Margaret Davidson is running a Yoga Day in aid of the Pregnancy and Parents Centre for anyone interested in Personal Wellbeing on Saturday, 13th March at Venture Trust, 6d Bruntsfield Terrace, EH10 4 EX from 10am to 4pm. Cost is £40 in advance (by 8th March) or £50 thereafter. Pre-booking is essential. Please phone Gillian at the Centre, on 0131 229 3667 to book or for further information.
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We are pleased to welcome Craniosacral Therapist Keith Farvis who will be working from the centre on Wednesday mornings. Please contact Keith directly for more details and to make bookings. Craniosacral Therapy is a very gentle form of body based therapy which is ideally suited for the pregnant woman and the newborn baby. It works directly with the body’s own innate ability to move towards optimum health and functioning. It is helpful for the mother preparing for birth and is probably the treatment of choice for the newborn, to help ease out any consequences of a less than ideal birth. For more information, see the “Mothers and Babies” link on my website I offer babies up to 3 months old one treatment for £10, any other treatments are £30. The PPC is a not for profit charity working with women and their families during pregnancy and parenthood. We are currently looking for a committed and enthusiastic yoga for pregnancy facilitator to run weekly groups for pregnant women. Applicants will be experienced at teaching yoga for pregnancy, will have knowledge and experience of the physiology of pregnancy and birth, and will have a good understanding of the wider implications of childbearing. Knowledge and experience of facilitating group discussions to enable women to form supportive networks and explore birth choices, as well as other pregnancy and parenting issues is also essential. Applications (including a covering letter and CV) can be sent in writing or electronically to Gillian Fraser, Co-ordinator, 10 Lower Gilmore Place, Edinburgh EH3 9NY, or info@pregnancyandparents.org.uk by 26th February. The Pregnancy and Parents Centre has a very large extended family including all families past and present who have used the centre and those who are part of our friendly community. We now also have lots of Friends who have given most generously to the PPC to support its work. We have raised £6000 since June and it is all thanks to you and those listed here!! If you would like to become a friend of the PPC please follow the link below, or contact Gillian in the office. https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/donation.asp?ref=154206
We would like to thank the following individuals and organisations who have supported us by giving financial donations or prizes for fundraising events:
Gillian Baxendine and Simon Watkins Claire McNicoll Paula Mouton Peter Edwards Karen Sykes The Ceilidh Collective Homoeopathy and Family Health Saturday 20th February 10 – 1pm Pregnancy and Parents Centre 10 Lower Gilmore Place EH3 9NY Cost : £20 Would you like to find out more about how to support the health and well being of your baby or child using homoeopathy?
We will explore the use of homoeopathic remedies when helping your child through common ailments such as colic, fevers, painfull teething, ear infections, coughs and colds, stomach upsets. You’ll have the chance to take away book lists and details of resources to help you with home prescribing. Basic remedy kits available to buy or order. For more information or to book a place, please phone Lyssa on 0131 447 3248 or Rebecca on 0131 228 8034 Fancy redirecting some Treasury cash from the taxman to the Pregnancy and Parents Centre? If you have generously given money to the centre in the past and you are/were a UK tax payer, you could help us again, at no extra cost to you, by filling out a Gift Aid declaration form. This government scheme enables the centre to claim back 20p on every pound donated to the centre in the past 6 years by basic and higher rate UK tax payers, and, if all possible donors sign up, it could help us collect a vital windfall to fund our work. However we can only do this if we collect written consent from each donor to say that we can claim back the tax paid on their generous contributions. If you have donated money to the centre in the past and would like to receive a Gift Aid declaration form to help us reclaim that tax please contact the Pregnancy and Parents Centre at 10 Lower Gilmore Place, Edinburgh EH3 9NY, by calling (0131) 229-3667 or sending an email to info@pregnancyandparents.org.uk Thanks for signing up and making your donation count twice!
Welcome also to our new website. Like many things at the PPC, it’s maintained and developed mainly by volunteers. We hope information will be easier to find on the new site, but it is still very much a work in progress. Suggestions for improvements and changes are most welcome. Gillian, our co-ordinator, is doing a sponsored parachute jump with the proceeds being split between the Pregnancy and Parents Centre and Diabetes UK. Please help to raise money for these 2 charities, sponsor her online at http://www.justgiving.com/gillianfraser Thanks very much, Gillian, for fundraising for us in this exciting way. Have a great time! A huge thank you to everyone who has sponsored me!! Gillian x |
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Pregnancy and Parents Centre is the new name for the Birth Resource Centre. After much deliberation we came to the decision that the name Birth Resource Centre did not reflect what we do. We help women and families through pregnancy and the early years of parenthood and, although we give lots of information, care and support on labour and birth, we are not a birthing centre. It had been found that some people did not realise the full services the centre provides and we thought that a change of name would help with this. So welcome to the Pregnancy and Parents Centre! N.B. Cheques are still to be made out to the Birth Resource Centre