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Birth Companions is a unique charity which supports women experiencing severe disadvantage during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. We are the UK’s leading organisation working in this area, with widely acknowledged expertise in the needs of pregnant women and new mothers facing severe disadvantage both in prison and the community.
The women we support face a range of issues and challenges including mental health problems, substance misuse, a history of domestic and sexual violence, trafficking, experience of detention and human rights violations overseas. They are particularly vulnerable during their pregnancies due to the effects of poor health, poverty, lack of support from family and friends as well as isolation.
Our overall aim is to empower women and help them to give their babies best possible start in life.
We also seek to raise awareness and to influence changes in policy and practice to improve conditions for the women we work with.
The women we support face a range of issues and challenges including mental health problems, substance misuse, a history of domestic and sexual violence, trafficking, experience of detention and human rights violations overseas. They are particularly vulnerable during their pregnancies due to the effects of poor health, poverty, lack of support from family and friends as well as isolation.
Our overall aim is to empower women and help them to give their babies best possible start in life.
We also seek to raise awareness and to influence changes in policy and practice to improve conditions for the women we work with.
Contact
Address
Dalton House,
60 Windsor Avenue,
Greater London,
SW19 2RR,
United Kingdom
Work Tel. No.
07855725097
info@birthcompanions.org.uk
In Brief
Charity Number
1120934
No. of Paid Staff
9
No. of Volunteers
50
Does the organisation involve volunteers with experience of the criminal justice system?
No
Primary Field of Work
Family support
Custody or Community
Custody
Community
Organisation type
Voluntary and Community Sector
Regions
East | Peterborough UA | London | Inner London | Lambeth | Camden | City of London | Hackney | Haringey | Islington | Lewisham | Newham | Southwark | Tower Hamlets | Westminster | Outer London | Enfield | Brent | Barnet | South East | Surrey
Fields of Work
Advice & advocacy | Family support | Mentoring & befriending | Parenting skills | Peer support | Physical health | Prisons | Resettlement | Lived experience involvement | Volunteering
People you work with
Families | Foreign nationals | Immigration detainees | People with English as a second language | People on a short sentence | Refugees & asylum seekers | People on remand | Victims | Women
Prisons
Bronzefield | Peterborough