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It started with a simple mission: to stand with those in crisis. Ten years on, our promise remains unchanged. Help us keep our vital support services open and free for every parent who comes to us in crisis. What began as one parent’s desperate search for connection in the middle of the night has grown into a movement - one that holds tens of thousands of families through the most frightening and isolating moments of their child’s mental health crisis. 

Thank you so much to everyone who donated, shared and supported last month’s Big Give and the National Council of Voluntary Organisation’s Small Charity Week campaign to support the Parenting Mental Health 2025 BE Programme! Funding programmes such as BE is a huge undertaking for a small charity like ours. But thanks to donations raised by our amazing community, and our champions Global’s Make Some Noise, together you raised an amazing £4,640 (including gift aid) to give parents navigating their child’s mental health struggles the vital space to stop surviving and finally exhale. Thank you! Parenting Mental Health is one of the few charities in the UK that specifically helps parents and carers who are supporting a child with mental health and other complex challenges, and whose needs and impact for positive change are all too often overlooked. We offer 24/7 care, support, information and skills, so that every parent or carer of a young person with mental illness and other support needs feels confident and included in their child's wellbeing journey. 

Across the UK, parents and carers are quietly breaking under the weight of a public health crisis they didn’t cause but are forced to carry. With 1 in 4 young people aged 17–25 now facing a probable mental health condition often combined with other challenges including ASC, SEND and other complex needs, families are stepping into roles they were never trained for. Most face years of relentless caregiving without a roadmap, adequate support, or even recognition.

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Four analogies for parenting mental health.  On June 9th, along with 44 intrepid fundraisers, I climbed Mount Snowdon to raise money for Parenting Mental Health (PMH). It was an incredibly challenging walk. The wind blew with 30-mile-an-hour gusts, and the clouds closed in. There were many points when I wondered if I would make it.

When was the last time you told your child they were beautiful, funny, supported, loved? 

How many hats do you wear? Parent, child, spouse, friend, employee, employer? Whatever roles you’re responsible for, when your child’s mental health declines, and you’re expected to work as if it hasn’t, it can add an additional layer of stress to an already challenging situation.

Our founder Suzanne reflects on why sometimes, you have to stop fixing and start feeling.