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NCT is the UK’s largest
   charity for parents
1, 5 and 10 years aims
delivered well ahead of
       schedule
Some of our recent
  successes…
In 2009-10 317
branches
supported 117,500
parents

Many new parents find branch events the first opportunity to
get out of the house alone with a new baby and see these
relationships as a lifeline at this vital time
In 2009-10 there
 was a 40%
 increase in active
 volunteers

More branches are reaching larger numbers of parents through
antenatal and postnatal drop-ins, including for parents with specific
support needs such as the 40 dads groups and 55 home birth groups
In 2009-10 1000
NCT practitioners
supported
216,750 parents

Over 1,000 NCT practitioners provided specific services to parents
including face to face support in structured classes and courses and
volunteer support via NCT Helpline
In 2009-10
380,000 parents
received an NCT
information sheet

NCT produces fact based information sheets free for parents to assist them
in making informed decisions about their birth and parenting choices. They
are distributed via health and social care professionals, volunteers and NCT
practitioners as well as being available to download
In 2009-10 there
were 1,872,000
visits to our
website

NCT’s website is a key touch point for parents’ seeking information on
services and topics of concern and interest during the transition to
parenthood. Popular pages include the Nearly New Sales finder, the Course
finder and the Info Centre
In 2009-10
715 health
professionals
received NCT
training
NCT Professional’s training service provides bespoke training for health
professionals and Children’s Centre staff on a range of topics and training for
Maternity Service Liaison Committees (MSLC) on effective partnership working
In 2009-10
38,850 copies of
Perspective were
distributed

Perspective, NCT’s publication for parent-centered
midwifery, summarises news, research and evidence for
midwives
We championed
the right of
parents to choice
of place of birth
and good
postnatal care
Our Location, location, location campaign and Left to your own devices
research gained a great deal of media and political attention
We worked hard
to achieve better
support for
feeding

Under the Equality Act, passed in April 2010, mothers cannot be
discriminated against, asked to leave a venue or treated unfavourably
because they are breastfeeding when out and about in England and Wales
We invested in
services and
support so
every parent
could access us
NCT Shared Experiences Helpline offers callers who have had a
challenging experience of pregnancy, birth or early parenthood the chance
to talk to a volunteer who has had a similar experience
We worked in new
ways and with new
partners to support
more parents
Mums2B Antenatal Drop-in Group for Young Parents in Leeds was set
up in partnership with Women’s Health Matters and Leeds Social
Services. The service aims to provide information about birth and early
parenthood and empower and support young parent's through a
network of peers, access to information, and support services
We have achieved a lot
There’s still a lot to do
Our 2020 vision
    “A world where parents are
 valued and supported to build a
  strong society, believing that a
  child’s early years significantly
impact upon the future they help
             to shape.”
Let’s work together to reach
 20 million parents by 2020
20 20 20
202020
Setting the scene for our new
           strategy


   Sue Saxey & Belinda Phipps
Why a new strategy, why now?
How did we do it?
Why do we still need to be here?
The 2020 vision
 “A world where parents are valued
   and supported to build a strong
society, believing that a child’s early
 years significantly impact upon the
     future they help to shape.”
20 20 20
Let’s work together to reach
       20 million parents
Together we can, we will, do it
Making our vision reality for
    20 million parents
Boundaries
UK and Islands Charity

Life-stage
• The transition to parenthood

Beneficiaries
• Short term beneficiaries, all expectant and new parents
• Longer-term beneficiaries, children and society
• Intermediates healthcare professionals, service providers and
  policy makers

Positioning
• Evidence and support for decisions
New strategic directions

• Growth
• Thought leadership
• Partnership
New strategic directions
Growth
• Reaching more parents
• Diversifying our offer and our reach

Thought leadership
• Solving the dilemmas parents face
• Creating breakthrough solutions
• Changing the context in which people parent

Partnership
• Grow through contracts and joint-working
• Provide solutions for or with others
Five strategic themes
1.   Confident parents
2.   Supportive services
3.   Positive image of parenthood
4.   High-quality information
5.   An efficient organisation
Parents



Services
                        Parents
                                             Society
 Perceptions    NCT
               Vision             Babies
                                  and
                                  children
 Evidence


 Efficient
 NCT
The first steps 2011-12
 Preparing the ground
2011-2012
•   Define Transition to Parenthood and name it
•   Raise our profile as the TTP charity
•   Raise our profile as a thought leader
•   Define supported and informed parents
•   Develop NCT service scope and curriculum
•   Define evidence based and parent centred
2011-2012 and you
• A period of consultation and clarification
• And business as usual
Creating Confident, Supported
    and Informed Parents

         Belinda Phipps
         Chief Executive
What this involves
• Reaching 20 million people who are
  becoming parents
• Making a difference to all of them
Make contact and keep in touch
• Each month 60,000 women and their partners
  discover they are to become parents

• Each month 50,000 of them do not go on NCT’s
  database and so we can’t support them
Make contact and keep in touch
• Extending our geographical and social reach to
  be there for all parents - in all four countries, all
  regions, urban and rural, mainland and on our
  islands, younger, older, all social groups,
  cultures, origins and circumstances
Be the first port of call
Be Known
• Strong local branches with a visible presence
• Warm recommendation from healthcare professionals and past
  users
• Positive public profile
• There from childhood

Be easy to reach
• Single NCT helpline with options
• Web-based NCT info-centre

Have a friendly F A C E

Be sticky
Fill the Gaps
We hope you enjoyed the
         presentation
 Please give us your feedback
            online

https://www.surveymonkey.com/
          s/GLGXPF7

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2020 tour morning presentation

  • 1. NCT is the UK’s largest charity for parents 1, 5 and 10 years aims delivered well ahead of schedule
  • 2. Some of our recent successes…
  • 3. In 2009-10 317 branches supported 117,500 parents Many new parents find branch events the first opportunity to get out of the house alone with a new baby and see these relationships as a lifeline at this vital time
  • 4. In 2009-10 there was a 40% increase in active volunteers More branches are reaching larger numbers of parents through antenatal and postnatal drop-ins, including for parents with specific support needs such as the 40 dads groups and 55 home birth groups
  • 5. In 2009-10 1000 NCT practitioners supported 216,750 parents Over 1,000 NCT practitioners provided specific services to parents including face to face support in structured classes and courses and volunteer support via NCT Helpline
  • 6. In 2009-10 380,000 parents received an NCT information sheet NCT produces fact based information sheets free for parents to assist them in making informed decisions about their birth and parenting choices. They are distributed via health and social care professionals, volunteers and NCT practitioners as well as being available to download
  • 7. In 2009-10 there were 1,872,000 visits to our website NCT’s website is a key touch point for parents’ seeking information on services and topics of concern and interest during the transition to parenthood. Popular pages include the Nearly New Sales finder, the Course finder and the Info Centre
  • 8. In 2009-10 715 health professionals received NCT training NCT Professional’s training service provides bespoke training for health professionals and Children’s Centre staff on a range of topics and training for Maternity Service Liaison Committees (MSLC) on effective partnership working
  • 9. In 2009-10 38,850 copies of Perspective were distributed Perspective, NCT’s publication for parent-centered midwifery, summarises news, research and evidence for midwives
  • 10. We championed the right of parents to choice of place of birth and good postnatal care Our Location, location, location campaign and Left to your own devices research gained a great deal of media and political attention
  • 11. We worked hard to achieve better support for feeding Under the Equality Act, passed in April 2010, mothers cannot be discriminated against, asked to leave a venue or treated unfavourably because they are breastfeeding when out and about in England and Wales
  • 12. We invested in services and support so every parent could access us NCT Shared Experiences Helpline offers callers who have had a challenging experience of pregnancy, birth or early parenthood the chance to talk to a volunteer who has had a similar experience
  • 13. We worked in new ways and with new partners to support more parents Mums2B Antenatal Drop-in Group for Young Parents in Leeds was set up in partnership with Women’s Health Matters and Leeds Social Services. The service aims to provide information about birth and early parenthood and empower and support young parent's through a network of peers, access to information, and support services
  • 15. There’s still a lot to do
  • 16. Our 2020 vision “A world where parents are valued and supported to build a strong society, believing that a child’s early years significantly impact upon the future they help to shape.”
  • 17. Let’s work together to reach 20 million parents by 2020
  • 19.
  • 20. 202020 Setting the scene for our new strategy Sue Saxey & Belinda Phipps
  • 21. Why a new strategy, why now?
  • 22.
  • 23. How did we do it?
  • 24.
  • 25. Why do we still need to be here?
  • 26.
  • 27. The 2020 vision “A world where parents are valued and supported to build a strong society, believing that a child’s early years significantly impact upon the future they help to shape.”
  • 29. Let’s work together to reach 20 million parents Together we can, we will, do it
  • 30. Making our vision reality for 20 million parents
  • 31.
  • 32. Boundaries UK and Islands Charity Life-stage • The transition to parenthood Beneficiaries • Short term beneficiaries, all expectant and new parents • Longer-term beneficiaries, children and society • Intermediates healthcare professionals, service providers and policy makers Positioning • Evidence and support for decisions
  • 33. New strategic directions • Growth • Thought leadership • Partnership
  • 34. New strategic directions Growth • Reaching more parents • Diversifying our offer and our reach Thought leadership • Solving the dilemmas parents face • Creating breakthrough solutions • Changing the context in which people parent Partnership • Grow through contracts and joint-working • Provide solutions for or with others
  • 35. Five strategic themes 1. Confident parents 2. Supportive services 3. Positive image of parenthood 4. High-quality information 5. An efficient organisation
  • 36. Parents Services Parents Society Perceptions NCT Vision Babies and children Evidence Efficient NCT
  • 37. The first steps 2011-12 Preparing the ground
  • 38. 2011-2012 • Define Transition to Parenthood and name it • Raise our profile as the TTP charity • Raise our profile as a thought leader • Define supported and informed parents • Develop NCT service scope and curriculum • Define evidence based and parent centred
  • 39. 2011-2012 and you • A period of consultation and clarification • And business as usual
  • 40.
  • 41. Creating Confident, Supported and Informed Parents Belinda Phipps Chief Executive
  • 42. What this involves • Reaching 20 million people who are becoming parents • Making a difference to all of them
  • 43. Make contact and keep in touch • Each month 60,000 women and their partners discover they are to become parents • Each month 50,000 of them do not go on NCT’s database and so we can’t support them
  • 44. Make contact and keep in touch • Extending our geographical and social reach to be there for all parents - in all four countries, all regions, urban and rural, mainland and on our islands, younger, older, all social groups, cultures, origins and circumstances
  • 45. Be the first port of call Be Known • Strong local branches with a visible presence • Warm recommendation from healthcare professionals and past users • Positive public profile • There from childhood Be easy to reach • Single NCT helpline with options • Web-based NCT info-centre Have a friendly F A C E Be sticky
  • 47.
  • 48.
  • 49.
  • 50.
  • 51.
  • 52.
  • 53. We hope you enjoyed the presentation Please give us your feedback online https://www.surveymonkey.com/ s/GLGXPF7

Notas del editor

  1. A new strategy? Why? Sue Saxey (NCT’s President): “I joined the NCT 22 years ago, and I know some of you joined long before that. We joined an organisation that was based on members and branches. My own branch had no antenatal classes, no breastfeeding counsellors, there was no email, no yahoo groups, no websites. For me NCT was coffee mornings. And what a lifeline they were.  The world has changed, and we must change with it.I've seen lots of NCT change, none more so than in the last 5 years. We created our first strategy in November 2005 and we intended it to last for 15 years, with targeted action plans for year 5, 10 and 15. Having a strategy focuses attention and gets us all moving in the same direction. We have had unprecedented growth. And the objectives we set in 2005 have nearly all been reached: We increased the number of parents we supported, We created more services for them and increased our helpline support. The ability for all parents to access our services grew. We were successful in our campaigns Our vast network of mutual support across the UK reached more parents,and all this despite the economic challenges we faced. We've now completed two mergers, with Baby Café and MIDIRS. So we can now provide breastfeeding support to even more parents and at the same time start to reach those from a broader and more diverse range of backgrounds. The MIDIRS merger means our research and information function can quickly expand, allowing us to speak directly to the health professionals in maternity care, and to strengthen our position as a trusted source of evidence-based information that people can call on.  This new growth and expanding role as a result of mergers makes this an ideal time for NCT to re-examine its charitable remit. So we have updated our vision, set new priorities for the future and developed a strategy for the coming decade – taking us to 2020.”
  2. This new strategy has been built on the successes of the past and the needs of parents in the present.We have developed it as a charity, working together, talking, listening, sharing views and experiences. The strategy was developed through a series of consultation events, the strategy & policy forum, and I want to thank my predecessor, Gail Werkmeister, for facilitating those events held in her presidency. We conducted a survey in NCT matters, when it was newgen, with our members and supporters. We have featured strategy sessions on conference and forum programmes and have used every opportunity to find out what’s needed and gain members' views on how to meet those identified needs. Now we’re presenting it to you and again listening to find out how we can all work together to make it happen, so that every single person and couple going through the transition to parenthood between 2011 and 2020 gets to know and feel valued and supported by NCT. So they all get the best support we can give them.
  3. NCT was established 55 years ago to support parents. We believe confident and supported parents raise stronger families and contribute to close communities and a positive society. Parents are key to the development of happy and well-adjusted children. Supporting parents so they have a positive experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood is a public benefit, that in the long term impacts on the quality of society. So, our focus is always on parents, parents-to-be and their early parenting experience.This is a major life change – the transition to parenthood cannot be overestimated in terms of emotional and physical impact alone, let alone other social changes. Parents often care for their babies and young children under difficult circumstances, while facing more than one challenge at a time. Under the weight of social and economic pressures and an array of conflicting advice from official and unofficial sources, everyday problems can become difficult for new and expectant parents to face. Even advice offered by friends and family, based on their own experience and knowledge, can add to the enormity of their circumstance, and the decisions they have to make.  Going forward, one of NCT’s priorities is to continue to understand the everyday challenges parents face and to look for solutions that help them to meet all their needs, without the conflict of having to choose one side of a dilemma over another.  At NCT, we focus on the strengths and assets of mothers and fathers, as well as the social networks within the communities that parents live. Parents are the future of our society because they are the guardians of the development of generations to come. The value of their role in all our futures and the enormity of the task they have, needs to be recognised and supported.  With this new strategy, we will continue our work to protect and develop services that will encourage the confidence of new parents and parents-to-be, helping them to find their own solutions and empowering them during their decision-making. That way, they can enjoy growing into their role in a way that feels right both for them, and their families.
  4. Every year there are over 800,000 births in the UK. NCT believes therefore that every year there are over 2.4 million people in the transition to parenthood, pregnant, with a very young baby or at least one child under 2. Our vision must apply to all of them and we must do our utmost to make a real difference to the lives of as many as we can.
  5. So we’ve set ourselves a targetWe call it 20 20 2020 million parents who have enjoyed and benefitted from the support of this amazing charity by the year 2020.
  6. Let’s work together to reach 20 million parentsTogether we can do it, we will do it
  7. Belinda Phipps (NCT Chief Executive): Sue has set the scene beautifully for me now to talk you through this new strategy
  8. The first thing we need to do is identify and clarify what we’ll do and what’s not our role within this strategy. We have set ourselves 4 boundaries:GeographyThe time of life we support people through Our beneficiariesOur positioning
  9. We also have 3 new strategic directions to guide all our work . These are the approaches we will adopt to undertake the work under each of the 5 themes.
  10. Our approach to growth is to reach more parents and diversify who we reach and how we reach them. We need to be in every part of the UK, offer relevant supports and services. We need to be face to face, online and on the phone, a trusted source of support and of information and a voice for all. Wherever you live and whatever the circumstances in which you parent, NCT will be here for you. By thought leadership we will be putting ourselves forward as an unrivalled source of knowledge on what parents need and what parents want. We will be influencing and lobbying to ensure that the root causes of the many of the issues parents face are tackled at the earliest possible opportunity and by the most appropriate person or agency. This will often mean we will be more proactive and less reactive. For example, in terms of the policies of the 4 country governments, we will be seeking to be more involved at developmental level and less needed to react to policy announcements which are less than what parents need. We will :Seek and encourage recognition that child wellbeing depends on parent wellbeingPromote confidence, empowerment of and respect for parentsProtect normality - ‘what parents/ mothers want’Encourage that services are based on evidenceOur approach to partnership will involve making sure we know all the people and organisations we need to know, be known to and be working with. We will work in partnership in a variety of ways, through contracts, delivering services to parents and in identifying and delivering policy and services changes which provide solutions to the issues parents face.
  11. This strategy sets out five new strategic themes which will form our objectives and guide our workplans. We will group our work and activities under each of these.Confident parents Supportive services Positive image of parenthood High-quality information An efficient organisation You will have a chance to hear more about how these are implemented through some of the other 2020 workshops.The detail is not all set in stone – it’s a 10 year strategy which will need planning and review as its implemented.
  12. By doing things in these 5 areas we will be able to achieve our vision which will benefit parents, their babies and children and society overall. This structure also allows us to identify gaps in our activities and services and to always make sure that we are doing what is needed to achieve this vision
  13. 2011/12 is the first year of implementation We will really be preparing the ground and doing the first essential steps and actions so that we create the right environment and framework for each action to be achieved successfully. This year we take some initial steps.We will: Define what we mean by Transition to Parenthood and name itRaise our profile as a charity that covers the Transition to Parenthood Raise our profile to be publically recognised and valued as a thought leaderDefine supported and informed parents Develop written down NCT service scope and curriculum Define what we mean by evidence based and parent centred
  14. So this first year will seem rather “top line” – like that first part of house building where you can’t always see the fruits of your labours but without which the structure wouldn’t stand! We’ve already completed a consultation on theme 1 , about how we – principally you, through your face to face services for parents, will create consistent and supported parents in communities right across the UK. We will also start to implement necessary improvements to our systems, structures and processes so that we're a more efficient organisation better able to achieve our 2020 vision and deliver on that 202020 commitment. But it’s still business as usual for the busy NCT. We still need to provide services for every parent who comes to us and we still need to reach out locally to more and more We still need to raise sufficient income so your fundraising work is as needed as ever, if not more than ever.
  15. So, to theme 1 which is focussed on our services and support to those in the transition to parenthood
  16. We are looking to fill the following gaps…
  17. Those who are 0-3 months pregnant
  18. Offering relationship support
  19. The 0-6 week gap
  20. Support for dads post birth
  21. Those with babies above 6 months
  22. Be there for those who use a little, some or all formula milk – supporting all feeding journeys