Parent Baby Spaces Recognition

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Ready to make a stance?

Plenty of memberships offer ongoing support after you qualify — but most stay within a single discipline, built by people from that same corner of the industry.

Recognition is different: a genuinely multi-disciplinary model, bringing specialists from across the parent and baby world together around you, reviewed twice a year to stay current.

It’s for any practitioner working with parents and babies — baby massage, sleep coaching, forest schools, doulas, postpartum support, and beyond — whatever your discipline, however you came into this work.

In practice, that means live training from named specialist partners, a directory listing that puts families in front of you, seasonal reflective circles, and 1:1 support you can actually turn to. So instead of one perspective repeated back to you, you’re held by a whole community of expertise — and families know exactly who they can trust because of it.

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Parent Baby Spaces Framework

What is it?

A professional benchmark for parent and baby practitioners - so families never have to guess who they can trust.

Who is it for?

🤍 Parents

🤍 Training Providers

🤍 Practitioners

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A professional commitment for individual practitioners.

A Recognised Space is somewhere you know the practitioner is qualifies, DBS checked and genuinely supported.

Recognition for practitioners means you are never practising alone - ongoing training, real support, and a framework that keeps you current, not just qualified.

Who is it for?

🤍 Individual Practitioners to continuing being supported and grow with experts

🤍 For parents to know where they can land

Parent Baby Spaces Recognition Standards

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One Philosophy.

Held, not judged.

Supported, not standardised.

Together, not alone.

We believe support should be current, connected and free from judgement - for every parent and every practitioner, exactly as they are.

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A professional commitment for individual practitioners.

For Training Academies & Organisations

✓ Read the Parent Baby Spaces Framework

✓ Start your conversation with Anouska here

✓ Meet with the Parent Baby Spaces team

✓ Embed the Framework within your organisation

✓ Become an Aligned Organisation

£222 a year

For Individual Practitioners

✓ Read the Parent Baby Spaces Recognition Standards

✓ Start your conversation with Anouska here

✓ Upload your professional foundations

✓ Join the Learning Hub

✓ Become a Recognised Parent Baby Spaces Practitioner

£115 for 12 months or £11.50 a month

Recognition is renewed annually, supporting your ongoing commitment to professional foundations, reflective practice and continual learning through the Parent Baby Spaces Recognition Standards.

How to get involved