We are currently looking for a skilled, committed and enthusiastic person to facilitate a weekly drop-in group for new mothers. Applicants will have knowledge, understanding and experience of the issues facing new mothers as well as a good understanding of the wider implications of becoming a parent. Knowledge, skill and experience of facilitating group discussions to enable women to explore new motherhood and form supportive networks is also essential.

Applications (including a covering letter and CV) can be sent in writing or by email to

Gillian Fraser, Co-ordinator, 10 Lower Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9NY or gillian@pregnancyandparents.org.uk by 26^th March 2010.

We are currently looking for a small number of committed and enthusiastic people to join our Board of Directors.  

Applicants will have good communication skills and be able to work well within our small team.  The Board of Directors meet regularly to oversee the financial stability and strategic direction of the Centre and provide assistance with some of the day to day decision making and centre activities.

 Applicants will support the aims, objectives and values of the Centre. Ideally they will have some knowledge of the issues facing pregnant women, new mothers and their families, as well as some understanding about the wider implications of becoming a parent.  While all applicants will be considered, the Board is particularly keen to recruit people with business skills and those familiar with community development.

Applications (including a covering letter and CV) can be sent in writing or by email to

Gillian Fraser, Co-ordinator, 10 Lower Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9NY or gillian@pregnancyandparents.org.uk by 1st March 2010.

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.

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
http://www.keithfarvis.co.uk/ or contact me on 0131 447 8292 or email
keith@keithfarvis.co.uk

I offer babies up to 3 months old one treatment for £10, any other treatments are £30.

 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

or email homoeopathy@pregnancyandparents.org.uk

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!

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

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