Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh council have support available for families within their council area – Support for families – The City of Edinburgh Council
2. A charitable organisation supporting families with young children in Edinburgh – homelinkfamilysupport.org
3. Support and friendship for families in the South and South West of Edinburgh – HomeStart
4. Support services for young parent families and pregnant women living in the North Edinburgh area – Stepping Stones North Edinburgh
5. Support for families from a wide range of different communities – MCFB – Multi Cultural Family Base |
6. Child-friendly family and community Centre based in Leith- Bell’s Family Centre
7. Community well-being project in Pilton – Pilton Community Health Project
8. Perinatal wellbeing support in Leith – Kin Collective
9. Online directory of 3rd sector organisations and their services – Evoc red book
10. Directory of local support – Edinburgh community resource directory

Midlothian

1. Support for families within the Midlothian council area – Children and families | Midlothian Council
2. Home Link Family Support is a charitable organisation supporting families with young children in Midlothian – homelinkfamilysupport.org
3. Support service for families and children – Midlothian Sure Start

East Lothian

1. Support for families within the East Lothian council area – Family Support | East Lothian Council
2. Befriending support for families – Home-Start East Lothian

West Lothian

1. Support for families in West Lothian – westlothianhscp.org.uk
2. Friendship and practical help for families in West Lothian – Home-Start West Lothian

Lothian-wide support

1. Information and support for families – CrossReach
2. Local support for perinatal dads – Dads Rock
3. Information and resources for fathers – Fathers Network Scotland
4. Help for black minority ethnic women and children who experience domestic abuse – Shakti Women’s Aid
5. Rainbow families LGBTQ+ – LGBT Health and Wellbeing
6. NHS Lothian Children’s pages – NHS Lothian – Children’s services
7. Breastfeeding support groups (listed per area) and breastfeeding resources – Breastfeeding in the Lothians
8. Wellbeing and mental health support – Wellbeing Lothian

Scotland-wide

1. Information on babies and toddlers – Wellbeing for wee ones
2. Parenting app for all parents and caregivers – Baby Buddy app
3. Information on perinatal mental health – Maternal Mental Health Scotland
4. Information and support for parents of premature and sick babies – Bliss Scotland
5. Scotland’s children’s charity – Aberlour
6. Family support – Children 1st
7. Support for parents and children – NSPCC Scotland
8. Parent Club – information for parents in Scotland – Parent Club – Scotland
9. Supporting children, parents and families in Scotland – Parenting across Scotland
10. Parenting tips for the first two years of life – Unicef – baby tips
11. Information resources and activities during pregnancy and infancy – Tiny Happy People – Speech and Language Support
12. Baby Loss Support and Counselling – Held In Our Hearts – Providing baby loss counselling and support

Support for Perinatal Mental Health

1. Information on perinatal mental health – Mind
2. Post Natal illness support – Association for Post Natal Illness (APNI)
3. Pre and post natal depression support and advice – PANDAS
4. Perinatal Counselling – Crossreach perinatal counselling and therapy
5. Perinatal Support within Lothian – Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Third Sector Service Directory – Inspiring Scotland