In response to an increased demand for more information about perinatal mental health, we have developed a choice of 2 presentations for corporations and organisations, which we can present, and also offer 1:1 training with your teams. This can be conducted online or in your workplace.
As part of the training, we talk about:
- How to have a conversation around perinatal mental health issues with someone you may be concerned about
- What support can be offered to parents, carers and their networks who have been diagnosed, or suspect that they may be struggling with, perinatal mental health issues
- Signs and symptoms of perinatal mental health issues
- Mothers and fathers and how they may present differently
- Coping mechanisms
- Real life case studies and experiences
- PANDAS – our charity, who it is for, how we developed to move with changing demands and why we do what we do
We ask for a donation for our resource and time. The donation will be ploughed back into our helpline services to help parents and carers.
For more information, please contact rachel.burn@pandasfoundation.org.uk
Download our speakers pack below
Testimonials
Dr Krystal Wilkinson – MCIPD, FHEA
We would like to express our huge thanks to PANDAS Foundation for being the opening speaker at our Perinatal Mental Health in Policing conference in January 2023, which brought together academic research on perinatal mental health in policing, maternity management and police families; charities; campaigners and lived experience experts.
Dani from PANDAS gave a wonderfully informative and emotive presentation which really set the tone for the day – explaining different perinatal mental health conditions; the impact; her own personal experiences; and the various supports available from PANDAS.
Attendees (and organisers alike) were visibly moved by Dani’s personal story, and this enabled others in the audience to share issues that are often stigmatized and silenced – especially in places like a police force head quarters (where the event was held)!
We had around 100 attendees in person and online, and the feedback has been so positive, with mention of action taking place in other police forces already. Dani very kindly offered additional information about PANDAS services, which we were able to circulate after the event, and we know several attendees will be signposting to PANDAS in their own organisations.
We would wholeheartedly recommend PANDAS training sessions to other organisations/industry events looking to raise awareness and challenge the taboo around mental illness in pregnancy and post-birth.
Testimonial
“We would like to share our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dani from the PANDAS Foundation for speaking to our colleagues. As part of our continued focus on Wellbeing at Sainsburys, we wanted to shine a light on Maternal Mental Health during its awareness week in May, and we were lucky enough to secure some time with the PANDAS team.
‘We partnered with PANDAS on a learning program for a client that required specific subject matter expertise. Sally & Lauren were professional, easy to work with and brought invaluable expertise to our programme”
“Dani delivered the content in the most sensitive way, touching upon her personal experiences to bring to life how important this topic is. Dani’s approach resonated with the group, with many comments during the session praising how brave she was to share her own story, and in turn it inspired others to open up in the chat about their own experiences with their mental health during pregnancy and after giving birth. It even inspired some of our male colleagues to share their feelings about their experience as a father, and how they supported their partner and child during this time.
“We had such positive feedback following the session, and the resources that the PANDAS team shared with us were incredibly helpful in continuing to inform our colleagues about this topic, and keep the conversation going, beyond Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.
“The work PANDAS, volunteers and managers like Dani do, to raise awareness on this incredibly important topic, is simply inspiring.”
Sainsburys Wellbeing Team
