Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
Midlothian Sure Start’s ‘A Good Start’ (AGS) prevention programme has been developed in co-production with parents over 15 years, providing valuable peer and parenting support to vulnerable families in Midlothian. In partnership with East Lothian Council, the programme will be expanded to provide support to new families in East Lothian, training local voluntereers, health and third sector staff. The service will expand to provide more antenatal programmes for vulnerable parents and drop-in sessions for parents with infants under one year.
Today (30 April 2025), the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) fund team published a report sharing insights from four years of managing funding to support parents’ and infants’ mental health and wellbeing across Scotland. Inspiring Scotland managed £3.8 million of Scottish Government funding through the PIMH Fund between October 2020 and September 2024. This
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More funding has been announced for the Scottish Government’s Autistic Adult Support Fund and is available to third sector organisations providing services to autistic adults – promoting wellbeing and helping them to understand what neurodivergence means for them. Since 2023, the Scottish Government has allocated £1.5 million to 15 organisations, including those helping autistic adults
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More funding has been announced for the Scottish Government’s Autistic Adult Support Fund and is available to third sector organisations providing services to autistic adults – promoting wellbeing and helping them to understand what neurodivergence means for them. Since 2023, the Scottish Government has allocated £1.5 million to 15 organisations, including those helping autistic adults
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