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Join a network of beautiful mothers sharing challenges , highlights and concerns of Motherhood. Connecting, Supporting & Inspiring Mothers.

10/09/2026

The MBRRACE-UK 2026 report is out, and it makes for difficult reading.

Swipe to find out what it says and what changes are needed. 💗

08/09/2026

Mums, allies, supporters and friends, this invitation is for you! 💗🌿

Wear pink and join The Motherhood Group and Mumbrite for our FREE Walk & Talk during Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK.

Join our founder Sandra Igwe MBE, Christina Christina | FITNESS COACH of Bodied By XO, and Destinie Destinie Paige 💐🇯🇲🇨🇺 of Fal’s Own Club for a morning outdoors with other mothers and supporters. Expect a relaxed walk, honest conversations, new connections and a gentle fitness session led by Christina.

Supported by the Perinatal Mental Health Team at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. 💕

Supporting Black maternal mental health takes a community. Bringing mothers, friends, community organisations and healthcare professionals together creates space to listen, connect and strengthen that support. Walking outdoors gives us an opportunity to pause, move and check in with one another.

📅 Thursday 24 September 2026
📍 Greenwich Park, meeting at Pavilion Café
⏰ 11am–12.30pm, arrive from 10.45am
🎟 Completely FREE. Registration required via Eventbrite.
💗 Wear pink
👶 Babies, children and prams welcome

And we have an exciting prize for you to win! 👀 More details coming soon.

Come with a friend, bring your colleagues or join us on your own. Everyone who wants to support Black maternal mental health is welcome.

Tag someone you’d love to walk with! 💗

26/08/2026

The Motherhood Group invites you to The Big Conversation on Mumbrite for Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2026.

Wednesday 23 September 2026
12:00pm–2:00pm | Live audio on Mumbrite

Hear from people such as Audrey Akande Audrey and Aisha Nantanda My name is Aisha from Raising me & mine 🩷, Jordan Russell Jordan Russell from Sands - baby loss charity, Rachel Rollins Rachel Rollins from Action on Postpartum Psychosis, Ann-Marie Agyeman from Birthrights and Adaure | therealauntietalk of The Real Auntie Talk - alongside many more mothers, specialists, advocates and community organisations.

Contributors include:
Naani Natalie - Speaker | Ambassador | UGC Content 💻🌴(ONLY PAGE⚠️) Collective Encounters MOTHERING MINDS | Online talk therapy for parents Birthbabe | Magazine Dr Natalie Cook, Perinatal & Early Years Clinical Psychologist Daniella Doon-Joseph | CBT Therapist for Mums & Allergy Parents Louisa Hendrickson Zion’s Lighthouse Louisa Hendrickson Lets talk about baby loss Uruj Anjum| Genetics-informed Psychotherapist MBACP (Accred) UK Black Maternal Therapist & Coach Neresia Osbourne Consultancy Joy Randolph Makky Lawson | Mom Creator MOM-ents with Makky™️ Bliss Ickle Pickles Charity Sadé Dancille Doula UK Glory University of Bristol Dr.Chowa EMCare2U Adeola Epilepsy Action The Jadeite Project Roots & Rays Mama Georgie Woollams Edwards Mum Love Ugonna | Postpartum Doula Edidiong Michael Ishola Mikedcares

Together, we will explore postnatal depression and anxiety, postpartum psychosis, baby loss, NICU, birth trauma, loneliness, identity, culturally safe therapy, racism, maternity rights, community, healing and recovery.

You do not need to be a speaker to take part. Come into the room, listen, learn, raise your hand and join the conversation.

View the full programme and register through the link in our bio.

24/08/2026

The Motherhood Group invites you to our Parliamentary Breakfast for Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2026.

As the week begins, we are bringing together our community of mothers, policymakers, healthcare leaders, organisations and partners to discuss what true justice should look like across maternity and maternal mental healthcare 🩷✨

Tuesday 22 September 2026
9:30am to 11:30am
Jubilee Room, Houses of Parliament, London

Hosted by Sandra Igwe MBE, Founder and CEO of The Motherhood Group, with opening remarks from Abena Oppong-Asare MP.

Together, we will explore what it means for Black mothers to be listened to and believed, receive timely and culturally safe care, understand their rights and see real accountability and systems change.

Swipe through The Motherhood Group’s memory lane as we revisit moments from our parliamentary journey and our continued work for justice and equity.

Save the official main-events calendar on the final slide, explore the full programme for the week and register for the events you would like to attend through the link in our bio.

Register now. Spaces are limited and events will fill quickly.

https://themotherhoodgroup.org/bmmhw26/

The Rt Hon Diane Abbott MP, opening remarks at The Motherhood Group’s Black Maternal Health Conference UK 🇬🇧

The Motherhood Group’s Parliamentary Convening during Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK, bringing mothers, community leaders, organisations and allies together around one table.

Sandra Igwe MBE speaking at The Motherhood Group’s Black Maternal Health Conference UK, creating space for honest conversations, shared learning and action.

Baroness Gillian Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women’s Health and Maternity, Abena Oppong-Asare MP for Erith and Thamesmead, and Sandra Igwe MBE championing The Black Maternal Mental Health Report, drafted by The Motherhood Group.

Leah - a mother sharing her lived experience at The Motherhood Group’s Black Maternal Health Conference UK. Black mothers’ voices must remain at the heart of every decision.

Mothers, healthcare professionals and organisat

20/08/2026

We’re continuing Rediscovering Yourself in Motherhood - our weekly group therapy live space on Mumbrite 🩷📲

Join Mumbrite Specialist Daniella - maternal health psychotherapist, for a supportive space to talk, reflect, connect and feel less alone in motherhood.

Have you downloaded the Mumbrite yet?
Meet us every week to discover, connect and belong. 💗

18/08/2026

We were pleased to welcome Antoinette Oguntonade as a Specialist for our Mum Forward Programme in partnership with Vodafone.

Antoinette Oguntonade led a powerful conversation on motherhood, identity and financial wellbeing, empowering mums to feel more confident and in control of their financial future.

13/08/2026

We’re proud to announce this year’s theme for our 7th Annual Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK, coordinated by The Motherhood Group.

JOY • JUSTICE • JOURNEY

📅 21 to 27 September 2026

Now in its seventh year, Black Maternal Mental Health Week brings together Black mothers, grassroots organisations, community groups, clinicians, charities, researchers, policymakers and healthcare services to create a collective national conversation around Black maternal mental health.

JOY because Black motherhood should be celebrated beyond trauma, risk and statistics. We want to make space for love, culture, community, rest, healing and happiness.

JUSTICE because Black mothers deserve to be listened to, believed, protected and supported with dignity. Awareness must lead to accountability, culturally safe care and meaningful change.

JOURNEY because maternal mental health is not one moment. It can include pregnancy, birth, NICU, baby loss, trauma, postnatal mental health, identity, returning to work, community, recovery, healing and everything in between.

This September, we want to know:

What will you be doing for Black Maternal Mental Health Week?
How will you support the campaign?
Will you be part of the conversation?

Host an event. Run a Lunch & Learn. Bring your community together. Share the campaign. Display the resources. Join the conversations on Mumbrite. Commission training. Create your own activity. Amplify Black mothers’ voices.

Throughout the week, follow for campaign films, lived experience, events, conversations, resources, community activity and the full programme.

Visit themotherhoodgroup.org for campaign updates, resources and ways to get involved, and mumbrite.com to join the conversations and connect through the Mumbrite platform.

Celebrate the joy. Demand justice. Honour the journey.

Mumbrite

13/08/2026

Josh shared at The Motherhood Group’s annual Black Maternal Health Conference how falling in love with a single mother changed the way he sees the role of men in women’s lives.

Not just providers, but nurturers too. Men who listen, support, protect and show up emotionally.

For Black women, that kind of support matters. Feeling safe, heard and held through pregnancy, birth and motherhood can have a real impact on maternal health and wellbeing.

Do we place too much emphasis on men providing, and not enough on men nurturing?

11/08/2026

What happens when a man stands up in a room full of women and says, “I’m a doula…” 👀😂

Josh introducing himself at The Motherhood Group’s annual Black Maternal Health Conference definitely got a reaction from the room.

But beyond the initial surprise, it opened up such an interesting conversation about the role of doulas, birth partners, advocacy and what meaningful support for women can actually look like.

Would you have had the same reaction? 👀

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30/07/2026

“I woke up from a coma and heard staff discussing prosthetics, but no one had told me that my limbs had been amputated.”

After giving birth to her twins, Khedidja developed sepsis and was placed into a medically induced coma.

When she woke up, she was a quadruple amputee.

A mother of four, she had survived childbirth, but her life had changed completely.

She shared her powerful story at Black Maternal Health Conference UK, speaking openly about birth, sepsis, survival, disability and rebuilding her life as a mother.

Her story reminds us that maternal safety is not only about survival.

Mothers deserve clear information.
Mothers deserve compassionate communication.
Mothers deserve dignity and support.

Hear Khedidja’s story.

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