Our impact

We seek feedback from every mother who receives our support and use recognised clinical measures to evaluate our work. We are proud that mums and their families feel better able to cope following our support. See our latest impact report below.

After counselling with MumsAid

Impact Data 2024-2025:

Mental Health Improvement: 85% of mothers who completed counselling were less depressed as measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Stress Reduction: 92% reported reduced stress levels on the Perceived Stress Scale.

Parenting Confidence: 87% of mothers experienced an increase in confidence in their parenting abilities.

Mother-Baby Bonds: 91% of mothers reported improved bonding with their baby.

High Satisfaction Rates: 100% of mothers would recommend MumsAid’s services.

Akwaaba: Listening to Women

We know that some communities face greater risks and systemic barriers when seeking support. Evidence shows that rates of postnatal depression and anxiety are 13% higher among mothers from racialised communities compared to their white counterparts. Black women, in particular, are less likely to access or continue treatment, and face significantly higher risks during childbirth—highlighting the urgent need for more equitable, accessible care.

Our specialist Akwaaba service supports black and Global Majority women to get the help they need.

Akwaaba Impact Report

Making a Difference to Young Mums

Our specialised Young MumsAid therapy programme supports young mothers and their babies, many with multiple issues and complex histories. Our intervention has been shown to improve the social and emotional development of babies and strengthen the bond between mums and babies. Every young mum who completed the intervention provided moved below the clinical threshold for depression and reported an improvement in their levels of anxiety. All mothers rated our YoungMumsAid service as excellent or very high.

Young MumsAid Impact Report

We also make a difference to teenage mothers and their families by:

Advocating for them with their social workers and foster carers when needed.
Offering anger management tips to help them better regulate their emotions.
Supporting with housing issues.
Referring them to places where they could get practical help and outreach support.
Helping them make choices about their future education and training.
Improving their knowledge and understanding about babies’ development through psycho-education.
Supporting them to think about their relationships and what steps they should take where these have been abusive.
Developing their interpersonal skills, enabling positive change in their other relationships.

2021 GSK Impact Award

Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, MumsAid was chosen from more than 350 charities across the UK as overall winner of the 2021 GSK IMPACT Awards. The GSK IMPACT Awards recognise the outstanding work of small and medium sized charities working to improve health and wellbeing in communities across the UK. The judges were particularly impressed with the impact MumsAid has with its limited resources stating: “This relatively small organisation is achieving so much and supporting so many and is still able to demonstrate impressive outcomes for both mother and baby”

“The feedback from MumsAid clients has been very positive; your input and intervention has made huge differences to their lives, and also their families.” Veronica, Health Visitor and Community Practice Teacher