At PEGS, we are delighted to be increasing the number of regular activities that parents, carers and guardians can access each month.

Our long-running practitioner-led sessions remain a huge source of support for those experiencing CPA, giving them a safe space to share their concerns, challenges, and progress with other parents in a similar situation – as well as our trained staff members.

From September, we’ll be adding two new practitioner-led sessions per week, meaning there will be a total of seven (five during the day in the week, and two on weekday evenings).

Sessions are each an hour long, held on Zoom (with links shared in our private peer support Facebook group and on our parent WhatsApp channel), and run on:

• Mondays at 12pm
• Tuesdays at 11am (brand new session) and 7pm
• Wednesdays at 10am
• Thursdays at 1.30pm and 8pm (brand new session)
• Fridays at 10am.

We also recognise that are specific groups of parents who would like to chat to others within a session – hence our monthly male-only practitioner-led sessions (last Friday of the month, 12.30pm).

And we’re now adding a specific meeting for parental figures from the adoption and fostering communities as of September (second Wednesday of each month, 12pm).

We’ll also shortly be sharing links to sign up to any of our September Movement to Music sessions (first Wednesday of the month at 7pm, second, third and fourth Friday of the month at 11am – all sessions 45 minutes).

In addition, we’ve got our half-hour Wellbeing Workshops (first Monday of the month, 11am) and our bi-weekly Wellbeing Walks in South Derbyshire (every other Tuesday, 9.30am).

Our Lead CPA Practitioner Sophia said: “We know how valuable parent sessions are for those experiencing CPA and they have remained a core part of our offering since PEGS launched in 2020. We’re pleased to be able to offer additional sessions each week from September onwards, and we look forward to welcoming parental figures to our new monthly practitioner-led sessions for those from the adoption and fostering communities.”



Please note, all of these services are free to attend and are open only to parents, carers and guardians with a current PEGS referral. Do make sure you’re signed up to our WhatsApp channel and that you’ve joined our private peer support group on Facebook, as this is where we post any updates, changes to the schedule, and the links to access each session.