Wirral playdate café opens to support isolated parents
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 12:14 · Archive
Crumbs and Cuddles, a new playdate café in Heswall, Wirral, opens this month to help tackle parental isolation and provide family support services.
Crumbs and Cuddles, a playdate café on Pensby Road in Heswall, opens on 19 October. The Community Interest Company was founded by Sarah Douglas and Sara Tindall, both local residents, to tackle parental isolation and fill gaps in family support services they say have diminished in recent years.
The venue will provide play sessions, a café, a sensory room and community spaces. It will support children from birth to five and anyone connected to their care. Three sessions run daily, five days a week, with two Saturday sessions, one of which is dedicated to SEND needs. Services will include baby weighing and breastfeeding classes. Visitors book online through the business website.
Ms Tindall, who left the NHS in 2021 after 20 years as a midwife, said: 'I didn't realise until becoming a parent myself, how isolating it can be.' She described her experience of becoming isolated after moving for work and having a child during lockdown. Ms Douglas noted that support services for parents have been reduced since her children were young. The pair took on the Pensby Road site after it had remained empty for over four years.
How it is being reported
- Wirral mums set up playdate café to tackle parental loneliness"I didn't realise until becoming a parent myself, how isolating it can be'Liverpool Echo · 10 Oct, 11:34
- New Wirral playdate café aims to tackle parental isolation and support familiesNew Wirral play café Crumbs and Cuddles will offer play sessions, sensory rooms and family support services to help tackle parent isolation for local families.Wirral Globe · 10 Oct, 05:00
In this story: Sarah Douglas · Sara Tindall · Crumbs and Cuddles · Heswall · Wirral · Liverpool
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