Current members

PADS provides contemporary information and meaningful support to expectant and new parents of a baby with Down syndrome, as well as training to health care professionals around the lived experience. We campaign to challenge and address the discrimination and prejudice that all too often prevail in maternity services towards those with Down syndrome.

We are a small charity that offer empathy, expertise and support to those suffering with Pregnancy sickness and Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Our mission is to improve the experience and alleviate the suffering of all those affected by pregnancy sickness, including (HG). We exist to champion the needs of those suffering with nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and HG, and to empower healthcare professionals via evidence based research to provide the standard of care and treatment that all sufferers deserve.

Refuge is committed to a world where domestic violence and violence against women and girls is not tolerated and where women and children can live in safety.

Refuge aims to empower women and children to rebuild their lives, free from violence and fear. They provide a range of life-saving and life-changing services and a voice for the voiceless.

Refugee Women Connect is a women-only charity set up to support women asylum-seekers, refugees and survivors of trafficking to build a safe life in the UK.

The Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline.

Sands is the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. They operate throughout the UK, supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby, working to improve the care bereaved parents receive, and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies’ lives.

Support 2gether is a charity in Northern Ireland supporting families who live with antenatal and postnatal depression. The charity is driven by people with lived experience and provides support groups within rural communities, one to one support via home visits and telephone support. Support 2gether is passionate about educating the public and future parents. We do this by working in partnership with others and raising awareness through antenatal classes and workshops.

The Birth Trauma Association (BTA) was established in 2004 to support women suffering from Post Natal Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or birth trauma. We are not trained counsellors or therapists or medical professionals. We are mothers who wish to support other women who have suffered difficult births and we aim to offer advice and support to all women who are finding it hard to cope with their childbirth experience.

The BTA is the only organisation in the UK which deals solely and specifically with this issue. We aim to tackle the problem with work which is focused on three main areas:

(1) Raising awareness of birth trauma

(2) Working to prevent it

(3) Supporting families in need

The Hearts and Minds Partnership is a collaboration of two England-based perinatal mental health charities and MMHA members: Acacia Family Support in the Midlands and Smile Group in the North West.

The Hearts and Minds Partnership focus on:

• The creation of an England-wide interactive map of quality VCSE perinatal mental health services, to enable signposting to parents and healthcare professionals
• The development of trusted spaces to share learning, make new connections and talk about the challenges we collectively face
• The creation and delivery of dedicated training to support the practical realities of growing, developing and sustaining a VCSE perinatal service.

At The Mental Health Hub by MeYouWellbeing, our core belief is that mental health is just as important as physical health and that we all need mental health support. Whether that's because we're going through a mental health crisis or whether it's because we simply need to unpack things from our past. The Mental Health Hub by MeYouWellbeing prioritises mental health support which is accessible, trauma informed, culturally appropriate and free from financial, administrative or technical barriers.

Our goal is to be the number one provider of equitable, free (or low cost) mental health support in the UK. We actively work to ensure we meet the needs of service users from diverse backgrounds and have multiple layers and strategies in place to capture potential vulnerabilities so that they can be addressed and accommodated. We understand mental health intimately with the majority of our team coming from direct lived experiences. Our service users come from all faiths, heritages and countries, and are matched with therapists within 10 days.

For more information about The Mental Health Hub by MeYouWellbeing, to collaborate with us or for referrals and support - please get in touch with the team at hello@mywmentalhealth.org.uk.