
If you are looking for individual support please look at the interactive map below for parent carer support in your local area or our Get help now page.
What is parent and carer peer support?
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About the PLACE Network
The PLACE Network aims to develop, promote and sustain parent and carer support (PCPS) and involvement in children and young people’s mental health across the UK. Parents and carers with lived experience of supporting a child with mental health issues and professionals with an interest in parent support meet monthly to share practice and ideas.
One of the key objectives of the PLACE Network is to connect existing parent and carer support groups/projects or those with an interest in developing one. Our interactive map below shows some of the mental health focused parent and carer support groups from around the country who are currently members.
PLACE Network Membership
Membership of the PLACE Network is free and is open to:
- all those involved in existing parent support groups/projects focused on CYPMH
- all those interested in establishing new parent support groups/projects focused on CYPMH
- professionals with a remit and/or interest in supporting parent/carer support in CYPMH
Interested in joining the PLACE Network?
If you would like to join the PLACE network, please complete the PLACE Network Submission Form.
What do our PLACE members say?
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For me PLACE came along at the most ideal time and became like a real bit of glue for me through the chaos of Covid. Being involved with PLACE has been really fundamental to my own personal growth and development, my own understanding.
PLACE member - Monica
Parent Carer Peer Support Courses
We are delighted to announce that we will be offering our full parent carer peer support course again starting in January 2025.
Our PCPS training course is open to those working or volunteering as parent carer peer support workers, or parents and carers supported by local services who would like to train to become a PCPS worker. The course also delivers training sessions for supervisors and for service managers. If you would like to hear more about this course, register your interest below!
Parents and Carers
Services and Commissioners
Want to know more about parent and carer peer support? Join our PCPS information and CPD sessions!
Would you like to know more about how parents and carers with lived experience can help others? There are a number of ways to get involved. Find out more at our information sessions and training courses.
Are you a service or a commissioner wanting to improve your local offer to families and benefit your service? Find out more about how to grow parent carer peer support locally with our PCPS Information and CPD sessions for services and commissioners.
Our Network members and interactive map
Find a group
National or online
Barnardos
CAMHS Network
Define Fine
Not Fine in School
Parents Online
North West
AWARE
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre ASK
Bradford District Foundation Care Trust
Breathe
Calm Connections
CHATS Morecambe & Lancaster
Fresh+ Group
Lancashire Positive Minds
Manchester Parent Champions/Regen Me
Mind over Natter
Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust
The Positivitree
Parents of the Revolution
Thornleigh College
We are with you
North East
Invictus Wellbeing
Kids Yorkshire
ReCoCo
Rollercoaster Family Support
Midlands
First Steps ED
SEND Friends
East Midlands
CAMHS Parent2Parent Support Group
Parents in Mind
SEND PaCT Notts
SEND Together
West Midlands
Dudley Parent Carer Forum
Hope Project
PEGiS
PEGS - Parental Education Growth Support
R.A.Y.S of H.O.P.E
South Staffs CAMHS Online Parent Support Group
Wales
Parents Voices in Wales
East Anglia
PACT Parents and Carers Together CIC
South West
Off the Record
Parental Minds CIC
South East
Am I Alone CIC
Breathe
Bromley Y
Future in Mind
Holding Space
HOPE (Harrow)
Learning Space
Let's Talk, Aeryn
Mental Health Natters
Mind and Body at We Are With You
MY Family
New Maudsley Carers
North East London Foundation Trust CAMHS
The Re:Minds Group CIC
Unity
Scotland
Glasgow
View all the regional groups on our interactive map:
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Am I Alone CIC
AWARE (Airedale and Wharfedale Autism Resource)
Barnardos
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre ASK
Brighter Futures Together
Bradford District Foundation Care Trust
Breathe
BREATHE Parent Support in Harrow
Bromley Y
Calm Connections CIC
Calm Connections
CAMHS Network
CAMHS Parent2Parent Support Group
CHATS Morecambe & Lancaster
Cognus
Define Fine
Dudley Parent Carer Forum
First Steps ED
Fresh+ Group (Fresh Plus Group)
Future in Mind
Greater Manchester Mental Health
Glasgow City HSCP NW Family Well-being Hub
Headroom Young People's Charity
HOPE (Harrow)
Hope Project Staffordshire
Holding Space
Invictus Wellbeing
Just Support
KIDS Yorkshire
Lancashire Positive Minds
Learning Space Parent Voice & Parent Anxiety Group
Let's Talk, Aeryn
Life Skills Hub
Manchester Parent Champions/Regen Me
Mental Health Natters
Mind and Body at We Are With You
Mind over Natter
New Maudsley Carers
Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust
Not Fine in School
Off the Record (OTR)
PACT Parents and Carers Together CIC
The Positivitree
Parents in Mind
Parental Minds CIC
Parents of the Revolution
Parents Online
Parent Carer Foundation
Parents Voices in Wales
PEGiS
R.A.Y.S of H.O.P.E.
ReCoCo
Rollercoaster Family Support
MyOTAS
MY Family - peer support group
Neuro Thrive
North East London Foundation Trust CAMHS
PEGS - Parental Education Growth Support
Parenting Special Children
SEND PaCT Notts
SEND Together
SEND Friends
South Staffs CAMHs Online Parent Support Group
PYPT (Parents & Young People Together)
Teesside Mind
The Re:Minds Group CIC
Thornleigh College
The Bloom initiative
Unity
We are with you
With Me In Mind
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