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Why companies need a Children in the Workplace Policy
Dealing with maternity and children in the workplace can be difficult. Employers often don't recognise the sensitivities around people who are involuntarily childless. A member of the MTL community had this article published in the HR Magazine recently. Have you had this conversation with your employer? Is it something you…
Male Infertility
This year’s National Fertility Awareness Week saw considerable coverage, with many channels helping to highlight male infertility. The coverage included new research by Leeds Beckett University showing the impacts on men due to infertility. Find out more about the research here. (http://fnuk.wpengine.com/male-infertility-is-emasculating-its-treatment-one-sided-and-insensitive-and-emotional-support-is-lacking-first-qualitative-survey-of-mens-experiences-of-fertility-problems-finds/) Watch Sheridan Voysey who spoke to BBC news…
Walk in Our Shoes
Walk in Our Shoes is a website created for and by men and women who are childless not by choice. By sharing a photo of their own shoes and telling a story about their experiences they invite you into their world and help you realise that you are not alone.…
World Childless Week 11 – 17 September
The campaign, set up by Stephanie Phillips, has been created to banish the stigma of being unable to have children. This might be due to fertility problems, infertility as well as other issues. There are a number of different infertility weeks already but most are focused on how to improve…
London Meet Up
Picnic in the park, Saturday 3rd June A meet up for those who are facing the challenges of childlessness and who are no longer pursuing treatment or alternative parenting options. Please come and join us for a picnic in Hyde Park on Saturday 3 June, 12 – 3pm A small…
Support for those in Northern Ireland
Hilary: NI Co-ordinator (Part-time) and Rachel: NI Support Co-ordinator (Part-time) In Northern Ireland we work across the country to provide help to people at all stages of their fertility journey. We aim to provide support and appropriate information to those considering their future fertility; those trying to become parents; those…
Meet up at St Pancras
A meet up for those who are facing the challenges of childlessness and who are no longer pursuing treatment or alternative parenting options. Please come and join us for coffee and conversation at The Betjeman Arms, St Pancras on Saturday 8 April , 12 – 3pm A small group of us are meeting …
Moving OnWards Meet Up – Northern Ireland
If you are childless by circumstance and living in N. Ireland please come along to our gatherings. You will meet others in the same situation and hear about recent and planned social gatherings. We want to encourage as many people as possible across N. Ireland to join this group and…
The Pants Project: Valentine’s night party
Fancy something different for Valentine's Night? Join the Pants Project for a night of live music, pink champagne and canapes to raise funds and awareness for those facing fertility problems. The Pants Project will be auctioning underwear, jewellery and lots more with the proceeds going to help support people with…
Write to Create
A new and unique support group for people facing life without children Facilitated by qualified fertility counsellor and creative writing practitioner, Deborah Sloan, each session lasts two hours and is open to men and women. Using a combination of peer support and creative exercises*, participants are offered the opportunity to…
Life Skills Programme – Northern Ireland
A FREE 6 week Life Skills programme called ‘Living Life to the Full’, through funding from Aware. Based on a CBT approach, it will look at ways to challenge your thinking and experience life in a more positive way. If you are struggling with coming to terms with a life…
Life Skills Programme – Northern Ireland
A FREE 6 week Life Skills programme called ‘Living Life to the Full’, through funding from Aware. Based on a CBT approach, it will look at ways to challenge your thinking and experience life in a more positive way. If you are struggling with coming to terms with a life…
Coping with the challenges of Christmas
Facing Christmas and the festive season when you’re childless by circumstance can be too painful to bear. It’s hard enough seeing images of family and what you don’t have and want during the rest of the year, but there’s something about Christmas that can make it far, far worse. Perhaps…
Christmas Meet Up – St Pancras
There is a meet up on Saturday 10th December 2016 at THE BETJEMAN ARMS Unit 53, St Pancras International Station, London, N1C 4QL from 12pm onwards. This can be a very difficult time of year. If you do one thing before the end of 2016 come along and meet some…
Saying Goodbye Service
Saying Goodbye Service A service for all who have suffered the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy. All are welcome, and for further information on the services below please visit the Saying Goodbye website 25/11/2018 - Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
What legacy can the childless leave?
This is an interesting article about childlessness and the desire to leave some kind of legacy to the world - read the article here
I’m Childless and that’s ok
It wasn’t a choice, as such, but for Mandy Appleyard, having a family just didn’t happen. In her article in Red Magazine she explains how she’s made peace with her circumstances, read the article here You can contact Mandy via email at hmandya@gmail.com or via twitter @mandyappleyard