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

21/11/2025

In four week's time - join us for breakfast where you can meet and make friends with other mums while little ones play/sleep.

Everyone will also be able to create treasured wooden keepsake gifts for the festive season. Toys will be provided if you are bringing little ones, who are very welcome! Book your place here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1968706557309

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

20/11/2025

ONE WEEK AWAY, one place available for our next Mums Matter Breakfast with festive mini photo shoots, so grab you tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1834122001279

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.

18/11/2025

As the weather turns colder, our focus shifts to celebrating with you! Whether you celebrate Christmas, a different festival or your family, we have something special for you:

📷 MUMS Matter Breakfast with festive photo shoot 27th November 9.30-11.30 in Thanington, Canterbury - just one space available for a family photoshoot and lots of spaces for breakfast with other local mums!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1834122001279

📝Maternal Journal on Zoom 15th December 20.00-21.45 with a guided meditation to help you review the year and consider how you want to journey into the holidays. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1969283121829

🎄 Mums Matter Breakfast making festive keepsakes 18th December 9.30-11.30 in Thanington, Canterbury. Book your place now to enjoy this really relaxed festive breakfast with chilled vibe and everything you need to make some personalised keepsakes!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1968706557309

Book now in Eventbrite. Thanks to grants all this support for parents is either free or offered on a pay what you can basis.

15/11/2025

Hey Mum, are you looking for a relaxing moment, just for yourself to step out of the craziness before Christmas? Then we have something special just for
December Maternal Journal festive circle on Zoom 15/12/25 is for mums of all ages and stages, you can now book your place on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1969283121829

This nurturing, funny, honest group of mums from across the UK are such an encouragement! Providing space for each other to be real about how things really are. No art talent is required as we create in words, stick people, pictures and collage. Honestly, you really don't have to be arty to join in!

Book now to join us with the PAYG and membership options available. Membership includes a block booking discount and free gift journaling kit with everything you need to enjoy the sessions and continue between sessions with our Maternal Journal podcast series!

It's led by Aileen from My Birth Support in Canterbury and available to you from your own home.

We hope you'll join us, as a member you can stay into the Spring next year! This support is available on a pay what you can basis, thanks to grants.

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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