The Izzy Project: Early Insights

Last May, Birth Companions launched our new Izzy Project support service in Hackney, East London, offering dedicated, one-to-one, woman-centred support for pregnant women and mothers who are at risk of or experiencing separation from their baby.

This service, which was co-designed by women with lived experience of involvement from children's social care during pregnancy and early motherhood, has got off to an incredible start. We are offering exceptional care to mothers in Hackney, while also identifying insights, in real-time, into opportunities to improve systems locally, regionally and nationally, through policy and practice.

We are keen to share these insights, albeit at an early stage, to help inform the work we know many others are considering in this area.

At this Early Insights session, we present on what we've learned in the first ten months of the Izzy Project, and reflect on how to improve care more widely for women who have involvement from children's social care in pregnancy and early motherhood.