Being there for every parent
Our five-year plan, For Every Parent, sets out how we will be there for every parent through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. In the past year, we’ve been focused on delivering this vision and helping even more new and expectant parents during a critical, life-changing stage of their lives.
Connecting parents in local communities
Last year, over 180,000 parents connected with NCT in person - and millions more found support online.
Over 80,000 parents joined our community groups – thanks to our amazing volunteers who gave over 77,000 hours to support parents in their local communities. Volunteers offer peer support, run local community events, lead walking groups, hold our NCT Nearly New Sales, crochet baby blankets, co-ordinate baby first aid classes and run marathons as part of #TeamNCT.
Mental health support
Many parents face mental health challenges during pregnancy or the first year after birth. Through NCT Parents in Mind, we’re breaking the stigma by offering safe spaces for sharing and support. After receiving peer support from local parent volunteers, 94% of parents felt understood, and 88% felt better informed about where to get help.
Responding to the rising cost of living
Families are struggling with the cost of living. We’re helping to tackle this by providing practical and emotional support by delivering 2,500 Baby Bundle items to those in need, selling 345,000 affordable baby items to more than 200,000 families at NCT Nearly New Sales. We also expanded our free services with trusted partners, and worked with local food banks, baby banks including through the Baby Bank Alliance, and other services to offer further help. And millions of people used our independently accredited hub for evidence-based information about pregnancy, birth and life as a parent.
Trusted antenatal and postnatal education
Our experienced NCT Practitioners continue to hold safe spaces for learning and sharing, helping parents grow in confidence and make connections. Our award-winning antenatal classes continued to see incredibly positive feedback, with 94% of attendees rating them good or excellent, and 95% of people staying in touch with those they’ve met.
Personalised infant feeding support
Parents need unbiased, evidence-based information and support to enable them to feed their babies in the way they decide. Last year we gave infant feeding support to over 85,000 new parents. We were there when they needed us – in a neonatal unit or postnatal ward, at one of our Baby Cafes in the community, or through late-night calls to our free Infant Feeding Line.
Campaigning for change
We are continuously campaigning and collaborating with others to improve services and ensure that every parent has access to safe, equitable care. Our work aims to ensure that policy decisions are informed by real-world experiences and evidence and respond to the needs of parents today.
Annual reports
Our Annual Reports provide an overview of our charity’s impact each year and the work and collaborations we build to deliver this impact.
It includes a report from the Trustees and a record of our financial performance. The most recent ones are available to download.
