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Cumbria postpartum support groups keep in-person sessions after lottery grants
The Happy Mums Foundation in Carlisle said £70,000 in Postcode Lottery and National Lottery grants will keep its in-person postpartum peer groups running after funding pressure had put them at risk, BBC Cumbria reported.
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A Cumbria charity that runs in-person groups for women with postpartum mental health challenges said it has received £70,000 in lottery grants, lifting an immediate threat to those sessions, BBC Cumbria reported1.
The Happy Mums Foundation, founded in Carlisle in 2015, said it has helped more than 1,000 families across the county1. Last month the organisation told the BBC that funding pressure put its face-to-face peer support groups at risk and that it had considered moving them online1.
Director Lucinda Bray said grants of £50,000 from the Postcode Lottery and £20,000 from the National Lottery mean "we can keep supporting mums"1. She said the charity was pleased and that the money lets it keep running existing groups while it works on longer-term sustainability1.
Bray had previously told the BBC that losing in-person spaces could worsen mental health for vulnerable women in Cumbria, including by removing a place to talk about suicidal thinking1. The BBC account does not independently verify the charity's caseload figures or how long the grants will last1.