Who do we help?
Our aim is to help families who would find a carrier of considerable therapeutic benefit for a range of reasons and are facing barriers (financial, social, health) to accessing an option that works. We have a few criteria to ensure we are helping the right people who really need our service.
We offer guidance and signposting to local sling libraries for hands on support wherever possible. We can make recommendations for carriers for complex situations and offer consults to help identify solutions, and donate carriers to those in need.
One of our team (we are all trained in sling safety) will suggest a carrier based on current needs and if a donation is to be made, arrange fitting and donation. This may be at your local sling library by agreement, or via remote consultation.
You may be eligible for our help…
- are experiencing a financial or access barrier. This varies, some examples would be if you are on a low income (universal credit) and are therefore eligible for Healthy Start Vouchers. You could be needing to use food or baby banks, or you could be an asylum seeker with no recourse to public funds. Sometimes financial challenges can be temporary or situational, eg a child with a life limiting illness requiring prolonged hospital stays and expensive equipment, or where a parent has had to give up work to care for a child with disability and is on employment support allowance.
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- if you are in receipt of intensive social care support from certain agencies (such as the perinatal mental health service, domestic abuse charities, refugee charities, mother and infant residential homes etc)
- if you care for children in the emergency care system (such as fostering)
- you (or your partner) are suffering from ante- or post-natal depression or anxiety, PTSD or other condition affecting your ability to bond with your child
- or have a child with a serious or life-limiting illness or significant disability,
- or a child who is spending a lot of time in hospital,
- or a child with special needs,
We aim to be flexible and break down barriers. We are aware that income varies; if some clients are able to contribute towards our costs this will enable us to support more families in great need.
Please fill in one of our application forms at the top of the page.
Please contact us if you have any queries.