Mindful Mums offers award-winning, free wellbeing groups that help pregnant women and new parents look after their mental and emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and their baby’s first year.
OUR GROUPS
We are now taking registrations for our Summer 1 in-person postnatal peer-support groups which run on:
Thursday mornings at West Street Family Hub in Erith
Friday mornings at The Danson Centre in Welling/Bexleyheath borders
Please register your interest using the Contact Form or email mindfulmums@mindinbexley.org.uk where you will then receive the exact times and dates for our r Summer 1 groups and you can book of your place if you wish to join us.
You can also use the contact form to make enquiries for info on our future Mindful Mums groups; after the half-term break in late May, our Summer 2 groups will run from June till July at other locations in the Bexley borough; please use the webform to make enquiries and you’ll be told the details of all future groups for June and beyond.
Booking a place at one of our in-person groups is essential and allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis. Places are limited to keep our groups feeling safe and supportive.
When everyone wants to know about the baby, but no-one asks how YOU are ……
Having a baby isn’t easy at the best of times, especially with the modern-day demands of work, health and relationships, and traditional family support networks not always being an option. Our Mindful Mums wellbeing groups will help you navigate the path of new parenthood.
The Mindful Mums Wellbeing Group is a supportive, wellbeing group for mothers of babies 0-12 months old. Co-delivered by peer support volunteers and staff with their own lived experience of motherhood and mental health, the group offers emotional and wellbeing support and provides a safe space for you and your baby, where you can share experiences, ask questions or give advice, learn tips and techniques for looking after your wellbeing and connect with other new mums in your area.
Online Drop in
If you want to know more about the Bexley Mindful Mums service, or just want to chat and connect with some other local Mums, then join us for our weekly online wellbeing support drop-in, Wednesdays 1pm-2pm via Microsoft Teams. These informal, drop-in sessions offer both antenatal and postnatal support, so can be attended by both pregnant Bexley women and those with a child under a year; whether a first-time Mum or a mum of multiples, all are welcome to join us!
Join us every Wednesday between 1pm and 2pm
(feel free to bring lunch to eat while we chat!)
Teams Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 361 515 298 233
Passcode: 8uU7Qf6p
Volunteer with Mindful Mums
The Mindful Mums Bexley team is always looking for women to help run the highly successful service aimed at mums in the perinatal period, intended to support them with their wellbeing and resilience. Flexible, rewarding and fun, if you feel you have something to offer, why not join the team?
Why volunteer for Mindful Mums?
- Feel like you are giving something really worthwhile back to your community.
- Many of our volunteers go on to paid employment, or use the experience to support their studies.
- Volunteering is also great for your own mental health and wellbeing.
- Other benefits of volunteering with Mindful Mums:
- Flexible – all groups are term-time and during the school day.
- Local – venues are local children’s and family centres.
- Use your own experience to help other mums – peer support is invaluable in helping new mums feel less isolated and more confident.
- You’ll be invited to attend regular events where volunteers have the opportunity to socialise and input into the project.
If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering for Mindful Mums, please email us at: mindfulmums@mindinbexley.org.uk
Mindful Mums Participant Testimonials
I don’t have a lot of family or friends around, and navigating motherhood is difficult even with support so meeting this amazing group of women really has saved me.
Mindful Mums has been life changing for me.
We frequently say how lucky we are to have met each other at Mindful Mums. There’s never any judgement and it is a safe and sacred space for us.
Mindful Mums is incredible, a beacon of light in the darkness.
For me the group has been great in terms of meeting other women who understand the particular struggles I’m facing as a mum and I feel like I’ve made some friends for life.
Even though our group programme has ended, we still keep in touch. This week a few of us from Mindful Mums met for coffee and I also met up with another Mindful Mum friend today.
