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Mothers Uncovered� is an award-winning project for the Livestock charity. We run low cost creative peer support groups for mothers, led by past participants.

Founded 2008. Support our campaign here for better maternal care. www.change.org/SupportMatrescence. Matrescence means the process of becoming a mother. Like adolescence, it is a time of new identity, bodily changes and hormonal fluctuations, yet we don't honour this time or look after mothers properly. Mothers Uncovered helps women at ALL stages of motherhood to reconnect with the women they’ve always been. If you feel your life as a mother is a rollercoaster, with blissful highs and overwhelming lows and some mum and baby groups offer no opportunity to discuss real issues, then Mothers Uncovered is for you. We run a range of groups and events across Sussex and online nationally and are looking to expand. Our sessions are warm, welcoming, non judgemental spaces, involving facilitated discussion and arts activities. Our peer supporters who lead the groups are all past participants. They are not perfect mothers. They certainly don’t want to tell you how to be mothers. They are going through it all too. Participant feedback

A truly valuable experience which pulled me from the brink of post natal depression. Considerate & understanding facilitators. Thank you all so much.”
‘Mothers Uncovered fills a gap you didn’t even know was there.’

Our book
The Secret Life of Mothers, is a compilation of over 50 past participants’ stories, interviews and poems about their motherhood experience, with foreword by Caroline Lucas, MP. Available from Silverdart publishers or Amazon. Awards
Winner of Community Works' Star Sector Award for providing 'support for women at a transitional point in their lives and creating a legacy for future generations.'
Finalist Groundwork Awards 2019

You care for your baby, but who cares for you?

17/11/2025

Delighted to be back at Hove museum for our last workshop this year for mothers in Brighton and Hove to find community and rediscover their identity through creativity. Booking link in bio or via QR code.
Matrescence often means a woman’s needs get lost when she is spending so much time caring for her baby.
Inspired by the Creativity Collections, we will start a journaling process which can provide sanctuary over the busy holiday period which often heightens the motherhood load.
We will also explore motherhood through writing, visual art and shared stories in a space where your voice matters.
Peer-led. Babies up to 14m can be brought to the session.

14/11/2025

On this Children In Need Day….
Children need happy, healthy parents in order to thrive. And mothers especially need support for their mental and emotional wellbeing, as well as their physical welfare - during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
It would mean so much to our small charity to receive any donations, however small, as the funding landscape is harder than ever.
You can donate via Localgiving or Paypal, enter our Lottery or shop via Easyfundraising where the retailer pays a donation. Details in our bio

13/11/2025

Delighted to share our latest episode of The Secret Life of Mothers. interviews award-winning filmmaker , who has created a vibrant and powerful short animated film in which the central character is deciding whether she wants children, being besieged by family members and her own o***y!
The film has appeared in many festivals and has now qualified for Oscar nomination.
Link in bio and stories.

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11/11/2025

Really looking forward to this event at in partnership with the fabulous midwives from !
We’ve been advocating for recognition of matrescence (the transition to motherhood) for the last seven years - you can see our other account for more details.
So many women who come to our groups feel isolated and lonely and many have experienced birth trauma. It’s great that this space has been created for their voices to be heard.

05/11/2025

It’s horrifying how much money is spent on these settlements and it’s equally horrifying how many mothers, babies and their families have such an awful experience bringing life into the world.
We are connected with many individuals and groups on here all saying the same thing - we need to invest in maternity care.
We don’t need any more reports, we need action. Now.

04/11/2025

📢 Calling all mothers who have given birth in Shoreham or surrounding areas in the last 15 months.📢
Would you like to discuss your birth story in a small, supportive group, led by our peer supporters?
These sessions are suitable for those who’ve experienced trauma and for those would just like to share their story.
We have 3 monthly sessions in Shoreham, come to as many as you wish - They are free, but donations are welcome. You don’t have to be a first time mum and you can come with your baby or by yourself. Babies up to 15m can be brought to the session.
Sign up here https://www.happity.co.uk/schedules/mothers-uncovered-livestock-shoreham-by-sea-adur-east-family-hub-kingston-buci-centre-my-birth-a-space-to-discuss-your-birth-story

03/11/2025

Pleased to share the next episode of The Secret Life of Mothers with .
Hannah Turlington is an artist, writer and creative practitioner living and working in North Yorkshire. Her work explores her own lived experiences through her work, such as being an adoptive mother. It also creates opportunities for the viewer to share their own narratives.
She runs community based projects that focus on connecting people with their creativity alongside running skills specific workshops from a shared studio space in Malton where she is also a director of AHH CIC.

31/10/2025

‼️ We only have 2 spaces left for our session next Friday!

📢 Calling all mothers who have given birth in Brighton or surrounding areas in the last 15 months.📢

Would you like to discuss your birth story in a small, supportive group, led by our peer supporters?

These sessions are suitable for those who’ve experienced trauma and for those would just like to share their story - all are welcome.

They are free, but donations are welcome. You don’t have to be a first time mum and you can come with your baby or by yourself. Babies up to 15m can be brought to the session.
Book here: https://www.happity.co.uk/schedules/mothers-uncovered-livestock-brighton-tarner-children-s-centre-my-birth-a-space-to-discuss-your-birth-story

30/10/2025

What advice would you give your pregnant self?
Or what would you tell a pregnant friend?
It’s difficult knowing, as everyone’s experience is different. You don’t want to cause alarm, but you also want them to be prepared.

28/10/2025

Fabulous conversation today between and about the need to centre the woman’s experience in maternity care and make sure her voice is heard; to invest in maternity care to tackle the worrying rates of birth trauma; to increase consistency of services across the UK; and to champion lived experience groups that are so beneficial for mothers’ mental health and wellbeing in their matrescence.

25/10/2025

Have you heard of Retained Primitive Reflexes? Often as a result of a traumatic birth, these reflexes stay in a child’s body after the first year or so of life, impacting normal development and leading to a diagnosis for various conditions, for example, ADHD.
Treatment is drug-free and is transformative, but it’s costly. We should be investing in it, rather than turning people into lifelong patients.

23/10/2025

📢 Calling all mothers who have given birth in Shoreham or surrounding areas in the last 15 months.📢
Would you like to discuss your birth story in a small, supportive group, led by our peer supporters?
These sessions are suitable for those who’ve experienced trauma and for those would just like to process their experience.
We have 3 monthly sessions in Shoreham, come to as many as you wish - They are free, but donations are welcome. You don’t have to be a first time mum and you can come with your baby or by yourself. Babies up to 15m can be brought to the session.

https://www.happity.co.uk/schedules/mothers-uncovered-livestock-shoreham-by-sea-adur-east-family-hub-kingston-buci-centre-my-birth-a-space-to-discuss-your-birth-story

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C/o Community Base, 113 Queens Road
Brighton
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Website

http://www.mothersuncovered.com/

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