The PSG Final Event #parentsdoscience Parenting Science Gang is funded by Wellcome for a two year period and we’re coming towards the end of our project. Over the last 21 months, our 2000+ citizen scientists have achieved amazing things. They've created…
Breast Milk Experiment - The Results! You may remember that back in February, over 100 mums went to Charing Cross Hospital to donate milk for a breast milk experiment designed and run by Breastfeeding Older Babies and Beyond (BOBAB) PSG and UK Breastfeeding and Parent Support…
GDPR is here! We have a shiny new privacy policy on the PSG website which contains details on how we use personal data. PSG on the road We love how easy it is to join in on Facebook, but sometimes it's nice…
Introducing our new groups! We're pleased to announce two more science gangs - Big Birthas (BB PSG) and Mealtime Hostage (MH PSG). Big Birthas - we've teamed up with Amber Marshall of bigbirthas.co.ukto ask the questions bigger mums want the answers to. You…
Season's Greetings from PSG! Season's greetings from everyone at Parenting Science Gang! It's been a busy year - our first four groups got underway in April and 9 months on are working to make their chosen experiments happen. 2018 looks set to…
How to reach hard-to-reach groups? We're recruiting more groups and we're especially keen to work with harder to reach groups such as young parents, black and ethnic minority parents and groups for people with disabilities. We’re also keen to find some fathers to…
Can you help us get bigger? We're growing! We're looking for more parenting groups to work with from October. Do you know any groups of parents who might like to get involved? Parenting Science Gang works best with groups of parents brought…
Residential Weekend June kept us busy! The month began with a weekend in Derbyshire for our first Parenting Science Gang (PSG) residential. Q: Can you make a two-day training session accessible to parents of small children, including several breastfeeding mothers? The…
This week we're... ... packing our bags for our residential weekend in the Peak District. 5 PSG staffers, 14 PSGers, 12 other halves, 19 children and 4 speakers are off to Mount Cook Adventure Centre near Matlock in Derbyshire. We'll be getting to…
And we're off... Our first newsletter celebrated the launch of Parenting Science Gang (PSG). Three weeks on, the project has: 425 new members 720 Facebook comments 4 Facebook groups (launched 13th -15th April) 2 live online Q&As with experts completed 1 residential weekend…