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Support Katrina’s Access Fund run!

Katrina, Doula UK member and volunteer Head of Finance, is running in the Wigan 10K to raise money for the Doula UK Access Fund. Katrina is passionate about ensuring more families can be supported by the Access Fund, which is temporarily closed to new applications as we have exceeded our spending … [Read more...]

Celebrating International Women’s Day and the Doula UK Access Fund

International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900's, and is growing annually from strength to strength. This year we would like to mark IWD with a celebration of the Doula UK Access Fund. Doula UK itself began in 2001, as a network of doulas, run voluntarily by doulas. Our … [Read more...]

Access Fund

We are sure we are all in agreement that any woman who needs a doula should be able to access one – which is of course why we have our Doula Access Fund. Applications to the fund have shown a quite dramatic increase in the past year and we have built good relations with many health professionals … [Read more...]

Access Fund Donation

You can donate to the Doula Access Fund by filling in the amount of your donation above. You will have the options to pay by bank transfer, cheque or online payment. If you pay by cheque or bank transfer, and want to donate directly to the Access Fund, please make sure that you make it clear … [Read more...]

Doula Access Fund

The Doula UK Access Fund covers the expenses of Doula UK doulas volunteering to work with local clients in financial hardship, enabling those on a very low income to have the support of a doula. Who Is Eligible? The Doula UK Access Fund is only available to: women who have a total … [Read more...]

Victoria Park Singers fundraise for Doula UK

We are very grateful to The Victoria Park Singers, who raised £625.18 for the Doula UK Access Fund in memory of Gillian Samuels at their Samba in the City concert. This money will be used to help fund our work providing skilled doula support for women and families regardless of circumstances. The … [Read more...]

Fundraise

Fundraise and help us provide life changing support for women and families in the childbearing year, regardless of circumstance, nurture the doula community and campaign for better support for UK families. Some ideas for fundraising activities you could undertake are: organising events - … [Read more...]

Announcement re: Hardship Fund

After careful consideration of your feedback on the Hardship Fund, with many members expressing a desire to change the name, the Board and Management team are pleased to announce that it has been renamed the Doula Access Fund. We hope this will more accurately convey what the fund is for … [Read more...]

Annual General Meeting

Members of Doula UK are invited to attend the 2017 Annual General Meeting on Saturday 23rd September 2017 2-6pm at the Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black's Rd, London W6 9DT The planned agenda for the meeting is outlined below. The meeting will be a facilitated working session. Voting will be … [Read more...]

Farrah M.

I have lived in London my entire life, and currently live in South East London. My first pregnancy was uncomplicated and quite lonely, which was why I decided having a doula would be a good idea – it was either that or go through the birth alone and I am beyond grateful to DoulaUK and the Access … [Read more...]