Find your Sisters!

Building a network in London

We’re a not-for-profit social start up in London on a mission to strengthen the community around the early loss of mothering and to provide girls, their siblings and families with the peer support they need to flourish.

We have the lived-experience of growing up without our mums and we know that one of the biggest problems which negates outcomes for young people is the early stigma and isolation they experience, the defences they build around it and the loss of unconditional nurture and support.

Whether it happens by death or in other ways losing mothering isn’t something to hide, it’s something to share with the people who understand it. If you’re growing up without your mum, or if you’re raising a motherless family, know that there are dozens of local friends you can make in your area who get it; friends your age and other friends who have already walked that path and could guide you. You just need to find them.

We been hosting gatherings across London for adult motherless daughters for years. Since winning a small grant we’re now building a peer network in north London to connect and support younger motherless daughters, sons and families.

Join us and help us build the network! The loss of mothering is easier to deal with in a community.

MEET YOUR PEERS - LONDON

DAUGHTERS UNDER 18 - north LONDON

If you’re under 18, live in north London and haven’t got your mum in your life, sign up to local events coming soon connecting you with other girls who get it. Join our waitlist today!
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ADULT DAUGHTERS WHO WERE UNDER 18

Network with other motherless daughters who experienced the loss of mothering (in childhood or adolescence). Make friends, share your experiences and advice or help us host events in London for younger motherless daughters and families. Here

Fathers & SIBLINGS - NORTH LONDON

If you’re a father or guardian of motherless children, or if you’re the son of a motherless family, we know the experience can be overwhelming but you’re not alone. Join our network to attend local networking events where you can meet others in the same boat. Here

WHY IT MATTERS

Early motherloss is taboo even though every 22 minutes a young person loses a parent in the UK. That’s 111 children every day, around 40 in every school.

– Childhood Bereavement Network UK
The loss of mothering happens in many ways, not just through death. One child in every 20 in the UK are referred to social services, the highest numbers in history. Neglect is the number one reason.

- UK Department for Education
The number of children without mothering is rising in the UK because the underlying causes, such as poverty, maternal death rates and mental health problems are growing.

– various sources
'.. it may not actually be the wide spectrum of childhood adversity that drives poor outcomes, but the degree to which that adversity drives shame, guilt, anger, alienation and degree of social isolation.'

- A.Garner (2021) Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress

NEWS & ARTICLES

Christmas Meetup, Hampstead, Sat December 20th 12:45-3PM

We would love you to join us for Christmas drinks/lunch in a Hampstead pub near the tube station. For adults 18+. Venue disclosed on R.S.V.P.

Shifting London Start Up Graduation Event

March 18, 2025 We’ve just graduated (again) at City Hall together with 40 other social entrepreneurs who took part in Shifting London’s Start Up …

Raise Up Finchley; Our First Community Outreach Event

Raise Up Finchley Our first Community Outreach Event Photini June 9, 2024 A 25 year-old gazing at our stand who had lost her mum only a week earlier…

Creating an Identity for Early Motherloss

The idea of building a visual identity for a community I’d rather not have the privilege to join, is an interesting task. Some context…