Health Charities That specialise in Maternity

1. Training and educating healthcare workers and health professionals in how to provide optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth2. Supporting research excellence in womens health3. Accelerating the application of research into healthcare environments

The EGA Hospital Charity supports both patients and staff at the hospital. We award a Travel Fellowship yearly for doctors travelling abroad to further their training. We help with improvement of hospital facilities, fund research projects and buy vital equipment such as for fetal surgery or postnatal care, and much more. The EGA Charity PhD Scholarship, funding PhD fees, started in 2022.

The Beehive works for the relief of poverty amongst young, teen-age, African girls who become pregnant through sexual abuse. Through our sister Kenyan charity, The Beehive Trust, we provide a long-term, family style home with medical care, parental training, counselling, and education or vocational training to enable them to became confident and self-sufficient adults with their child.

A NATIONAL ORGANISATION WHOSE MEMBERS CONSIST OF PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN NEONATAL CARE.WE AIM TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND AN ADVOCATE FOR NEONATES AND THEIR FAMILIES BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND IN THE POLITICAL ARENA.WE PUBLISH A PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 6 TIMES A YEAR AND ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO NETWORK WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES THROUGH AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

For the public benefit, the promotion of social inclusion and the relief of need among women and girls in the UK and Kenya who are living with incontinence, stoma or childbirth injury, and their families. We: provide equipment, education, information to maximise the quality of life of people with these conditions; raise public awareness; provide workshops and advocacy to our beneficiaries.

Mama to Mama is the first and only baby bank service available in Thanet, providing essential newborn baby items to vulnerable pregnant people. Our bespoke care packages provide all the baby items a new parent needs and consists solely of preloved donations from our community and in-kind contributions. We work with social & care workers/stakeholders throughout the district to make referrals.

Community Cafe, Playgroup, Children's Dance, Children's Exercise, Adult Tap, Chair Zumba & Social, Yoga inc Pre and Postnatal, self help groups for people who stammer, Aphasia, Arthritis Care, AA, Bobbin Lace, Art Classes, Counselling for adults, Home Care, Education for adults with learning difficulties, Community Garden Group, NHS physio sessions, Space for meetings & training

Supporting pregnancy centres across the UK and encouraging best practice.

We are an emergency service providing Moses basket starter packs for the most vulnerable pregnant women unable to provide for their babies directly after birth. The women are referred to EE via a 'referring Agency' and we only provide a basket to referring Agency staff if the 'public benefit' criteria are met. Baskets act as baby's safe place to sleep and are filled with Mum and baby essentials.

Pregnancy Crisis Care exists to offer free, confidential counselling and support to those facing any pregnancy-related crises, at any age/stage. This includes impartial pregnancy-choices counselling, counselling for difficulties after abortion, counselling for baby loss, and support within pregnancy . These services are offered 1:1 to women (and their partners), or in a group, when available.

PROVIDE LIFESAVING MEDICATIONS TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA, IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DEATH IN PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH FROM ECLAMPSIA & POST PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE. FACILITATE VISITS TO SUBSAHARAN COUNTRIES BY CLINICAL STAFF IN ORDER TO SHARE CLINICAL EXPERIENCES. PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS EQUIPMENT & BABY CLOTHES.

Social Centre four days a week:Drop-In Services & Support, social time; activities; free lunch weekly etc.Christian Faith & Spirituality: Prayers; Communion; Events. Debt Advice & Support: personal debt and money management. Client Support: advice and support for clients in desperate circumstances. Foodbank: Food parcels for crisis. Talkthru: Pregnancy Crisis Service.

Offering practical services and emotional support to bereaved parents after baby loss and anxious parents enduring pregnancy after loss in Devon in Cornwall.

Provides education and emotional wellbeing support to families in pregnancy and the first two years through courses, support groups and one to one support sessions.

The Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund provides skilled resources and funding to cure by surgery and free of charge, young women made incontinent through obstructed labour because no facilities were available for emergency help.

We are a church operating in and serving North Walsham and the surrounding areas. We carry out regular church activities - church services and so on - as well as running an assortment of social activities, children's and youth groups. We are also involved in other various activities such as counselling, particularly pregnancy crisis and bereavement counselling.

To support anyone undergoing or who has undergone cancer treatment, and families with babies in neonatal care, through care packs, support, wellbeing activities, and groups.

Providing support for bereaved families in Nottinghamshire following pregnancy loss or the death of a baby or child. We support anyone who has experienced loss, from early gestation to the death of an older child, with activities including peer support, specialist bereavement counselling, creative and holistic therapies, information sharing, books and resources.

Hartlepool Baby Bank provides good quality new and used equipment to families with young children or pregnant women across Hartlepool and the surrounding area.We aim to provide maternity items, clothing, safe sleeping spaces and hygiene products whilst offering support, advice and signposting.

Empowering women with knowledge and confidence throughout pregnancy, raising awareness of risks and ensuring women know the importance of monitoring their babies movements. Working to reduce stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the UK.

Provides a venue for the local community to engage in Indoor Bowls, Table tennis, Country Dancing, Exercise Classes,Ballet Dancing, educational programs , Upholstery, National Childbirth Trust and Heritage classes. and Gardening Groups, plus the WI .

We provide trained parent volunteers to Devon neonatal units so that new parents can to talk to someone who has been there before, without having to leave their new baby's side. This can be a one-off information and advice session or become regular mentoring and befriending. SNUG also operate an online forum and run monthly post-neonatal groups, all across Devon.

To promote social inclusion in Cardiff, relieving their needs and assisting them to integrate into society. To promote mental health and relieve the needs of those suffering from depression, bereavement, loss or pregnancy related crises, by the provision of voluntary counselling, education and support for such persons.

Daisy Chains IW supports Isle of Wight children and their families when a child has been diagnosed with a life limiting illness, long term health problem or disability this includes premature babies who need to travel to mainland hospitals for treatment/care or therapy, we also help with any costs associated with the treatment/illness/disability and also pay for any equipment or family support.

Promoting physical activity for the preservation and protection of the good physical and mental health of women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or who have recently given birth. The charity is based in the UK.