Women who have had children removed from their care have often had difficult lives. Our Pause Practices support women to build a more positive future for themselves after their children have been removed from their care. We can’t work with all women, so we have to prioritise women who are at high risk of future pregnancies that might end up in another child being removed from their care.
Check our Pause Practice map to see if there’s support available in your area. If there is, you can call or email the practice, to see if you meet the criteria and to talk about referring yourself.
If there isn’t a Pause Practice in your area…
If there isn’t a Pause Practice in your area, sadly we won’t be able support you at this time. Here’s a list of other services in England that may be able to help you.
You might also find it helpful to look at our self-care resources and listen to our podcast series. Here is a message of support from one of our podcast episodes:
You can always get support from other services, including:
Samaritans: 116 123
Available to talk 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Available 24 hours a day.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58
5pm–midnight every day.
