Current members

We are a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems.

Make Birth Better is a collective of experts who bring together lived experience and extensive professional knowledge of birth trauma and vicarious trauma.

Make Birth Better offers support to all of those affected by birth trauma by providing information and signposting. We also aim to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of birth trauma through clinically-led education, campaigning and research.

Maternal OCD is a charity co-founded by two mothers, Maria Bavetta and Diana Wilson, who have experienced and recovered from severe perinatal OCD. Maternal OCD aims to reduce stigma, provide support services, raise awareness of perinatal OCD and campaign for improved specialist services. Recent projects include a new online support group, working with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to create up to date literature, providing support resources for recovery and supporting researchers in this field. Follow us: @maternalocd

The McPin Foundation exists to transform mental health research by putting the lived experience of people affected by mental health problems at the heart of research methods and the research agenda.

Mellow Parenting trains practitioners in a range of parenting programmes. Mellow Bumps is an antenatal programme, reducing anxiety in pregnancy and promoting bonding with the baby. Mellow Babies and Mellow Toddlers groups are offered to mums or dads and their children. These programmes have been shown to improve parental mental wellbeing and perceived child behaviour. Mellow Futures combines the Bumps and Babies programmes for mothers with learning difficulties or disabilities, aiming to meet the needs of a group of parents who are often missed by mainstream services.

Our vision is for a world with good mental health for all. Our mission is to help people understand, protect, and sustain their mental health. Prevention is at the heart of what we do, because the best way to deal with a crisis is to prevent it from happening in the first place.

We have successfully worked with MMHA to deliver Babies in Mind a, a 3-year Big Lottery funded project to improve the provision of mental health services to mothers in pregnancy and in the first year of their baby. More recently, we partnered on Amplifying Maternal Voices project, a 2-year project which aims to spotlight the perinatal mental health experiences from seldom heard communities.

The Foundation also delivers Young Mums Connect which promotes and co-produces peer support for mothers aged 25 and under in Nottingham and Southwark.

Mental Health Foundation recently secured funding from Department for Health and Social Care called Creating Connections which is a suicide prevention project promoting confident conversations for those working with young mothers and care experienced young people.

MindWise are a leading mental health charity in Northern Ireland who support people affected by mental illness in their journey from recovery to discovery.