by Leanne Thurston | Sep 9, 2014 | Blog
A former client of Petals, Louise Cooke, has raised an impressive £732.50 for Petals by organising a sponsored walk for herself and her friends. Louise said that she wanted to organise the fundraising event to “say thank you to Karen and to Petals”....
by Leanne Thurston | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog
As members of the Maternity Mental Health Alliance, we are committed to the Everyones Business Campaign which seeks to highlight the lack of consistency in perinatal mental health services across the country. It is part of our aim at Petals to raise awareness of the...
by Leanne Thurston | Jul 20, 2014 | Blog
In this short video our CEO, Karen Burgess, introduces a client who came to counselling for help with dealing with her antenatal anxieties: Jenny says: “I was referred to Petals by my midwife when it was established that I was suffering with prenatal...
by Leanne Thurston | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance launches its #everyonesbusiness campaign – Tuesday 8th July. Pregnant women and new mothers in almost half of the UK do not have access to specialist mental health services, potentially leaving them and their babies at risk....
by Leanne Thurston | Jun 25, 2014 | Blog
We are so excited to announce that we have reached the finals of the National Lottery Awards!! Our Lottery-funded pilot project is competing against six other projects for the title of Best Health Project. The Awards are an annual search to find the UK’s...
by Leanne Thurston | May 12, 2014 | Blog
The lovely Mike Baron of The Bootcamp Company has volunteered to run a charity session with all proceeds going to Petals. The session will cost £10 per person. Fancy Dress is optional to make it more fun. Expect to get muddy and sweaty, have fun but be aching the...
