Over one third of UK professionals feel employers are not doing enough to support new parents. The gender pay gap doesn’t exist until two years before a woman’s first child, at which point it opens and never closes again
of new parents have frequent sleep problems
of women (plus 12% of partners) experience a mental health problem whilst pregnant or soon after giving birth
of women leave work for good in the five years following childbirth (and 4% of men)
of women rated returning to work as ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’
You can take steps to help and retain staff by giving your people and their partners world-class support during pregnancy and early parenthood with Peppy Baby.
Tell me whyPeppy Baby gives new and expectant parents in your workplace the opportunity to discuss the issues they face. And always with highly trained and accredited expert practitioners and consultants in areas like infant feeding and baby sleep.
Practitioner chat
Instant messaging with experienced perinatal practitioners.
Anytime access
Articles and programmes at the touch of a button.
Complete confidentiality
Room to speak freely in private, one-to-one.
One-to-one consultation
A 40-minute phone or video call with a practitioner, if they need it.
Inclusive
We’re here for everyone, whatever their age, whatever their gender, for your colleagues and their partners too.
Safe
We appreciate there are some subjects that people find hard to talk about. We make it easy, we keep it between us.
Trustworthy
No more fruitless Google searches or half-formed pictures. Our practitioners know the whole story.
Convenient
Your people can reach us on their smartphone, at a time that suits them. No time off needed.
Peppy offers your people a variety of additional tools and resources to help their parenting journey:
Peppy Baby Community
Weekly-themed ‘camera-on’ events and group chats moderated by a team of experts led by Francesca Steyn, Peppy’s Director of Fertility Services and Chair of the RCN (Royal College of Nurses) Fertility Nurses Forum. A safe place where your colleagues can share their experiences in an informed space.
Specialist mental wellbeing support
One in five women and one in eight men experience a mental health problem during the perinatal period. It’s why we offer one-to-one instant messaging with specialist mental wellbeing practitioners, so your people always have someone to talk to when they need it.
Live broadcast events
Each week we give Peppy users access to small-group events featuring expert practitioners and guest speakers talking on themes like ‘Preparing for Birth’. And for your workforce we offer a calendar of virtual live events for their training and education, on topics like ‘Supporting your return to work’. It’s all included in the Peppy plan.
Leading businesses are teaming up with Peppy to support women and men in their workforce during pregnancy and early parenthood. Let us help keep your business happy and healthy, too.
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