Happy Mums, a leading provider of peer-to-peer support for mums experiencing mental health difficulties, is delighted to announce the creation of new Community Engagement Coordinator roles. These vital positions will enable the organization to expand its reach across Cumbria, providing vital support to mothers in need.

Thanks to the generous support of the National Lottery Community Fund and Cumbria Community Foundation, Happy Mums is able to recruit dedicated individuals to fill these roles based in Brampton, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Eden (Penrith), Whitehaven, Wigton, and Workington.

The new Community Engagement Coordinators will play a crucial role in connecting with mums in their communities, offering support, and raising awareness of maternal mental health. As well as engaging with other organisation in the local areas where shared skills could be used to develop more diverse events.

Lucinda Bray, Managing Director of Happy Mums Said: “”We are thrilled to be expanding our team with the introduction of Community Engagement Coordinator roles. While these roles are only 16 hours per month these positions are crucial to our mission of providing support and understanding to mums experiencing mental health within their communities. We are seeking passionate and dedicated individuals who share our commitment to empowering women and creating stronger communities. By joining Happy Mums, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others.”

Happy Mums is committed to empowering mothers and creating a supportive network. These new roles represent a significant step forward in achieving this goal in more areas throughout cumbria.

About Happy Mums: Happy Mums is a peer-led organization dedicated to providing support and understanding to mothers experiencing mental health difficulties. Through peer-to-peer support groups, awareness campaigns, and training, Happy Mums empowers women to navigate the challenges of motherhood and build a stronger community.

• At least 1 in 5 women experience a mental health problem during pregnancy or within the early postnatal years.
• 70% will hide or underplay their illness.
• Suicide is the leading direct cause of maternal death within a year of having a baby.
• Perinatal mental health problems carry a total economic and social long-term cost to society of about £8.1 billion for each one-year cohort of births in the UK.
• The Happy Mums Foundation is a Community Interest Company (NOT a charity), although it is currently funded by various charities and public bodies: the National Lottery, The Henry Smith Charity and Cumbria Community Foundation

About the National Lottery Community Fund:

We are the largest non-statutory community funder in the UK – community is at the heart of our purpose, vision and name.

We support activities that create resilient communities that are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable and that will strengthen society and improve lives across the UK.

We’re proud to award money raised by National Lottery players to communities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and to work closely with government to distribute vital grants and funding from key Government programmes and initiatives. 

As well as responding to what communities tell us is important to them, our funding is focused on four key missions, supporting communities to:

1. Come together
2. Be environmentally sustainable
3. Help children and young people thrive
4. Enable people to live healthier lives.

Thanks to the support of National Lottery players, we distribute over £600 million a year through 13,000+ grants and plan to invest over £4 billion of funding into communities by 2030. We’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of local groups right up to UK-wide charities, enabling people and communities to bring their ambitions to life. 

National Lottery players raise over £30 million each week for good causes throughout the UK. Since The National Lottery began in 1994, £49 billion has been raised and more than 690,000 individual grants have been made across the UK – the equivalent of around 240 National Lottery grants in every UK postcode district.

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About Cumbria Community Foundation: This project is made possible thanks to funding from Cumbria Community Foundation through Cumberland Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund: a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda.

 We are an independent local charity run by a board of trustees who are elected annually by our members.

With the support of our fundholders we have made grants totalling more than £50m since inception in 1999.

We provide a means by which people and organisations can make a difference to the most disadvantaged people in our community.

Cumbria Community Foundation is part of a national and international network of community foundations.  Together we seek to support people and organisations wishing to invest in the local community.

Happy Mums provides peer support groups for mums and Mums-to-be to share how they really feel without judgement.