1. Parent Network Scotland
Jackie Tolland
Chief Executive
Antonia Caithness
Trainee Facilitator
Parent Network Scotland

2. Vision
A Scotland that celebrates the joy children bring and values the contribution of parents and carers in our communities.
We create opportunities for parents and carers to come together, share experiences and skills that enhance family and community life.
We value building genuine and meaningful relationships with those we connect with. We also value the potential to change and grow.

3. Our capacity building programme
About us!
Part funded through the Scottish Government, Big Lottery and a range of other funders from Dulverton, Robertson Trust to Lloyds (Henry Duncan).
Our capacity building programme
we are building skills of parents and carers in the local community who are then in turn supporting others.
This includes young parents who are asking for more support in building their confidence to deal with services.

4. Parental engagement impact
As part of our work and support from the Scottish Government PNS have focused on building the capacity within our organisation as well as helping to sustain the capacity building work we carry out in local communities.
Over 3 years we have engaged with:-
930 parents
1720 children
We have trained 160 Parents and delivered 24 Development Awards.
We have also trained 18 to facilitator status.

5. Our programmes Stage 1
PNS deliver a range of accredited programmes from our core Parenting Matters course The roles of a parent:
Taking care of ourselves
The power of language
Helping our children with their problems
The impact of labels on our children
The importance of encouragement
Accepting feelings
Needs behind behaviour
Emotional flooding
Parenting styles
Listening to ourselves
Emotion coaching – supporting our children with their feelings
Coping with stress and staying positive

6. Stage 2 Parenting for All Development Award – 24 hour programme.
Building confidence when facilitating or working with parents
Linking needs, feelings and behaviours
Recognising and accepting the emotional content and context when working with parents
Involving parents and families in leadership, decision-making and change through learning

7. Facilitator Endorsed Award
Stage 3
Facilitator Endorsed Award
Confidently facilitate and manage peer learning
Facilitate learning which links needs, feelings and behaviours
Recognise, accept and work with the emotional content and context of learners
Involve peer learners in leadership, decision-making and change through learning

8. To the future Accreditation for courses – Accreditation for All
building 20 local parent networks over the next 3 years (160)
Embedding our parent leadership programme
Supporting more parents and children (960) (1920 children)
Training more parents to become parent facilitators (15)

9. Thank you

10. Antonia Caithness my journey
Young parent
No positive role model
Hospital experience 
After Baby
Suffered in silence -8/10 months

11. Contact with PNS Introduced to PNS by a First Steps worker
Fist time you felt a connection to my own heart
Parenting doesn’t always come naturally
Changed the way I felt about myself and my baby
I became ME !!

12. What I've achieved I finished the Parenting Matters Programme
Completed Development Award
Now training to be Facilitator
Supporting a group of young mums through a leadership programme
Community Breast feeding mum
Now studying into to psychology and counselling

13. What can be done to change the experience of young parents
Listen to them
Acknowledge the fear!
Don’t talk down to them
Support them
Give them a hug 
Tell them about PNS