Bringing Baby Home: A community-based doula approach to supporting new parents in the City of Yarra

Name: Bringing Baby Home: A community-based doula approach to supporting new parents in the City of Yarra
Start: 2024-11-14T10:30:00+1100
End: 2024-11-14T15:30:00+1100
Location: Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library

Thu, 14 Nov, 10:30am - 3:30pm AEDT

Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library

fitzroy north, australia

Birth for Humankind

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Event description

Do you live or work in the City of Yarra and want to help new parents in your community?

Join this one-day session to learn how Birth for Humankind’s (volunteer) community doula program helps new parents – especially those facing systemic disadvantage – feel more confident and supported.

Discover how you can help strengthen the connection between families and local services, while fostering a nurturing environment that empowers parents during the critical postnatal period.

Session overview:

An introduction to postnatal support skills and knowledge.
Learn how you could become a postnatal doula with Birth for Humankind (including access to discount and scholarship options).
Chat with our experienced program and doula training staff.
Enjoy some great conversations and light refreshments.

Spaces are limited – register for free to attend today

Who can attend: Anyone living or working in the City of Yarra and interested in supporting families by completing Birth for Humankind's full postnatal doula training (2025 dates to be announced) and volunteering with us.
Venue: Bargoonga Nganjin Group Study Room | 182-186 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy
Date: Thursday 14th November
Time: 10.30am-3.30pm

Special thanks to Yarra City Council for their support of this event and Birth for Humankind's Cultivating Connections Program through the Annual Community Grants 2024.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Birth for Humankind exists to improve the maternal and sexual reproductive health system and reduce the barriers associated with systemic, disadvantage and discrimination during pregnancy, birth, early parenting and abortions.

We do this by making free universal community-based doula support available in Melbourne and surrounds, to women and gender diverse people experiencing financial hardship and systemic discrimination and disadvantage. This includes:

Community-based doula support: Skilled doulas (birth support professionals) provide free and continuous personalised, practical and emotional support during pregnancy, birth, early parenting, and through abortions.

Doula training: Through our doula training program, we are building a culturally diverse, lived experience workforce who are skilled in providing trauma-informed perinatal support. In doing so we are contributing to improving equity in pregnancy choices and care, including maternity and abortion support.

Education: We provide multi-language, accessible childbirth education resources, including videos and information sheets to help people prepare for pregnancy, birth and early parenting.

Research and advocacy: We use and share programmatic evidence and contribute to partnerships, research and advocacy, to promote systemic change and improved maternal health equity.

For more information visit our website: www.birthforhumankind.org  

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