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Life’s Pregnancy & Parenting Support (PPS) Programme is for women in the justice system facing pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or early motherhood. If you have been recently released from prison and are living in the West Midlands or Staffordshire, we’re here for you.

Get in touch on one of these buttons, Text “PPS“, or say “I’m getting in touch about the PPS programme”
  1. Contact Us for free by Text, Call or Email (quote PPS).

2. We’ll work with you to create a tailored programme for your needs.

3. Together, we’ll help get the right solutions to support you on your rehabilitation journey.

Want to refer someone else to PPS? Fill out our referral form below.

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How we help

Who does the Pregnancy & Parenting Support (PPS) Programme help?

PPS helps women in the justice system facing pregnancy, pregnancy loss (abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, or separated from children), or early motherhood. If you have been recently released from prison and are living in the West Midlands or Staffordshire, we’re here for you.

We can help women who are:
  • On bail, remand, serving a sentence, or recently released from prison
  • Needing access to pregnancy testing or healthcare bespoke to their pregnancy in prison
  • Requiring training, qualification, or employment support
  • Wanting to participate in parenting programmes
  • In need of counselling
  • Needing housing assistance on release
  • Pregnant or experiencing pregnancy loss
  • Separated from their children under five years old

And we also offer assistance to professionals supporting women in the justice system.

What services does Life provide?

We’ll work with you to devise a tailored programme. Our services include:

  • Pregnancy counselling: Giving a safe space for women to process her pregnancy without pressure
  • Post-pregnancy-loss counselling: Giving a non-judgmental space for women who’ve experienced pregnancy loss to work through their feelings and thoughts
  • Pregnancy support: Helping women navigate their pregnancy and beyond
  • Housing: Assistance from trained workers to access housing support
  • Parenting support: Helping a new mother gain crucial life skills like finance, relationships, mental health, and caring for her baby, and access to mum and baby supplies
  • Counselling and emotional support: Helping mothers to develop, maintain, and/or strengthen the bonds with their children and families during or after separation
  • Employment support: Online training and education to increase employability
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About the PPS Programme

There is a lack of help for women and their children whilst women are in prison and following their release. People in difficult situations should have all the help they need to turn their lives around.

That’s where we can help.

Life is a UK charity for women facing unexpected pregnancy and other pregnancy-related issues. Helping tens of thousands of women and families every year means we get how difficult their situations can be.

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, Life’s Pregnancy & Parenting Support (PPS) Programme gives the women you’re supporting access to our full suite of emotional and practical help, including counselling and skilled listening, life skills training, and supported accommodation.

What are the aims and benefits of the PPS Programme?

For clients, the programme aims to help:

  • Lower chance of re-offending
  • Feel empowered to access healthcare for her needs
  • Increase employment prospects
  • Lower chance of using illegal substances
  • Come to terms with trauma in their lives
  • Learn fundamental parenting skills
  • Find independent, long-term housing

What is Life’s approach?

Our approach is holistic, giving emotional and practical pregnancy support from the earliest stages right to when the child is five years old.

Our services operate by the Trauma-Informed Approach. This approach improves outcomes for new mothers by improving whole-person health, which is essential for dealing with the transitions of pregnancy or the difficulties or pregnancy loss.

We’re proud recipients of the Trusted Charity Standard in recognition of our excellence as one of the UK’s leading pregnancy support charities. Also:

  • We are an associate member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and adhere to their ethical guidelines. This includes that our counselling and skilled listening service is person-centred – non-judgmental, does not tell clients what to do, and allows clients to make their own decisions.
  • Alongside 350 other organisations, we are members of the Helplines Partnership (the membership body for helpline organisations) and their Helpline Freephone Range.
  • Our services are for anyone facing any kind of pregnancy-related issue, including those considering an abortion or who have had abortion or other reproductive loss, including miscarriage or stillbirth. We are also a member of the Baby Loss Awareness Alliance, an alliance of 120+ UK charities and organisations working to increase support for pregnancy loss. Its working group members include Sands, Bliss, the Miscarriage Association, and Tommy’s.

How do I get in touch to make a referral?

Just tap the buttons below – Call, Text, or Email – to start the conversation with us. Text “PPS” or tell us you’re calling about the PPS programme. If you are referring someone else, click the Referral Form button.
We look forward to working with you!
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National Lottery Community Fund logo pink and black on white, for life Charity's Pregnancy and Parenting Support programme for parents in the justice system UK