Radiant Mama
Support, Resources & Community during pregnancy and the first year.
Radiant Mama
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Life transitions, such as pregnancy and birth, bring great potential for growth and transformation. As we prepare to cross the threshold of parenthood, all sorts of changes and challenges are taking place. It can be a time of excitement and joy, feeling blessed and open. But also of confusion, fear, anxiety and loss, and sometimes deep aloneness.
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Radiant Mama offers holistic support and education during the childbearing year. This involves more than just the physical and practical preparation for birth and parenting, it also includes the emotional and mental well-being of all involved (including the baby).
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Radiant Mama does not adhere to a particular ideology or method of birthing and parenting. Our groups offer a space for you to reflect and be heard, to reconnect to yourself, your baby and community; a space to reclaim your intuition and grow your trust in your ability to birth and care for your baby/ies.
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Being in a community of parents going through a similar stage in life can reduce your sense of isolation and help you grow in confidence.
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The groups are held by experienced and trained birth and breastfeeding practitioners, who have held many, many women as they journey through the Matrescence period (pregnancy, birth and beyond).
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It is important to us that Radiant Mama is accessible to all in need. We have been offering our services on a sliding scale for the past ten years and on a donation basis when we are fortunate enough to be funded by the Lottery.
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Services we offer:
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Subsidised Pregnancy Circles/Day Retreats
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Groups for expectant mothers in their last trimester and mothers with babies in arms.
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Postnatal home visits and feeding support.
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Breastfeeding support in person or by phone.
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Subsidised Counselling and support in processing birth experiences.
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Subsidised Community days including mini therapeutic treatments, info, shared community lunch.
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A directory of doulas and local complementary therapists experienced in pregnancy and postnatal mother and baby care.
Urgent Appeal - Can You Help?
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Our Counselling & Therapeutic Support Service, has been so successful that we’ve now used up our lottery funding.
We urgently need to raise £3,000 to keep offering vital, donation-based support to new and expectant parents in need.
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As of June 2025, we’ve raised £1,500 — and with your help, we can reach the rest.
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Your donation can help a struggling parent feel seen, supported and not alone.​​​
Our Services
Our News
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We are very glad to announce the Spring - Summer 2025 Program. The lottery funding is still supporting many exciting aspects of the program, and our Counselling and Therapeutic Support Service has proven so popular that we need your help to raise vital funds to continue this service, until we can apply again for lottery funding.
Spring - Summer 2025 Program
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Weekly Radiant Mama group for mothers in their final trimester and new mothers, HealthSource, Totnes
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26th January - Wellbeing Day For Lone/Single Mothers REST, REVIVE & THRIVE IN 2025!
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8th February - Wellbeing Day For Pregnant Mothers
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30th March - In Collaboration With Mother Roots, A Community Celebration of Mothering, Civic Hall
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27th April - Wellbeing Day For Expectant & New Parents, and Birth Support Partners, Bowden House
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18th May - Community Day for Pregnant Women & New Mothers (babes in arms), Birdwood House
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7th June - Wellbeing Day for Lone Mothers (babes in arms)
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13th July - Community Day for for Expectant and New Parents, Birdwood House
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We’re also offering ongoing post-natal home visits and breastfeeding support.
Our Counselling & Therapeutic Support Service, (which offers donation-based counselling and therapeutic support during pregnancy and the first three years to pregnant, birthing people, partners and new parents), has been such a success that we have now fully utilised all our our lottery funding, and need to raise interim funding of £3,000 so we can continue to provide this vital service to families in need.
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As of June 2025, we have reached 50% of our target. We still need to raise £1,500 so we can continue to supply our counselling and therapeutic services, as well as pay for additional fundraising applications, which we hope to get approved by the end of 2025.
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You can help struggling expectant and new parents get the support they need, and find out more by visiting: https://fundrazr.com/radiantmama.
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​This service aims to promote wellbeing and resilience, as well as healing from trauma. It can help meet the many changes and challenges inherent in this transition.​
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