Our news and publications

In 2026, Birth Companions marks 30 years of standing alongside pregnant women and mothers through some of the most difficult and complex situations imaginable.

Kate Chivers, Birth Companions’ Director of Engagement reflects on our trauma-informed engagement model, and invites registrations for our new training course.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The annual Impact Report from Birth Companions

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

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

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

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

Birth Companions' submission to the Government's Sentencing Review 2024-2025 call for evidence