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In this our 20th Anniversary year please click on the link below to view/download our Impact Report for 2023.

To celebrate International Father's Mental Health Day, a compilation dads PMH film produced by Alright Mate?, in partnership with Acacia and other VCS partners.

To watch the film click on the youtube link below.

To download this and our other new dads films visit acacia.org.uk and click on the banner ...

It's been a time of exciting growth and change at Acacia. Read all about it here.

Would you like to use your life experience, knowledge and passion to help us to bring hope to struggling families who are experiencing perinatal mental health problems?Acacia is a Birmingham based, award winning Christian charity that offers a range of support services to mothers and families that a ...

To go in the draw to win a £250 tattoo voucher all you need to do is visit our dads pages and answer four quick questions.  If you don't know the answers already you'll find them in the Q & A section on the page.  Good luck and don't forget to share this with your friends.cl ...

Thank you to everyone who attended our launch of this important resource on the 4th April.  Please use the links below to access the films, the presentation slides and a flyer which you will hopefully share widely to achieve the best possible distribution of these films.

At Acacia, we are commit ...

Read here about the impact of our support during 2020 2021 including information on how we adapted our services due to social restrictions and lockdowns and the difference we made to preganant mothers and new parents with perinatal mental health issues during the pandemic.

We were thrilled to attend the ceremony at last, to receive the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.  It was such a special day to be a part of, and amazing to meet so many other voluntary groups doing fantastic work in the West Midlands. We are incredibly thankful for all of our volunteer ...

As the Covid-19 restrictions continue for now we would like to remind you that Acacia have produced a resource booklet specifically to provide you with an easy to read and go to resource where you can get good advice on how to stay mentally well and also to provide you with a directory of free onlin ...

Read all about our services and the change we make in parents' lives here by reading our 2019/20 Impact Report.Our previous Impact report from 2018/2019 is also available by scrolling down the page.  The 2018/2019 report was more comprehensive if you are looking for a more in depth look into ou ...

Please note that our offices will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  The offices will also be closed for New Year's Day.  During the holiday period our phones will be monitored and responded to but it may take us a little while to get back to you.  Acacia is not a crisis s ...

We are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of a new England-wide partnership alongside 2 other wonderful perinatal mental health charities Bluebell Care and Smile Group. Funded over 3 years by The National Lottery Community Fund, our partnership aims to connect and support com ...

In line with the Government and NHS guidance, we have decided to temporarily close all of our support centres and suspend home visits and all face to face services as of today.In its place we are going to focus our resources on providing all of our clients with telephone and/or text based support se ...

Why do we exist ? Who do we support and what is our impact ? Read all about our services and the change we make in parents' lives here by reading our 2018/19 Impact Report

Thanks to everyone who made our recent conference such a great success.  It was really encouraging and exciting to see so such a diverse cross section of PMH professionals meeting together to face the challenge head on.  As promised we've uploaded the presenters slides from the day and als ...

JOIN US AT OUR CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE ISSUES SURROUNDING BAME PARENTS AND PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: 

Click here to visit the eventbrite ticket page

Together, we will share, discuss and reflect on the experiences of BAME parents affected by perinatal mental health issues and the access ...

We're absolutely delighted to announce our official accreditation as a Living Wage Employer ! We are one of only 63 charities across the whole of the West Midlands to have gained this official accreditation. This voluntary commitment means that Acacia Family Support will always pay its staff a minim ...

The original musical that says out loud what we really think about first-time parenthood.

Are you a parent?
Have you ever met a parent?
Have you ever momentarily felt as if you’re losing your mind?

This show is for you.

Baby Brained is an hour-long, laugh out
loud, interactive musical about th ...

Have you recovered from mental health difficulties during pregnancy and/or after the birth of your baby? Can you communicate fluently in South Asian languages, particularly Urdu? Are you passionate about helping other black, Asian and minority ethnic mums across Birmingham and Solihull who are expe ...

Tickets for the Mayor’s Charity Dinner are now on sale. This year, the Mayor of Royal Sutton Coldfield has chosen Acacia Family Support as his charity during his term in office.  The dinner is in support of Acacia and will be held on Friday 29th March 2019 at Ramada Birmingham, Penns Lane ...

Perinatal Positivity uses the real voices and experiences of women and men who have had mental wellbeing difficulties around the time of pregnancy, childbirth and beyond, including our very own Sobhia.  Cick here to watch the film and visit the website. ...

It is with huge sadness that we share with you the news that our dear friend and founder of Acacia Emma Borg passed away on Friday night with her partner Kevin by her side. Words alone cannot begin to express the deep sorrow that we feel being parted from such a beautiful friend and sister for a sea ...

Acacia Family Support has been awarded the Quality Endorsement Licence by the Open College Network West Midlands, for our internal volunteer training. 

ThenOpen College Network West Midlands is a national Awarding Organisation, regulated by ...

Thanks to everyone who voted for us to win £2,000 from LoveBrum to help to provide equipment to be used in the Young Parents Group. This included an empathy belly, so that family members can understand what the mother-to-be is going through, a resuscitation doll, so that staff and you ...

Thank You 😊
To the Mayor of Sutton Coldfield
who has chosen to partnership with Acacia Family Support this year. Together we hope to highlight the issues surrounding Maternal Mental Health and also acknowledge that whatever area we live in that no mother is exempt from suffering the debilitating ...

New maps launched today by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance’s Everyone’s Business Campaign show that pregnant women and new mums in a quarter of the UK still cannot access lifesaving specialist perinatal mental health services, which meet national guidelines.  The Maternal Mental ...

If you are interested in volunteering at Acacia or simply want to 
know more about us and what we do, join us for our 1 day ACACIA WAY TRAINING course on the 1 May 2018 in Sutton Coldfield. 930-230pm Lunch will be provided.To find out more or book, please contact the office on 0121 301 5990 or e ...

So far 17 amazing mums, dads, volunteers, staff, friends, family and kids have said they will join us on June 30th to climb Snowdon and help us raise £10,000. We'd love to fill a coach load of 50 people - Do something amazing and JOIN US!
More information available from
https://www.eventbrite ...

Great news for Acacia Family Support.
The Boldmere Bullets the well known local riding collective have voted to support our charity over 2018.  Thanks so much guys and girls x

The Boldmere Bullets are a cycling and running collective from Sutton Coldfield. Formed in autumn 2013, the Bul ...

Today we are saying a huge thank you to one of our lovely mums, Katherine Aguirre, who nominated us to be Blossom Yoga and Wellbeing's Charity of the Year for 2018. After the votes were counted, we were thrilled to be chosen as the winner - hooray !!
An exciting year lies ahead. Mandy Rees, the fou ...

HUGE AND EXCITING ACACIA ANNOUNCEMENT !
Last year we supported nearly 600 families but to continue this work, WE NEED YOUR HELP !
Today we are thrilled and excited to launch our BIGGEST EVER fundraising event: On SATURDAY 30TH JUNE 2018, we are going to CLIMB UP MT SNOWDON to raise vital funds and ...

Acacia have partnered with Zurich to help raise funds and offer a helping hand.
This week Acacia mums, dads, and volunteers received a small gift as a way of showing our appreciation and a treat to our mums who are on the journey to recovery. Our photos below tell the story just by the smiles! Zur ...

Acacia celebrated world mental health day with a nice huge chocolate cake.  Just what the doctor ordered!!!

Small acts of kindness are an essential element of the service we offer our families with our volunteers and staff always going the extra mile. On Friday, Cheryl, our amazing Helping Hands at Home Coordinator came in on her day off with her daughter to decorate our office Christmas tree. ...

Acacia will be holding a Family Fun Day in September.  Entry is free so come along and join the fun at Northfield and help us raise some much needed funds at the same time.  There will be lots to do and see for everyone.  See our flyer for more details.

Team work at Acacia's Walmley Sutton Coldfield service led by Jayne o Sullivan. How blessed is Acacia to have such amazing members, thank you.

We are looking for Acacia Angels who will partner with us by giving monthly

JUST £5 A MONTH CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE

Every year it costs over £350,000 to run Acacia’s services.    A monthly donation would mean we could support more families through depression and a ...

This week we welcome Thomas Warburton, Georgia McKenna, Satpret Chandan and Muqaddas Ahmed to our team as work experience students. These amazing young people have rather brilliantly organised a fundraising raffle for us (with some gorgeous prizes) and a guess the number of sweets in the jar competi ...

Well done to Vicki Hook Acacia's Business Director who did a thoroughly good job by completing her first ever triathlon in Stratford upon Avon recently.  We are all extremly proud of Vicki as we know training for anything whilst being mum to three young children is no mean feat!  Plus rais ...

On the 14th of May I completed my first ever triathlon, the Stratford Sprint Triathlon. This was a big deal for me. I’d done little bits of jogging before, but nothing as daft as this. The training was hard work and I wasn't sure whether i was going to make it all the way around.

Many of y ...

Our community engagement Family Fun Day at Saltly during the Easter holidays was a huge success.  Delivered in collaboration with Adderley Children's Centre the day attracted well over a hundred local residents.  There was lots of fun on the day with facepainting, balloon modelling, f ...

Thank you for such a generous donation Nationwide Erdington Branch £250 for Acacia Family Support.

Our youngest runner to join the Acacia Fun Run Team is 13 year old James. He is busy training and collecting sponsors. Please support him by using the link below or searching for James-De-Rosa on Justgiving. Thank you

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/James-De-Rosa

Receiving the cheque at our office on Friday was Acacia's locality manager Yvonne (left) Lisa ( centre) and Louise (right) from the Nationwide bank.  Thanks so much.   Without this kind of fantastic support Acacia wouldn't be able to do what we do. ...

I was recently very honoured to be asked by the Co-founder of Acacia Family Support, Emma Borg, to speak at their AGM about my experiences of Postnatal Depression and Postnatal Psychosis and the part it played when it came to writing my book “The Baby Bible: A No Bullshit Guide to Motherhood&r ...

What a super opportunity to meet up with author and advocate for better maternal mental health Elaine Hanzak. We both met in Birmingham City in-between meetings to catch up from the past ten years! Let's say we talked for England! Elaine is a global speaker who raises awareness of the illness ant ...

Acacia was established in 2004 by two mums Emma and Rachel, who both experienced severe postnatal depression and struggled to find help.  That's when they decided that something needed to be done to prevent other mums going through the same experience.  Acacia was born. ...

Do you have the talents or passion to make a really positive impact within the community? Make a difference by becoming a Board Member of Acacia Family Support.   If you are passionate about improving support for families affected by antenatal and postnatal depression we would very much li ...

Releasing red balloons with powerful words of hope written across them, our aim to create a symbolic and meaningful moment.
World Mental Health Day is observed on the 10th October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing effor ...