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Kirsty Kitchen speaks at an event in Parliament to share scenes from BBC film LOLLIPOP

Using powerful storytelling to drive real change: LOLLIPOP in Parliament

Film screening and panel discussion with MPs, filmmakers and women with lived experience calls for urgent systems change and trauma-informed support.

Birth Companions Institute takes the film Lollipop to Parliament

Film screening and panel discussion on maternal imprisonment and children’s social care reform, with MPs and filmmakers, just a few days before it goes onto BBC iPlayer.

Welcoming Tanya Tracey as our new Director of Services

We are thrilled to announce that Tanya Tracey, previously our Criminal Justice Services Manager, has this month taken on the role of Director of Services.

Celebrating Denise Marshall's remarkable career

After an extraordinary 30 years, Denise Marshall, our Director of Services, is retiring this month.

The Birth Companions Institute secures support from Impact on Urban Health and the Henry Smith Foundation

Significant core costs funding over the next three years will allow the Birth Companions Institute to deepen and expand our work to achieve better care, equity and justice for pregnant women, mothers and babies.

Birth Companions' response to the Chief Medical Officer's report on the health of prisoners

Welcome recognition of the unique and complex health needs of pregnant women and mothers of infants in prison and on probation.

Meet our newest Ambassador: Leah Hazard

We are thrilled to welcome Leah Hazard, midwife, author and women’s health advocate, as Birth Companions new Ambassador.

Response to the MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report

The Birth Companions Institute welcomes the publication of the latest report on stillbirths and neonatal deaths of babies born in 2023.

Birth Companions takes part in The Big Give 2025

Double your donation this week, 8-15 October 2025.

Meet our newest Ambassador: Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

We are delighted to welcome Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti as Birth Companions' new Ambassador.

Sentencing Bill: Good, bad, or somewhere in between?

A response to the Sentencing Bill from the Birth Companions Institute

Introducing the Birth Companions Institute

A new centre of expertise for better care, equity and justice in pregnancy and early motherhood

Introducing Birth Companions’ new ambassador

We are proud to welcome Dr Annabel Sowemimo as Birth Companions’ new ambassador.

MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2025 report

Birth Companions’ CEO, Naomi Delap, responds to the latest report from MBRRACE-UK on maternal deaths.

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