Increasing numbers of pregnant women, mothers and babies experience severe disadvantage in the UK today.
Birth Companions is dedicated to supporting them, protecting their rights, sharing their voices and improving their care.
Our mission is to achieve better care, equity and justice for pregnant women, mothers and babies during this period. We do this through our support services, our Lived Experience Programme and the Birth Companions Institute.
Birth Companions has 30 years’ experience supporting pregnant women and mothers with kindness, love and compassion through some of the most difficult and complex situations imaginable.
Women with lived experience of disadvantage and inequity during pregnancy, birth and early motherhood hold huge power to change their own lives, and the lives of others. Find out how we are raising voices and raising expectations through our Lived Experience Programme.
The Birth Companions Institute draws together learning and expertise from our Lived Experience Programme, our services and our network of partners to achieve systemic and structural change for the benefit of women, children and society as a whole.
We want better care, equity and justice for all pregnant women, mothers and babies. None of this work would be possible without the involvement of our many friends, colleagues, partners and donors.
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