At The Alternative Midwife, I believe healing happens not just in one-to-one sessions, but also in community. Below you’ll find trusted organisations, charities, and resources that support women through every chapter of life — from puberty and fertility, through pregnancy and birth, to menopause and beyond.

National Charities & Support Organisations (UK)

• Wellbeing of Women — research and awareness for women’s reproductive health.

• Women’s Health Concern — information and patient support across menopause and beyond.

• Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust — cervical cancer awareness, HPV information, and support.

• The Eve Appeal — gynaecological cancer awareness and research.

• Target Ovarian Cancer — ovarian cancer advocacy and research.

• Endometriosis UK — advocacy, support groups, and education.

• The Menopause Charity — menopause education and empowerment.

• Pregnancy Sickness Support — hyperemesis gravidarum support.

• Tommy’s — research into miscarriage, stillbirth, and premature birth.

• Birthrights — human rights in pregnancy and childbirth.

• Daisy Network - a charity for women with POI (Premature Ovary Insufficiency)

Global Charities & Awareness Campaigns

• UN Women — the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment worldwide.

• Women Deliver — global advocacy for gender equality and women’s health, with focus on maternal and reproductive health.

• White Ribbon Alliance — international movement for safe motherhood and respectful maternity care.

• Every Mother Counts — improving maternal health outcomes globally, founded by Christy Turlington.

• Global Fund for Women — funding grassroots women’s rights initiatives worldwide.

• Fistula Foundation — supporting women with obstetric fistula in low-resource countries.

• The Girl Effect — global charity empowering girls and young women through health, education, and economic support.

• She Decides — global movement championing women’s bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.

Awareness Campaigns

• International Women’s Day — March 8th

• World Maternal Mental Health Day — First Wednesday in May

• International Day of Action for Women’s Health — May 28th

• World Menstrual Hygiene Day — May 28th

• World Breastfeeding Week — August 1–7

• World Menopause Day — October 18th

• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence — November 25 to December 10

Local to Brighton & Sussex

• Brighton Women’s Centre — peer support, counselling, and community services.

• Women’s Health Brighton — specialist women’s health physiotherapy and pelvic health services.

• The Montefiore Hospital, Hove — private women’s health and gynaecology services.

• The Agora - NHS and privately funded fertility services in Sussex for fertility

• MSI Brighton - Abortion and Contraceptive, Sexual Health Services and Care

• Brighton Sexual Health Clinic - Brighton & Hove Sexual Health & Contraception Service (SHAC)

• Oasis Project -  Drug & Alcohol help services for women, children and families

• YAC Brighton - Youth Advice service - transforming young peoples lives

This list is ever-growing. By linking to both local and global resources, I aim to honour the Wise Woman path: that healing is not only personal, but collective, and that by supporting one another, we rise together.