Health Charities That specialise in Maternity

Provision of legal information and advice; policy work; campaigning; provision of education and training; empirical research, in each case relating to law surrounding childbirth and human rights. Birthrights will operate in England and Wales but work with organisations in other countries to share learning and experience.

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY GENERALLY (B) THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES AND DISABLED CHILDREN (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO UNBORN CHILDREN CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES DISABILITIES GENERALLY PREGNANCY AND THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

Aching Arms provides comfort teddy bears to parents whose baby has died during pregnancy, birth or infancy. They gift bears to parents via maternity health professionals and befriending groups in the UK. The bears are used to discuss support available to parents. The charity also leads awareness training for health professionals and hosts a telephone befriending service for bereaved parents.

Vine Christian Centre operates as a local Church in Bridgend, South Wales. The core Church activities include weekly Sunday worship services, house groups, regular age appropriated meetings (Parent & Toddlers, Sunday School, Youth Group etc), and also special conferences and seasonal events. The Charity also operates a Christian bookshop and facilitates a help centre.

The objectives of the charity are to relieve the needs of parents and families of babies who experience neonatal care in Greater Manchester by the provision of support and information, and to advance awareness and education of neonatal care, and its implications for families, to health professionals and the general public.

Relief of poverty for victims of Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking or those at risk of being trafficked by; -a) Supplying products to meet their daily needs.b) Providing essentials for new-born babies and pregnant women.c) Promoting awareness of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.d) Providing education, advice and information.e) Providing emotional & life skill advice.

The object of the charity is the preservation and the protection of the psychological health of people living within the Borough of Walsall and adjacent areas and the advancement of education in the subject of psychological health. The preservation and protection of women's reproductive health and the advancement of education, in the subject of pregnancy and associated conditions.

Leo's provides lived experience mental health and trauma support to families in the North East of England who have been affected by neonatal care, and those who have been affected by pregnancy or baby loss within Middlesbrough & Redcar and Cleveland.

Project MAMA is a peer support service launched in March 2018, offering antenatal, birth and postnatal support to women who are asylum seekers, refugees, and those with irregular immigration status. We believe that every woman has the right to give birth safely, make her own empowered, evidence based choices and receive the support she needs for a positive birth and early parenting experience.

The prevention or relief of poverty in Brierley Hill and the surrounding areas by providing essential items, resources and support to families with young children and/or to charities or other organisations who also work to prevent or relieve poverty amongst families. We provide items from 25 weeks pregnancy up to age 2 through referral services requests

1. to offer impartial and confidential counselling and caring support to anyone in distress as a result of, and to promote understanding of the issues surrounding: Pregnancy; Birth; Pregnancy Loss; Termination; and Infertility;2. to support pregnant women and their partners to make an informed choice regarding their options, with referral to appropriate agencies;Also see further Objects.

Information and support for those experiencing pregnancy sickness and their carers

To relieve individuals(youth/kids)who are in conditions of need,hardship,young offenders,orphaned,uneducated,affected by war,religious extremism,molestation,premature pregnancy,child birth and abortion.Assisting through provision of education,training,healthcare projects and all necessary support designed to enable them to live their lives unaffected by their background and become self-sufficient.

The reduction of neonatal mortality in South East Asia; with a specific focus on advancing neonatal care, through capacity building, including doctor, midwife and nurse training, through long-term partnerships with local public health providers. The provision of basic and specialist medical equipment.

First Touch is concerned with the relief, care and treatment of premature and sick new babies in the neonatal unit at St George Hospital, by providing and assisting in the provision of specialist equipment and improved amenities and facilities, and to support and assist the families of such babies who are or who have been on the unit.

We support families across the UK who have been affected by HIE (hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy). This is done by providing information (such as via parent packs for those in neonatal intensive care units), signposting to other charities/support groups, organising activities, peer support, funding for equipment etc.

Provision of advice to medical personnel and sufferers in the field of Ectopic Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Molar Pregnancy and Early Pregnancy Complications via a web site and help line

The Society aims to provide a forum where issues of relevance to Obstetricians and other professionals involved in maternity care are discussed. In particular the Society seeks to Disseminate knowledge, Promote research and audit, Establish good quality training programmes and Encourage development of clinical guidelines.

Operating like a foodbank, giving out bundles of essential items to people who need them in our community. We support people who are pregnant or looking after children. We provide free (mostly pre-loved) baby and child equipment and supplies, including clothing, nappies, prams, car seats, cots and bedding and safety equipment such as highchairs and stair gates.

Free therapeutic counselling. Free condoms, pregnancy testing and Chlamydia screening, range of information and agents for local Food bank, services for those in the old Daventry District, South Northants areas of West Northants. Counselling is STRICTLY by appointment and we DO NOT provide emergency services. We work with those aged 13-18-up to 25 with a SEND. We don't offer home visits.

To provide funding for accommodation, medical support, food aid, breastfeeding support and other necessities to refugee and asylum seeker women who are pregnant or who have babies under 12 months old. We aim to promote health, wellbeing and relief of poverty by providing accommodation for the women with their children, partners and other family members.

Breastfeeding Together is a registered charity providing positive peer support from pregnancy to early years and beyond. We aim to improve the health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities within communities by providing pregnancy, parenting and infant feeding information and support in a variety of ways.

The advancement of education and training in paediatric and neonatal pharmacy, including the undertaking of research and the provision of information and advice concerning paediatric and neonatal pharmacy for the benefit of the general public.

1. To protect the health of parents affected by the loss to sudden infant death syndrome ("SIDS"), stillbirth or neonatal death of their child or children. 2. The provision of grants to charities in particular but not exclusively to those conducting research into the causes, incidence, and effects of SIDS, neonatal death or stillbirth.

Whisper runs Whisper's Magical Children's Hospital and maternity in Jinja, providing primary and secondary paediatric and obstetric emergency and non emergency care. Whisper runs Kagoma Gate nursery school and assists generally with the welfare of children in Uganda and their communities via daily outreach work.