Train to Lead

No! We welcome all women, any age and any life phase. When a new group starts, it’s usually mainly attracted to women with young babies, but not always. After a while with the group established, women will start coming without children which will then attract other women, often older women with grown-up children, flown the nest, and also women who aren’t mothers but want to be around women and children. Our leaders decide what kind of group they wish to promote, that may even be an adult-only session, and that’s fine too.

Come. You’ll be in the company of other women, also nervous, also uncertain. You are welcome and you’ll be a valued participant. The training is held in a way that promotes absolute inclusivity for women who have NO experience of this work. You won’t be exposed, ever. You will be guided until you are comfortable and ready to have a go. You will be encouraged and supported to find your courage.

At the very least, you will leave nourished, with new skills and ready to explore the possibility of sharing what you’ve learned with other women. With terror and nerves around singing, you will be representative of many, many women. Out from your desire to sing with others, step forward from this place and you will inspire so many others to do the same as you.

Not only will you learn a ton of new songs, but you’ll also explore how to integrate NHS wellbeing frameworks into your practice. You’ll have the time and space to pause and reflect on your values and purpose as a singing leader and give some much needed attention to your own wellbeing.

Singing Mamas are the largest network of singing for perinatal wellbeing in the UK. We're a national non-profit working with multiple Universities, researchers and academics and we're at the forefront of developing cutting edge practice in the field. 

By joining the movement you will gain passionate colleagues, the backing of a well respected network and the opportunity to influence this work strategically at a national level. 

Not at all. You might just want take the learning back into your existing work or set up a group for mums under your own branding and that’s fine too. We want as many women as possible to benefit from this work and we’re not precious about what it’s called. If you do want to join the movement and start a Singing Mamas group in your community though then we will support you to do that every step of the way.

Absolutely not! We’re a non-profit movement, committed to improving the wellbeing of other women through singing. We don’t promote any set way of running groups or ask leaders to work in any fixed way. We trust in the unique skills and abilities of each of our leaders to deliver singing groups in a way that works for their communities. We choose to come together under the Singing Mamas umbrella because we recognise the power of the collective, both to influence change and to offer support to the changemakers.

That’s up to you. Singing Mamas run a membership scheme for our leaders that costs between £5 – 25 per month. Depending on what level of membership you choose you will be offered invitations to free monthly song-sharing sessions, insurance for your groups, policies to help you safeguard and risk asses your work and even the opportunity to access local funding to offer free sessions to disadvantaged women. You are under no obligation to join the membership and you won’t be pressured at all. Its completely your call and we’ll support you on whatever path you take

Not at all. Our group leaders can charge fees for their groups and earn a living from delivering this work. Not-for-profit means we calculate the full cost of delivering the work (including a leader's admin time, prep time, training, travel expenses etc) at an appropriate hourly rate. If a leader's earnings were to surpass the full cost of delivery then they would be asked to donate the excess profits back into the organisation, but the standard charges for groups combined with the expenses incurred means that happens vary rarely (after all bigger groups with bigger earnings mean more admin).

Singing Mamas are absolutely inclusive of any person who has lived experience as a woman. That includes trans-women and people who identify as gender fluid or non-binary. Our focus on women is about addressing inequality and discrimination and we can’t achieve that without welcoming all lived experience.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion we offer one bursary place on each of our trainings. To express your interest please CONTACT US