The Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) fund Delivery and learning report shares 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 funding enabled 34 charities across Scotland to deliver community-based, non-stigmatising, and relationship-led support to over 16,000 people, including more than 6,000 babies and children.
The PIMH fund focused on support during the critical period from pregnancy to age three – a time of increased pressure on mental health, and when early intervention to nurture the relationship between babies and caregivers can lay the foundation for healthy development that leads to positive adult lives.
Funded support significantly reduced isolation, enhanced parents’ ability to meet their children’s needs, and gave them the skills and space to build a secure and stronger connection with their babies.
This guidance was published in 2008 to coincide with the launch of the 14:19 Fund and outlines the focus of the investment.
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