Tell Us Your Truth

Abi Yardimci
Aug 28
2 min read

Updated: Sep 17

Title image reading' Tell Us Your Truth - Maternal mental health in your words'

We're so delighted to give South West-based perinatal mental health charity, Mothers for Mothers, this space on the Hearts & Minds Partnership blog. If you're a grassroots service providing wellbeing support to families during the perinatal period, we warmly invite you to read on and get involved - this is a very important moment for the sector!

Illustration showing parents and children in foreground and Mothers For Mothers' key places of work in the background (e.g. the Gatehouse in Bristol, Page Park in South Gloucestershire and the pier at Weston-Super-Mare)

In preparation for their 45th anniversary next year, Mothers for Mothers is launching a significant piece of grassroots peer-led research to enable them to produce a report that is of benefit to ALL experiencing or working in perinatal mental health.

They have two surveys:

One to capture voices of charities and VCSE organisations that offer support to families:

Infographic leading people to a VCSE survey in perinatal mental health

One to hear from parents with lived experience of maternal mental health challenges:

Infographic leading people to a parental survey in perinatal mental health

Mothers For Mothers would like to hear from you if you run or work for a charity / VCSE organisation working with mothers and birthing people who are experiencing maternal mental health needs. It's equally important to hear from parents who have experienced anxiety, depression or isolation during pregnancy and / or after the arrival of a baby.

Please consider completing the VCSE survey as soon as you can and sharing with your networks too, if at all possible.

It only takes approx 20 mins to complete and your insights will help shape future support, drive lobbying and funding support for the sector. As a thank you, you can also opt to be entered into a FREE draw for a £100 Amazon voucher.

➡️ If you are a charity or VCSE organisation wanting to give your insights click here

➡️ For the lived experience survey click here

If you'd like to find out more about the survey or Mothers For Mothers and the work they do, please email support@mothersformothers.co.uk

If you'd like to stay up-to-date with what's happening in the perinatal mental health VCSE sector as well as find out how you can benefit from engaging with Hearts & Minds, sign up to our newsletter - we'd love to have you on board!