The For Babyâs Sake Trust is releasing a new animated film, âThe Impactâ, where mothers and fathers tell their stories, in their own voices, of how For Babyâs Sake has empowered them to break cycles of domestic abuse and create a better future for themselves and their baby.
(You can watch the film here.)
The film is being released to coincide with two major international conferences which feature the learning from For Babyâs Sake, as the first known programme globally to work with both parents, from pregnancy until the babyâs second birthday, where there is domestic abuse.
The For Babyâs Sake Symposium, taking place within the World Association of Infant Mental Health Congress (WAIMH 20201, Brisbane, Australia and online, 22-26 June) is the major event on domestic abuse within the WAIMH2021 online programme.
For this WAIMH2021 symposium, The For Babyâs Sake Trustâs senior leadership team is joined by Dr Kylee Trevillion and Dr Jill Domoney from Kingâs College London, who led the evaluation of For Babyâs Sake, and Australiaâs leading experts on infant mental health and domestic abuse, Dr Wendy Bunston and Kathy Eyre.
The Virtual Trauma Recovery Summit (Titanic Belfast and online, 21-23 June) brings together the worldâs leading experts on trauma and trauma recovery, including Bessel van der Kolk and Gabor Mate. The For Babyâs Sake Trust is honoured to have been invited to present an online workshop at the Summit.
At the Trauma Recovery Summit, Amanda McIntyre, CEO and Judith Rees, Operational Director, share the learning from how For Babyâs Sake integrates trauma-informed approaches to breaking cycles of domestic abuse and childhood trauma with attachment-focused parenting interventions, notably Video Interaction Guidance.
Their workshop at the Summit incorporates the premiere showing of seven new films, produced by BAAFTA award-winning film director, Emma Lazenby and the ForMed films team. In each of the first six films, parents describe a particular dimension of For Babyâs Sake. In the last film, âThe Impact,â parents share some overall feelings about the difference that For Babyâs Sake has made to them and their baby. As a preview, The For Babyâs Sake Trust has put this last film, âThe Impactâ, on general release, on its website and youtube channel.
Judith Rees, Director of Operations at The For Babyâs Sake Trust, said,
âTo understand how For Baby’s Sake works and the impact for parents and their babies, listen to the mothers and fathers in our new animated film. We are grateful to them for telling their stories and proud of what they are achieving.
âWe are thrilled to share the learning from For Babyâs Sake with the World Association of Infant Mental Health and at the prestigious Trauma Recovery Summit. It is especially meaningful that the parents who work with us can speak directly to these audiences, in their own voices, through our powerful new films and recordings.â