Gidget House

Opening of Gidget House, new service officially opens for parents experiencing perinatal depression and anxiety.

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00:00Neutroceleon sent us opening in Armidale today, which is fantastic.

00:04We've got some luminaries up here, Peter Primrose, MLC, but it's also supported by the Gidget

00:10Foundation that's made it happen.

00:13Absolutely wonderful to have it here for all the families and may much more of this come

00:18on our way.

00:21So here we are, 34th Gidget House.

00:23Fantastic in Armidale.

00:24How exciting.

00:25It's absolutely delightful that we're here and able to open the Gidget House here at

00:30Armidale because it means that the 1,000 parents every single year that are diagnosed with

00:36perinatal depression and anxiety here within the Armidale and New England region will be

00:40able to access the services they need.

00:43Pretty exciting.

00:44So I'm looking forward to it.

00:45We've got a lot of people here from local community support as well, which is fantastic.

00:49So they've welcomed us here, so it's very, very good.

00:52Absolutely.

00:54We've got five mums and one in ten dads who experience prenatal depression and anxiety.

00:58And so to be able to offer the services for free, ensure that they're face-to-face and

01:06that we can do this within an area that needs it is just brilliant.

01:11Fantastic.

01:12And we love supporting our cousins in the bush, love it, fantastic.