Parent carers carry a huge load and this has increased as services are stretched to breaking point. Mothers tell us at Mums4aChange that whilst they love their children, they are buckling under the weight of the demands on them which include fighting for services, managing their children's complex emotional and physical needs, coping with cumulative sleep deprivation, the financial hit that comes with caring and the cost of living crisis and the emotional toll that this all takes.

Seeing the huge amount of work that parent-carers do we set up Mums4aChange in 2017. It is a not for profit run by mothers for mothers to help prevent burnout, social and emotional isolation and support mothers to spend some quality time on themselves for a change. All the mothers who work at Mums4aChange are parents with lived experience as well as professional experience e.g.in Coaching, Counselling, Arts Therapy, Mindfulness and Nature connection. We don't promise untenable solutions. Instead we've spent years honing a group process using coaching and creative tools that participants say has a deep impact and helps them come up with unique solutions in the company of others who 'get it'.

"Because my mindset is different, I feel I can cope with things better now."

We desperately need money to continue to run our Meet-Up groups. These run throughout the year and are for all the mothers who have come to one of our 10-week Time for YOU groups. The Meet-UP groups are a place for the mothers to replenish, remind themselves of what works and just take 2 hours special time for themselves.

We also need money to cover all the boring backroom things like the insurance, website hosting, accountant and all the stuff it takes to run Mums4aChange. Your help is hugely appreciated.

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