A Parent Led Charity working with parents & carers to create their networks of support as they raise their children & young people.
Using parents expertise & training, coaching, support to build loving & compassionate relationships.
11/05/2026
And breathe, it’s the start of exam season for GCSE’s and A’ levels
The pressure young people can put in themselves or feel is put upon them at this time is intense.
Parents and carers can feel themselves absorbing and taking in that pressure too!
Some simple and obvious tips to remind you of what you already know for you and your young people through this time.
You have got this!
They have got this!
Parenting is hard, and there are some parts of our parenting that can make us feel ‘sore’ or uncomfortable. Parenting groups can create spaces where parents can explore these aspects safely and make changes to ease the soreness and discomfort.
02/04/2026
“A space to look at the sore bits of parenting”. That’s what one of the parents who joined a previous group said brought them into the room.
The group is 4 weeks starting Thursday 23rd April -14th May.
Your little one if happy too can stay with staff at Busy Bees 🐝.
Each week we will give space for you to breathe and connect with other parents and the family life you are creating.
Parenting is hard, the group can help soothe the sore bits.
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26/02/2026
Parenting is hard!
Especially when they are 0-5
We are not meant to do it alone
Our parenting for wellbeing groups start again Tuesdays 3rd - 24th March
10-11:30 am
St Mark’s church, Baudwin Road, SE6
The groups take place during Little Lanterns stay and play. So if your little ones are happy to they can stay playing with the staff team.
Parenting groups and courses are not designed to give all the answers, they are spaces where you can find connection and understanding without judgement that we are doing a hard, actually the hardest of jobs.
The Parent Village offers a peer led approach this means groups are led by parents with real life experience.
We create spaces where we can share and learn from each other.
Sometimes when we are worried about our children or struggling with our own parenting we can be looking for a quick fix!
When I finally joined my first parenting group as a parent my little ones were 2 and 4 and I was in a hole that was deep and dark.
On the surface everything looked ok. By this point though I knew my children had very different temperaments and parenting them the “same” was not working for me.
That first course helped me reflect on what I was doing well, taught me some new strategies for challenges I was having and helped me to be kinder to myself and my little ones.
Parents don’t want to be told to go to a parenting course without context!
If they’re seeking support from professionals they want to feel listened to heard and understood.
They want connection and if a parenting course is something that could help them it would be GREAT if you can share why it could help?
What specifically does this course offer and how that meets the need or concern that they have?
20/02/2026
We are recruiting now for our groups starting in April 2026.
Parenting is hard, parenting with cancer can feel impossible.
Our groups offer a space for you to breathe and connect with other parents in similar situations.
They are led by parents with lived experience and are hosted online.
See our link in bio for more information
Delivered with
Because they want to feel validated and supported not sign posted. It can feel like judgement and it can feel isolating to be told by professionals that we should try a parenting class!!
26/01/2026
The Parent Village 2025 highlights
Somewhat late to the party 🎉 but it was a lurgy filled end to the year!
Our peer led work is taking shape and building impact in improving parental confidence and wellbeing.
Our foundations are growing deeper and our impact is reaching wider.
Thank you team
19/11/2025
As a peer led organisation we provide front line support to parents via our groups and one to one coaching.
We also train our peer coaches and facilitators. Parents with lived experience.
We have just come to the end of our second round of training for new parenting with cancer group coaches.
Here’s some lovely feedback from those completing about their experience of learning with us.
Looking forward to growing this programme over the coming year.