Little Minds Matter
April 2018 to March 2024
Little Minds Matter: Bradford Infant Mental Health Service is a specialised parent-infant relationship service working with infants, their families, and associated professional networks during the first 1001 critical days (conception to two years).
It was delivered as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2018 to to 2024 by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and Family Action.
How this project was delivered
A dynamic multi-disciplinary team delivered four strands of work to embed early intervention support for Bradford families through direct clinical support, training, consultation, and community engagement.
Practitioners built trusting relationships with families and the wider professional networks around families, to bolster and enhance support already available, fostering strong working relationships to ensure that families were held and supported through a collective network.
Background, impact and findings
Further reading
Download this snapshot of Little Minds Matter, with headline stats, background, impact and learning (PDF).
This report provides an overview of project performance and findings from an implementation and before-and-after outcome evaluation by the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub.
In this webinar, the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub and Better Start Bradford, explore evaluation findings relating to the Little Minds Matter, Baby Steps, Incredible Years and Personalised Midwifery projects
A series of videos made by parents for parents, developed by Little Minds Matter. Watch parents and carers sharing precious little moments which will help little ones' brains grow and develop.
If you work with families with a babies, this card will help you to consider how your plans and/or decisions may affect the baby, what the parent-infant relationship looks like, and whether there are any concerns.
Dr Hannah Swan, Clinical Lead at Little Minds Matter, and Gill Thornton at Better Start Bradford, introduce a campaign promoting the vital everyday interactions between parent and child.
The idea that prevention is better than cure is not new, but when thinking about the complexities of child development and mental health, how can we truly be preventative?
Jane Ellis, Assistant Psychologist with Little Minds Matter at Better Start Bradford, describes how the advice of mums was key to shaping well-being support for other pregnant women and mothers of very young children.
Dr Gemma Dyble, Clinical Lead & Clinical Psychologist with our latest project: Little Minds Matter, explains why parents in Better Start Bradford are being encouraged to consider their babies’ mental health.