1.1 to promote and preserve the health and well-being of babies, young children and their parents, including parents to be, who may be experiencing stress or facing problems within the normal range of parenting;
1.2 to promote and advance an understanding of infant mental health and early child development within the broad framework of object relations and attachment theories and to provide a focus for this approach in the charity’s area;
1.3 to promote by training and research the awareness of the importance of early childhood development among health professionals and other professionals involved in early childhood and actively to disseminate information and examples of best practice among these groups.