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Community Heroes Winners – The Smile Group
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The Smile Group Smile Group is a registered perinatal mental health peer support charity. It was set up on Mother’s Day seven years ago after Ruth Eglin and Natalie Nuttall (co-founders) had personal experience of postnatal depression and found a lack of support at a community level.
They now operate weekly peer support drop-in sessions out of children’s centres in Macclesfield, Congleton and Sandbach, as well as a programme of 1-1 Home visits to parents who are unable to leave their home and come to our groups (thanks to funding support from Comic Relief).
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Natalie said, “We’re thrilled to be nominated for the Community Heroes Competition, as we believe a sense of community is really helpful in relieving the sense of isolation that can be exacerbated by perinatal mental illness. There is wisdom in the adage ‘It takes a village to raise a child’. Huge thanks to Ruth for nominating us – what a lovely gesture!”
You can contact the Smile Group on their website www.thesmilegroup.org.
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One of our fantastic Heroes Hampers is on its way to Natalie and her team – Congratulations, you are true Community Heroes!
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