Motherland is a national charity that connects rural mothers across Australia. It takes a village to raise a child, but living rurally means many are isolated during their motherhood journey.

Motherland Village is Australia’s first online mother’s group program for rural mums with children aged 0-18 years. Join a small, private group of up to 10 rural women in a 6-week online program, led by a trained facilitator. Alongside your group, you’ll also gain access to expert-led content on matrescence, the mental load, self-love, parenting, and building more empathetic relationships. It takes a village. Find yours.

Scholarships are available for rural mums to access the program at no cost.

Through the Motherland podcast, Motherland Village, Scholarship Fund, Motherland Connect platform, online support network, fundraising events, and advocacy, we have become the voice and village that rural mums desperately needed but didn’t have, until Motherland.

Olive & Kin is an Australian registered charity and not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting families who have experienced the loss of a baby. We provide handmade ceramic urns free of charge to families in need, offering a beautiful way to hold and honour their baby’s ashes.

Each personalised urn is handmade by our Founder, Hannah, a midwife and mother of three, two living children and one who died. Her personal experience of loss deeply informs the care and intention behind every piece. Having walked this path herself, Hannah understands how meaningful it can be to have something tangible, beautiful and thoughtfully made to hold your baby’s ashes.

Our work is made possible through donations and community support, allowing us to continue providing these pieces to bereaved families at no cost to them.

We also offer a small range of products including Pregnancy After Loss Affirmation Cards, Grief Affirmation Cards, and NICU Milestone Cards, with 100% of profits directly supporting our mission to provide free urns to families in need.

Olive & Kin occasionally facilitates workshops and remembrance events in collaboration with organisations such as Red Nose, creating safe spaces for families who have been touched by pregnancy or infant loss. These sessions offer opportunities for creativity, connection, reflection, and remembrance.

Through every aspect of our work, Olive & Kin aims to bring comfort and compassion to families during some of the most difficult seasons of their lives, reminding them that they are not alone and that their babies will always be remembered.

Gidget Foundation Australia is the leading and largest national provider of perinatal mental health services, supporting the mental health of expectant and new parents to ensure they receive timely, appropriate and specialist care.

Gidget House® provides free* individual psychological counselling services for expectant, new and potential parents throughout the perinatal period (from conception until the baby is 12 months old). Gidget Houses are physical locations across 38 sites Australia-wide, where families can access support face-to-face with a clinician. However, the model of care is flexible and lends itself to a blended mode of appointment delivery via telehealth or in person.

Gidget Houses are accessible, and GFA’s perinatal mental health specialist clinicians provide warm, compassionate, holistic care to ensure clients feel respected, and the needs of each unique family are met. A GP referral and Mental Health Treatment Plan is required to access services for free.

Other support services such as online peer support community groups (for mums, dads, expectant parents) and resources. You can visit www.gidgetfoundation.org.au for more information.

*No out-of-pocket expenses under the Medicare Better Access Initiative.

Homb operates as a luxury postpartum hotel offering 24/7 support from our dedicated team of care specialists. Homb exists to educate and support women and their families in the first year after birth, with a goal to aid in the prevention of post natal depression and anxiety (PNDA).

With up to 1 in 5 women experiencing symptoms on PNDA, it’s clear that more resources, education and support are needed. Homb is mother lead and provides guests with access to 24/7 support from our team of highly skilled care specialists, offering education and assistance with whatever is needed in that moment.

We offer a minimum 4 night stay that includes;

• Care Specialists available 24/7
• 3 organic and naturopath approved meals per day, as well as snacks and beverages
• Daily education sessions on a range of topics
• Birth debriefing, should it be required
• Daily lactation support from lactation consultants
• Nappies and wipes for baby
• All ensuite amenities including shampoo, conditioner and body wash
• Postpartum massage, herbal baths and foot soaks
• All laundry for mum and baby
• A nursery for baby should it be required
• Calls with our Care team for up to two weeks after check out, as part of our Homb to Home service, providing an extra soft landing to feel supported in the transition back to home life
• Welcome Hamper on arrival
• Farewell Hamper