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challenging
inequality : promoting wellbeing
Maternity Action is a national charity working to end inequality and
promote the health and well-being of all pregnant women, their partners and children from before conception through to the
child's early years.
What we do:
Research
We undertake
research focussing on the experiences of vulnerable women, babies and families. We work in close partnership
with user groups. We engage with service providers to identify ways to improve service delivery.
Providing information and advice
We provide accurate,
user-friendly information to assist vulnerable women and their families to improve access to health care and social support,
obtain appropriate income support, and enter and maintain ‘good’ employment. We support community
workers, clinicians and others to provide advice to vulnerable women and their families.
Providing training and consultancy
We provide web-based and face-to-face training which supports our
information and policy work.
Policy and campaigning
We use our research to contribute to policy development within Government and to increase public
awareness of the circumstances of vulnerable pregnant women, babies and their families.
Our Board members are:
Our funders and supporters:
Maurina Baron
Big Lottery Fund
Judith Cook
Comic Relief
Jenny Earle Eleanor
Rathbone Charitable Trust
Alison Macfarlane
Trust for London
James Rowe UNISON
Affiliation programme
Maternity Action runs an affiliation programme for Trade Unions.
Consortium membership
Maternity Action
is one of seven consortium members of the Women's Health and Equality Consortia (WHEC) which is a Department of Health Strategic Partner.
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