My Birth Support, www. mybirth. org. uk, Canterbury (2025)

14/11/2025

Inviting mums of all ages and stages - join us for Mums Matter Breakfast making festive keepsakes gifts 18/12/25, at Thanington Resource Centre, with the opportunity to create wooden keepsake gifts. Book your place now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1968706557309

Enjoy all this, while you meet and make friends with other mums over breakfast. Toys will be provided if you are bringing little ones, who are also very welcome!

Thanks to grants from and , booking is offered on a pay what you can basis on Eventbrite.

13/11/2025

IN A FORTNIGHT: There's only 2 places left for our next Mums Matter Breakfast with festive mini photo shoots: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1834122001279 grab you ticket now!

Our special monthly breakfasts are all about pampering you as a mum and this month we have an extra special treat - the opportunity to have some professional family photographs with all your loved ones.

At our breakfasts, you can invite your friends and come and make new friends too. Toys will be provided for little ones. You're welcome to book one of the last 3 slots for photos and breakfast or just for the breakfast as you choose. Thank you to for this exclusive opportunity, just for Mums Matter parents.
Thanks to grants, we are able to offer this special breakfast at more affordable prices.

Please book a place for each family or separate adult tickets if you don't want photos. Your contribution on the day will help to ensure this affordable support continues for everyone in 2025-2026

11/11/2025

We're looking forward to welcoming you this morning! Our free small Stay and Play group we co-facilitate with Route 23 Coffee Stop in Canterbury, meets every Tuesday in term time from 9.30-11.30.

I'm looking forward to welcoming you today when we will be making some clay bowls using leaves as inspiration!

06/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our Mums Matter Breakfast with Autumn Crafts. It was such a lovely chilled vibe with so much laughter!

Our monthly Mums Matter Breakfasts are all about pampering you Mum! The next one is on 27th November when we now have just 2 spaces available for mini photo shoots with . 🥐 Book your place now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1834122001279

Thank you too to Thanington Resource Centre for hosting us, for the grant for venue costs and for helping to make this breakfast affordable for everyone!

05/11/2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

The Independent and National Maternity & Neonatal Investigation is inviting families to share experiences at panels on Tuesday 11th November. Please see below for more details 👇

Panel 1: 10am - 11.30am
Panel 2: 12pm - 13.30pm

If you wish to participate, please click on the form below and complete it. If you would like any further info about the investigation, or have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to email me at jasmine.bundock@nhs.net 💻

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HM5J4pnI0k9GvYNSLIZ2OqhUQkJKQlRWSTJRVjQ0RlhCTFFWWkhLOTRDUC4u

04/11/2025

What does playdough have to do with birth preparation or birth trauma recovery?

When I was pregnant someone impressed upon me how important it was for me to be more flexible...but I didn't know how to be flexible! I didn't even know where to start! Does this feel familiar to you?

Since then over the past 13 years I have learned many practical tools to help increase my flexibility of thought and hopes (yes of course I would still like to be in control, but that's so rarely possible!).

So, in our 1:1 support for
* pregnancy and birth
* birth trauma recovery
* parenting and
* living with loss
I will invite you to use all sorts of materials, media, activities and approaches that use all your senses. Recognising how you learn and providing a wide range of ways to help you prepare or deal with what is happening can help you grow in confidence, flexibility and freedom.

The playdoh? Well, it's a wonderful tool for helping to develop flexibility and playfulness when struggling with being out of control and overwhelmed! it's just one of the tools we use.

If you would like a creative approach to learning and growing as you grow into being a parent, do get in touch to find out more! Ps. NO ARTISTIC TALENT REQUIRED!!! I promise!

03/11/2025

We’re delighted to invite you to our next ‘Listening Lounge’ - an online, interactive, podcast-style space to listen in and learn how to genuinely nurture equity, diversity, equality and inclusion within your perinatal mental health VCSE service.

Don’t miss out on your FREE space!

Come along and enjoy the relaxing lounge vibe whilst listening not just with your ears, but with your senses and whole intuition.

This online lounge includes:

💬 A talk

🎨 Some creative inspiration such as art, poetry, music

🗣 A panel discussion

💡 Practical ideas for application

🧘‍♀️ A wellbeing exercise that cares for YOU, so you can better care for the families you serve

This month:

LIVING WITH LOSS
Creating a safer space for exploring perinatal grief

This month we compassionately and courageously explore perinatal grief and loss and discuss how we, as VCSEs, can create safer spaces for those affected. We’ll hear from marginalised voices and professionals so we can consider practical and sensitive approaches to ensure loss support that is inclusive, responsive and person-centred.

FEATURING:

Aileen White - H&M Root Maker and My Birth Support

Alex Paterson - H&M Root Maker and Infant Mental Health and LGBTQ+ Families Advocate

Jessica Weeks - Founder of Hannah’s House and Service User Voice Rep for Midlands NHSE

Lauren Parr - H&M Root Maker and Make Birth Better

Sharon Coaker - H&M Evaluation Partner and Baby Loss Specialist

The Listening Lounge is brought to you by ROOT MAKERS - a dynamic and diverse team of brilliant people who are helping Hearts & Minds to connect, grow and empower a more inclusive and equitable grassroots perinatal mental health community nationally.

If you work in the sector, you can book your FREE space on the Listening Lounge now at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/listening-lounge-17th-november-2025-tickets-1561284035579

You can also sign up to our newsletter to make sure you never miss an opportunity to get involved with Hearts & Minds: http://eepurl.com/hv05XD

‼️Please note that this Listening Lounge online session will be recorded for documentation and dissemination purposes. You are free to switch off your camera at any time. ‼️

03/11/2025

Join us in a week's time on Zoom, with mums from across the UK. It's time to book your place now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1834997339439

Every session includes time to meet and make friends, guided relaxation, a different creative journaling prompt, time to journal and time to share discoveries within the circle.

We want this vital weelbeing support to be as affodable to all mums, so we have PAYG and membership places available.

Members who block book receive a gorgeous free journaling gift in the post with everything you need to join in the sessions and carry on journaling at home. Members also get a discount because they book a block of 4 sessions together.

Become a member of our circle today by booking now!

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01/11/2025

Our November newsletter with all your VIP invitations for this month is available now! https://mailchi.mp/3dc60372d5fa/oct-2025-18101258?e=a49d5bbe24

THERE'S ONLY 2 PLACES LEFT for our SisterZ Advocates course, starting on Thursday and the photo shoots at our Mums Matter Breakfast, so get booked quick!

See for yourself what else available in person and online.

This month's theme is "Discovering more of yourself"!

31/10/2025

It's not only halloween that brings out the fear in us! Having to advocate for ourselves and our loved ones can be a frightening matter! That's why we're here to support you! Come and be part of our Winter 2025 SisterZ Advocates Programme. There's only 2 spaces left and it starts in a week's time! Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1783830508069

Our four week course will help you learn practical advocacy tools so you can feel more confident and capable when managing your health and that of your family.

We will meet over four Thursday mornings at Canterbury & District Early Years Project, 11A South Street, Canterbury CT1 1EA:

* 6th November at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session
* 13th November at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session
* 20th November at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session
* 11th December at 9.45 for refreshments for 10-11.30am session.

This support is free for women of all ages and stages in Canterbury District thanks to grants sourced by and will be delivered by Aileen White from

We're really looking forward to meeting you! ps. no tricks, just treats on this course!

29/10/2025

Being at home with a new baby can be isolating and overwhelming. For some, to go out could feel even more overwhelming! That's why we always try to offer support online as well as in person.

Our postnatal help is at hand through our AFTER MY BIRTH PODCAST https://podfollow.com/after-my-birth. We don't want anyone to feel alone and stuggling, that's why each episode offers practical ideas and tools to help you come to terms with or deal with your challenging or traumatc pregnancy, birth or postnatal experiences.

Find our podcasts here: https://podfollow.com/after-my-birth and on our website www.mybirth.org.uk, on all streaming channels and listed in our Linktree above.

If you would like further support then do email us and we can book in some 1:1 support from 1st November onwards. Find out more, including prices, on the birth trauma recovery page of our website www.mybirth.org.uk

27/10/2025

IN A FORTNIGHT on Zoom, with mums from across the UK. It's time to book your place now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1834997339439

Every session includes:
* Space to relax and just breathe.
* Time to meet and make friends in our interactive gathering over Zoom
* A guided relaxation and visualisation which will lead you into a relaxing journaling activity
* Time to share and be heard
* A poem or reflection to finish
* Chill out time at the end to stay online and socialise

We have PAYG and membership places available. Members who block book receive a gorgeous free journaling gift in the post with everything you need to join in the sessions and carry on journaling at home. Members also get a discount because they book a block of 4 sessions together.

Become a member of our circle today!

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