Tackling health inequalities along the perinatal pathway conference will celebrate the Best for Baby Too project: its products, its successes and its legacy.

“Best for Baby Too” was founded to tackle health inequalities among mothers/parents in the perinatal phase to give babies the best possible start in life. Our involvement started in 2021 when we were asked to produce a film showing how social prescribing and its Liverpool variant, Advice on Prescription, can help mothers getting on top of their finance, finding appropriate housing and other potential stress factors during pregnancy.

Hoping to align and link up existing services, we built up a database of involved organisations and ran regular face-to-face workshops with the objectives of shared learning and networking. We reached out to creative organisations and supported projects in co-production with mothers/parents. In collaboration with the Lighthouse, “Best for Baby Too” enabled the Creative Influencers, five women from refugee backgrounds, to produce their own play in 2022 and, in 2024, a 45-minute film, “When You Know”, about their experiences of motherhood in the asylum system. The film goes under your skin and is being used for training purposes in the public and third sector.

“Best for Baby Too” became the Liverpool model for projects to address health inequalities in the perinatal phase. As proud “custodians” of the project, we’re happy to help putting the icing on the cake with this conference.

The programme kicks off with “When You Know”, followed by a panel discussion. Presentations from experts including the NHS, Citizens Advice Liverpool and the University of Liverpool. After lunch, delegates will get a range of interactive workshops to select from and finally, all delegates can take part in a session on co-production and organisational change.

Please contact us if you are a professional/involved in perinatal work and interested in attending the conference.