Maternity Action provides information, advice and training on maternity rights in employment, benefits and access to healthcare, and influences policy makers.
UK
Joined January 2012
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Maternity Action retweeted
As affiliates of @MaternityAction, we want to make sure our members know about this. Four free lunchtime webinars this week on your rights at work before and after having a baby. For practical guidance plus Q&A, sign up here🔗 maternityaction.org.uk/your-…
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Know Your Rights: Free Webinar Series
Join us for four practical lunchtime webinars covering your rights at work before and after having a baby.
Each free, 30-minute session includes:
💚15 minutes of practical guidance
💚 15 minutes for questions and answers
💚 Clear information to help you understand and protect your workplace rights
👉 Sign up here maternityaction.org.uk/your-…
Maternity Action retweeted
Following #IWD2026 we’re shining a light on @MaternityAction, one of our member organisations providing vital support to women experiencing discrimination, maternity charging, workplace disputes and more.
🔗Find out more: maternityaction.org.uk
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Maternity Action retweeted
This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 make your workplace part of the Warm Chain of Support.
In this blog @Jewell_Sarah @UoREconomics introduces a new toolkit designed to help employers create breastfeeding-friendly workplaces.
🔗 rdg.ac/46GLZ3g
#PrioritiseBreastfeeding
Maternity Action retweeted
Today we’re proud to share the UK’s largest ever report into Black women’s maternity experiences.
Over 1,100 Black women responded to our survey, and what they told us is deeply concerning.
This report tells a story of feeling ignored, dismissed, and mistreated.
It’s time to do better #FiveXMore #blackmereport
fivexmore.org/black-maternit…
Maternity Action retweeted
It’s Birth Trauma Awareness Week. This year, we focus on marginalised groups facing extra barriers in maternity care, from racial disparities to challenges faced by disabled and neurodivergent mothers. Let’s listen. Let’s learn. Let’s do better. #GoodMaternityCareforAll #BTAW25
Maternity Action retweeted
⭐️ Our brilliant friends at Maternity Action are once again providing FREE advice on pregnancy, maternity and parental rights.
🗣️ Got a question? Head to Mumsnet to ask their team of volunteer lawyers.
📢 Our legal Q&A with @MumsnetTowers is open.
So, if you have a question about #pregnancy, #maternity or #parentalrights at work, you can head over to tiny.cc/5nao001 & our legal experts will answer it.
Our team of volunteer lawyers are members of
@emplawyers
Maternity Action retweeted
📢 Our legal Q&A with @MumsnetTowers is open.
So, if you have a question about #pregnancy, #maternity or #parentalrights at work, you can head over to shorturl.at/m9DqD & our legal experts will answer it.
Our team of volunteer lawyers are members of
@emplawyers
Maternity Action retweeted
🚩 Too many pregnant women and those with babies & toddlers living in poverty don't receive the basic support they need for their children to grow up healthily.
Vicky Gilroy of @iHealthVisiting tells us about a major campaign to improve @NHSHealthyStart
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3EsRLt3
@ChefTomKerridge
Maternity Action retweeted
We need your help. Have you been on #maternityleave in the last 18 months? If so, we want to hear from you!
Please complete this short survey surveymonkey.com/r/CHLRV69.
The results of the survey will help us campaign for a better deal for mothers & their families.
Maternity Action retweeted
Our friends @MaternityAction have asked us to share their survey about finances during maternity leave. You can find more info and the link to fill it in below. 👇
maternityaction.org.uk/2024/…
Maternity Action retweeted
1 out of every 30 people in the world is a migrant.
Wednesday’s #MigrantsDay is an opportunity to celebrate the millions of migrants that are integral members of the societies in which they live, and their contributions to both their home & host countries.
un.org/en/observances/migran…
Maternity Action retweeted
Our cost of a child calculations show, for the first time, all family types on low and modest incomes can't meet their costs or minimum living standards. Work alone isn’t the answer to child poverty—we need investment in social security. cpag.org.uk/sites/default/fi…
Maternity Action retweeted
On #WorldPrematurityDay this year, MMHA member @Blisscharity is shining a light on the mental health and wellbeing of parents with babies in neonatal care. Join the conversation and share your #NeonatalFeelings or head over to Bliss to learn more. 💜
Maternity Action retweeted
The ups and downs of postpartum psychosis…
Many women find the first year of recovery is marked by significant ups and downs in mood.
💜 For hints and tips, read our 'Recovery After Postpartum Psychosis' guide: ow.ly/w56150QFWGG or get in touch and we can post a copy.
Maternity Action retweeted
@MaternityAction's free legal clinics are absolutely invaluable for our users - we're so grateful to all the brilliant volunteers who make them possible 🙏
A huge thank you from Katie Wood, senior legal officer and all the team at @MaternityAction to the volunteer lawyers who help us run our @MumsnetTowers Clinics.
All the volunteer lawyers are members of the @emplawyers. We couldn't do it with you.
#ProBonoWeek #WeDoProBono
Maternity Action retweeted
📢 Our legal Q&A with @MumsnetTowers is open.
So, if you have a question about #pregnancy, #maternity or #parentalrights at work, you can head over to shorturl.at/KT420 and our legal experts will answer it.
Our team of volunteer lawyers are members of
@emplawyers
Maternity Action retweeted
NEW toolkit released to help employers in Cheshire & Merseyside navigate #pregnancy, #maternity & parental leave.
It includes checklists, policies & key questions. See more 👇
@Improvingme1 @MaternityAction @LpoolCityRegion @EconHealthLives @NHSCandM
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Maternity Action retweeted
🚨Free online maternity legal clinic now open🚨
Mumsnet and @MaternityAction are once again teaming up to provide an online legal clinic, offering free advice on pregnancy, maternity, and parental rights.
Visit the thread below to ask your question 👇
mumsnet.com/Talk/work/520002…
Maternity Action retweeted
Tomorrow, Rachel Reeves has the opportunity to make a significant contribution to building an economy that works for women. Investing in our public services and social security system should be at the core of it. Our deputy director for @openDemocracy opendemocracy.net/en/labour-…
Maternity Action retweeted
Until they put @PregnantScrewed in the Lords I have to put her arguments to Parliament for her about dads and paternity leave sorted - excellent debate led today by @ShaunDaviesMP why we need to extend parental leave and make it #PAPA protected and paid for everyone..