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For years, organisations have known they should be doing more to support parents but have struggled to know how. HR teams were left navigating emotional, high-stakes situations without the right tools. Managers were expected to make the "right call" without guidance and employees entered some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives feeling emotionally unsupported and financially exposed.
Capital Parent was created in response to that reality.Too often, mothers were expected to cope quietly. Fathers were encouraged to return quickly. And people were forced to make financial and emotional trade-offs that shaped careers, wellbeing, and long-term outcomes. We saw a system that unintentionally widened the gap between people and their families, discouraged meaningful paternity leave, and left your teams feeling alone at exactly the wrong moment.
We exist to close the gap between what people need and what employers can confidently provide turning lifestyle transitions from an unmanaged risk into a controlled, structured support system. We give employers clarity, cost predictability, and compliance. And we empower working people with direct access to specialists and peer communities who understand what they're going through.
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Most wellbeing support sits alongside work. Capital Parent sits inside how your workplace actually functions to best support your teams. That difference changes who takes responsibility, how decisions are made, and what outcomes you can rely on.
Most workplace parenthood decisions break down because they rely on individual managers. Capital Parent removes sensitive parenthood conversations from personal relationships and places them into a defined, neutral system. Parents don’t have to disclose intimate details to their manager, and managers aren’t expected to navigate grief, fertility, or financial stress without training. Support is applied consistently, fairly, and safely.
Capital Parent handles enhanced parental pay through its own payroll system, eliminating extra National Insurance costs for employers. This ensures payments are precise, compliant, and predictable, allowing employers to provide valuable, tax-efficient financial support without added administrative or financial risk.
Employees are significantly more likely to use support when it doesn’t sit with their manager or HR team. Capital Parent gives parents direct access to specialist and community support they actually trust. At the same time, employers retain visibility through the Capital Parent portal, with anonymised insight into engagement, wellbeing indicators, and emerging pressure points , without breaching confidentiality or pulling managers into sensitive conversations.
These principles guide how we act when situations are complex, sensitive, or high-risk ,for employers and for parents.
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When parenthood intersects with work, the most important decisions are often the hardest to make. We don’t believe those moments should be left to improvisation, personal judgement, or whoever happens to be involved at the time. When something carries long-term consequences, someone must be accountable for getting it right. That belief drives our approach: clear responsibility, defined ownership, and support that doesn’t disappear when things become uncomfortable.
Fairness matters most when pressure is high. We don’t believe access to support should depend on confidence, seniority, or who someone reports to. We believe parenthood support should be applied consistently and fairly across an organisation, not shaped by personal bias, confidence, or informal decision-making. That principle guides everything we do: the same framework, the same standards, and the same level of care, regardless of role, seniority, or circumstance.
Parenthood creates moments of real vulnerability at work, emotional, financial, and professional. We treat that responsibility seriously. Our support is designed so people can seek help without fear of exposure, judgement, or consequence. Parents don’t have to perform resilience, justify their needs, or manage the emotional risk of how their situation will be perceived. At the same time, employers deserve insight, not intrusion. Information is handled carefully, at the right level, and only to improve outcomes ,never to monitor individuals or penalise honesty.
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