If you have experienced challenging circumstances during pregnancy and early motherhood, you can apply to join our Lived Experience Team.
For example, you may have experienced poverty, homelessness, disability or domestic abuse during this time, or you might have had contact with the criminal justice system, involvement from children’s social care, or experience of seeking sanctuary here in the UK.
You will be able to draw on your personal experiences in a safe, structured and supported way to drive improvements in policy and practice.
Our Induction Programme prepares women for work with our Lived Experience Team through:
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Core training on engagement work; Birth Companions’ approach and values; and the systems and services we are working to change
Individualised development plans for each member
Graduates of the Induction Programme can join the Lived Experience Team and will be offered:
Paid opportunities to shape Birth Companions’ services
Paid opportunities to contribute to the work of the Birth Companions Institute and our partners
Ongoing training, professional development, mentoring and wellbeing support
Regular meetings through which to develop a community of strength
To ask about joining the Birth Companions Lived Experience Team, please get in touch.