About Rise & Thrive Families CIC
About Rise & Thrive Families CIC
Rise and Thrive Families CIC is a trauma-informed, early intervention service supporting families navigating the emotional aftermath of trauma, parental mental health challenges, and domestic abuse. Rooted in both lived experience and research, we create relational pathways to healing and resilience
Mission
To empower parents to heal, grow, and rebuild emotionally safe homes—through early, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive support that prevents crisis and restores connection.
Vision
A future where no family navigates trauma, mental health challenges, or domestic abuse alone—and every child is raised in a community that centres care, safety, and dignity.
Why This CIC Matters
Despite increased focus on early intervention, a critical gap remains in how services respond to families. The emotional wellbeing and mental health of parents is often overlooked, even though it plays a central role in shaping a child’s development, resilience, and future outcomes. Unaddressed parental distress is one of the most significant predictors of intergenerational trauma, yet it is rarely treated as a priority.
Rise and Thrive Families CIC exists to address this gap.
Our model is informed by over 17 years of frontline experience and supported by doctoral research exploring the impact of parental mental health on child development. We combine lived experience, systems awareness, and evidence-informed practice to deliver early, relational, and culturally responsive interventions.
We believe:
Parents are not just service users but central to their children's healing and recovery.
Early support must be practical, emotionally attuned, and free from shame or surveillance.
Reducing harm in families requires engaging all parts of the system, including safe, early-stage interventions for those using abusive behaviours.
"When we support a parent’s ability to emotionally regulate, process trauma, and reconnect with their child, we interrupt cycles of harm and build long-term stability for entire families."
Our work matters because parental wellbeing is foundational to child wellbeing. Rise and Thrive exists to make this truth visible and actionable in practice, policy, and community life.
Founder Bio – Natasha Manning
Founder & Director | Doctoral Researcher | Trauma-Informed Strategist
With over 17 years of experience supporting vulnerable families, I have worked across housing, mental health, early help, and safeguarding, specialising in whole-family approaches to trauma and recovery. For the past seven years, I have managed a community-based mental health service supporting families across all tiers of need, from early intervention to complex case coordination.
I am a doctoral researcher examining the relationship between parental mental health and children’s long-term wellbeing and development. My leadership is grounded in both professional expertise and lived experience, and shaped by a commitment to justice, faith, and community transformation.
I founded Rise and Thrive Families CIC to respond to the systemic gaps that leave parents unsupported, unseen, or penalised during times of distress. My work centres the importance of relational healing, trauma-informed systems, and culturally responsive practice.
As a keynote speaker and consultant, I contribute to national conversations on parenting after harm, survivor-led innovation, and anti-oppressive service design. Through Rise and Thrive, I aim to build practical, healing-centred solutions that empower families not only to survive, but to truly thrive.
Our Impact & Recognition
Our Impact & Recognition
At Rise and Thrive Families CIC, we measure our impact not just in numbers—but in lives restored, families reconnected, and systems shifted.
Since launching our community pilot in June 2025, our trauma-informed services have supported over 30 parents through group work, 1-to-1 support, and parenting reconnection spaces. Our approach is grounded in relational safety, cultural humility, and emotional recovery—and the results speak volumes.
What Families Are Saying
“The Parenting Reconnection Workshop helped me see my daughter differently. For the first time, I felt I had the tools to rebuild our bond, without guilt weighing me down.”
— Ayanna, parent participant, Emotional Wellbeing Group & Reconnection Workshop
“This was the first service where I didn’t feel blamed for my mental health. The weekly check-ins helped me show up more calmly for my kids and ask for help before it all got too much.”
— Imran, 1-to-1 Support & Peer-Led Parenting Circle attendee
“Being part of Rise and Thrive made me feel human again. I found my voice and now I want to help other parents who feel invisible.”
— Charlene, pilot participant & now Parent Ambassador in training
Professional Recognition
Speaker at Royal College of Psychiatry International Congress (2024)
Panel chaired by Dr Lade Smith CBE; session featured in national CPD learning resources.Contributor to the Royal College’s National Position Statement on Children’s Mental Health (2023)
Invited Speaker at:
House of Commons Briefing on Family Mental Health
Anna Freud National Conference
Royal College Student Congress – Leeds (2025)
Featured in training and development spaces for Early Help Teams, VCSE alliances, and survivor-led practice forums across London and the UK.
Key Outcomes Linked to Early Intervention and Parental Mental Health
Evaluation Tools Used: CORE-10, GAD‑7, PHQ‑9 (pre/postsupport), alongside weekly feedback journals and focus group notes.
Sample Size: 38 parents across 2 London boroughs
Approach: Trauma-informed, culturally responsive, relational
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