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Happy New Year from Pause ✨ Our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery is live for one more week, showcasing messages from over 100 birth mothers about the changes they want to see. We're looking forward to working with them to achieve some of these changes in 2025: pause.org.uk/never-more-than…
A blue background with white text reading "Hear from birth mothers about the changes they want to see #NeverMoreThanOnce". Above the text are three banners created by women working with Pause, which read: "Understand mental health", "Be kind and make good choices" and "Treat women who have children removed with compassion and empathy".

ALT A blue background with white text reading "Hear from birth mothers about the changes they want to see #NeverMoreThanOnce". Above the text are three banners created by women working with Pause, which read: "Understand mental health", "Be kind and make good choices" and "Treat women who have children removed with compassion and empathy".

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Pause Practices and the Pause national office will be closed until the new year. If you need support during this time, here are some other services and helplines that you can contact. We wish everyone a restful end to the year and best wishes for the start of 2025 🌻
Graphic reads: "Support for you this festive period" and provides contact numbers for services open over Christmas. Mind: 0300 123 3393 - Open 10am-6pm weekdays (except for bank holidays). Samaritans: 116 123 - Always open. Campaign Against Living Miserably: 0800 58 58 58 - Open 5pm - midnight. If you're in Wales: 0800 132 737 - Always open. If you're under 25: The Mix: 0808 808 4994 - Open 4pm - 11pm.

ALT Graphic reads: "Support for you this festive period" and provides contact numbers for services open over Christmas. Mind: 0300 123 3393 - Open 10am-6pm weekdays (except for bank holidays). Samaritans: 116 123 - Always open. Campaign Against Living Miserably: 0800 58 58 58 - Open 5pm - midnight. If you're in Wales: 0800 132 737 - Always open. If you're under 25: The Mix: 0808 808 4994 - Open 4pm - 11pm.

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Congratulations to the women that graduated from the Pause Programme in Southwark this week, who spent time reflecting on their journey and thinking about words associated with Pause 💚
Image shows a green background with letter tiles that have been arranged to spell out different words that the women associate with Pause. Words include: supportive, funny, helpful, future, healing, empowered, emotional, strong, friend, faith, happy, acceptance.

ALT Image shows a green background with letter tiles that have been arranged to spell out different words that the women associate with Pause. Words include: supportive, funny, helpful, future, healing, empowered, emotional, strong, friend, faith, happy, acceptance.

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2024 was another great year for our In a Mother's Mind podcast series. Stay tuned for season three early next year! We'll be exploring domestic abuse, kinship care and court proceedings. You can listen to all of the episodes to date, here: pause.org.uk/our-podcast/
Graphic showing the Pause and Listen podcast's 2024 statistics: 3.7K downloads, 3 episodes, 30 countries, 50 minutes, top 50% all shows.

ALT Graphic showing the Pause and Listen podcast's 2024 statistics: 3.7K downloads, 3 episodes, 30 countries, 50 minutes, top 50% all shows.

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Alongside our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery, we're sharing the experiences of women who have completed the Pause Programme. In this blog post, Jade writes a letter to other women on the programme, and reflects on her first year of Getting Involved at Pause: lnkd.in/eaXgDycg
A purple background with colourful animations of women at the bottom of the page, and a speech bubble containing a quote from Jade's blog post, which reads "Honestly, you need to remember anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Pause has been my safe space, my place to reflect and Pause have taught me there's life after your children are removed" - Jade, Pause Ambassador and Advisory Group member.

ALT A purple background with colourful animations of women at the bottom of the page, and a speech bubble containing a quote from Jade's blog post, which reads "Honestly, you need to remember anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Pause has been my safe space, my place to reflect and Pause have taught me there's life after your children are removed" - Jade, Pause Ambassador and Advisory Group member.

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For women who no longer have children in their care, this time of year can be especially painful for many reasons💚Our practice teams encourage open conversations about feelings and prepare women for the festive season in different ways. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/mrdwb2wk
“Each person experiences the festive season differently and can harbour trauma around general expectations of the festive season, compared to their reality. Therefore, the next time you are speaking to someone about their festive plans, why not ask them how this time of year feels for them” - Pause Practice Lead.

ALT “Each person experiences the festive season differently and can harbour trauma around general expectations of the festive season, compared to their reality. Therefore, the next time you are speaking to someone about their festive plans, why not ask them how this time of year feels for them” - Pause Practice Lead.

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Alongside our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery, we're sharing the experiences of women who have completed the 18-month Pause Programme. In our latest blog post, Anita* reflects on her relationship with her Practitioner and the impact this had on her life 👇 tinyurl.com/mryf7uza
“Instead of having a negative outlook on life, I now have a positive outlook. Before Pause, my mental health was pretty bad. Now I am more positive and have a better lifestyle. My mental health hasn’t been as dark” - a woman with experience of the Pause Programme.

ALT “Instead of having a negative outlook on life, I now have a positive outlook. Before Pause, my mental health was pretty bad. Now I am more positive and have a better lifestyle. My mental health hasn’t been as dark” - a woman with experience of the Pause Programme.

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“I encourage her [@bphillipsonMP] to look at the work of Pause, a national charity that is doing so much work with the birth parents of children who get taken into care, so they get the help and support that they need after what can be a very traumatic experience” - @gareth_snell
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Thank you @gareth_snell and @AlisonEBennett for highlighting Pause's work in the @HouseofCommons earlier. @bphillipsonMP - we look forward to a joint meeting with you and @AlisonEBennett to hear more about our work with birth mothers. The whole debate ➡️ tinyurl.com/4avzwccj
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Thank you to everyone who has visited our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery this week and taken time to hear what birth parents would like to see changed in the children's social care system. If you haven't yet, you can visit the gallery here: pause.org.uk/never-more-than…
"Treat women who have had children removed with compassion + empathy", "Pause to grow bigger and reach more women like me", "children's social care system needs to implement earlier intervention to keep families together", "more opportunities to have women's voices heard!", "Pause is the key to support", "This year I want to see... birth mother's voices actually being heard and change being noticed"

ALT "Treat women who have had children removed with compassion + empathy", "Pause to grow bigger and reach more women like me", "children's social care system needs to implement earlier intervention to keep families together", "more opportunities to have women's voices heard!", "Pause is the key to support", "This year I want to see... birth mother's voices actually being heard and change being noticed"

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