Further Support

Amma Birth support birthing people and parents in Glasgow facing barriers like poverty, isolation, or language.

Birth Companions works to improve the lives of women and babies who experience inequality and disadvantage.

The Birth Partner Project is based in Cardiff, Wales. We provide volunteer birth partners to support women seeking sanctuary who would otherwise face pregnancy, birth and early motherhood alone.

Bradford Doulas offers practical and emotional support to pregnant women in Bradford six weeks before the birth, during labour and six weeks after the birth, through trained volunteers.

Doulas Without Borders is a UK wide network of volunteers offering accessible, grassroots services to women and childbearing people experiencing multiple disadvantage and financial hardship during pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

Maternity Mates is open to pregnant women living in Newham, Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest who do not have a suitable support network, or have specific needs or healthcare issues.

Neighbourhood Doulas is a free service working across London providing support through pregnancy, birth preparation, labour and the postnatal period.

Project Mama (Bristol/South West) supports women who are refugees, seeking asylum or have irregular immigration status throughout the maternity process.

Sheffield City Doula Project provides practical and emotional support to expectant mothers through the latter stages of pregnancy, through labour and for the first six weeks of family life.

The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers is a national charity supporting breastfeeding mums and nurturing families, through helplines, face to face and online. .

The Breastfeeding Network (BFN) aims to be an independent source of support and information for breastfeeding women and others.

La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organisation which supports everyone who wants to breastfeed or chestfeed in reaching their goals.

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants are healthcare professionals specialising in the clinical management of breastfeeding and lactation.

Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) has been at the forefront of the childbirth movement for more than fifty years, working towards normal birth; providing independent support and information about maternity choices; raising awareness of current research on childbirth and related issues; and protecting women’s human rights in childbirth.

Birthrights is dedicated to ensuring women and birthing people receive the respect and dignity they deserve in pregnancy and childbirth.

Maternity Action is the UK’s maternity rights charity dedicated to promoting, protecting and enhancing the rights of all pregnant women, new mothers and their families to employment, social security and health care.

Pregnant Then Screwed support women who have faced maternity or pregnancy discrimination, including free legal advice and a mentorship scheme.

Baby Buddy App developed by UK charity Best Beginnings in collaboration with parents, healthcare professionals and partner charities across the country: the free pregnancy and parenting Baby Buddy app is with you throughout your pregnancy and parenting journey, day by day. Baby Buddy provides trusted, evidence-based information and self-care tools, based on the latest research and is NHS-approved.

Blind Mums Connect links blind and partially sighted mums to share information and support one another. We are a rapidly growing national organisation, run by mums for mums.

Deaf Parents Deaf Children (DPDC) is a group for deaf parents with deaf children from all over the UK.

Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood is a user-led registered charity that promotes better awareness and support for disabled people during pregnancy and as parents.

Gingerbread is the national charity for single parent families. We want a society in which single parent families are treated equally and fairly. To get there, we provide information to help single parents support themselves and their family. We run programmes to equip single parents with the skills and opportunities to gain employment. And we campaign and influence policy to reduce stigma against single parents, and make services more accessible to all families – whatever their shape or size. Gingerbread also have information for single LGBTQ+ parents

HomeStart volunteers help families with young children deal with the challenges they face. We support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children.

LGBT Mummies sole purpose is to ‘Educate, Share, & Celebrate’ LGBT+ women & people globally on the path to motherhood or parenthood. We act as a central source of support & a safe haven, through providing information, guidance & knowledge on the different paths to parenthood through our website, social channels & support groups.

The Motherhood Group is dedicated to share and support the Black maternal experience through events, workshops, peer support, projects, and advocacy. Every mother, including Black mums, deserve the right to have access to adequate support, care, safe spaces and for their voice to be heard.

The PANDAS Foundation is here to help support and advise any parent who is experiencing a perinatal mental illness. We are also here to inform and guide family members, carers, friends and employers as to how they can support someone who is suffering.

The Maternal Mental Health Alliance is a coalition of UK organisations with a vision to see all women across the UK get consistent, accessible and quality care and support for their mental health during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth. Members of the Alliance (including Doula UK) offer information and/or practical support to families, promoting good mental health in the perinatal year.

The Birth Trauma Association (BTA) supports all women who have had a traumatic birth experience. It is estimated that, in the UK alone, this may result in up to 20,000 women a year developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Make Birth Better support both parents and professionals impacted by birth trauma, we offer a wide range of training and we raise our voices through campaigning.

Bliss exists to give every baby born premature or sick in the UK the best chance of survival and quality of life. We champion their right to receive the best care by supporting families, campaigning for change and supporting professionals, and enabling life-changing research.

The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families.

Sands is the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. We operate throughout the UK, supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby, working to improve the care bereaved parents receive, and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies’ lives.

Tommy’s funds research into miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth, and provides pregnancy health information to parents. We believe it is unacceptable that one in four women lose a baby during pregnancy and birth. We want every parent to have the best possible pregnancy outcomes and to take home happy, healthy babies.