Get Involved
As a community interest company we rely on the support of the community to keep Raham Project running. We run events, classes and workshops for the parents and professionals.
You can get involved by booking a class or workshop, attending an event, volunteering your time or donating money to support our activities.
Classes & Workshops
Cultural Awareness Hub
We’re thrilled to welcome you to the Cultural Awareness Hub.
The Cultural Awareness Hub is a national service providing interactive expert by experience and sustainable workshops which offer unique insights into communities and culture to help improve communication and collaboration. Raham project offers customised cultural awareness training on diverse communities during the perinatal journey.
To find out more about the wonderful work we are doing, and to learn more about all the facilitators involved in the Cultural Awareness Hub, please tap on the link below.
Private Baby & Birth Antenatal Classes
We offer bespoke 1:1 culturally sensitive antenatal classes in our community venue in central Peterborough.
The antenatal classes are run by a midwife and cover:
- Your rights and choices
- Labour and birth
- Your health and recovery
- Caring for a newborn
We can also work with you if you need information about Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section (VBAC), Induction of Labour, Planned Caesarean Section or Birth Outside of Guidelines.
Please EMAIL hello@rahamproject.org.uk for further information.
MUMMA Hub
MUMMA offers practical help, advice and emotional support for Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity mothers, babies and families.
This includes whether you’re planning a family, are currently pregnant or if you have a child under the age of two. Activities include:
- Baby & Birth – culturally sensitive antenatal education. This is a 5 week programme delivered in small groups of 6-8 families.
- Support across all stages of pregnancy, including mental health support.
- Breastfeeding support
- Tea/coffee support groups
- Connecting Mums and Dads Matter groups
To register for MUMMA Hub antenatal classes and support, visit www.barnardos.org.uk/MUMMA
Listening Events
We know how important it is to feel heard. As midwives we listen sensitively with expert knowledge, providing information and ongoing support for parents. Mothers have the opportunity to share their experience and connect with others who have similar experiences.
After three years of hosting regular listening sessions, we have listened to over 80 mothers and gained an incredible amount of knowledge and insight. These sessions have been an invaluable resource for families and service providers alike, allowing parents to discuss important issues such as Raised Blood Pressure in Pregnancy, Pelvic Health, Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section.
We use the experiences of mothers from diverse communities, anonymously and with consent, to feed back directly into NHS services, research projects, charitable organisations (to name a few). Delivering the voices of mothers helps to create change; it isinvaluable insight for services and crucial for improving maternity care.
Although our funding for regular listening events has ended, we still offer ad-hoc sessions. If you are parent wanting to attend a listening event, please visit our facebook events to see what is coming up. Additionally we continue to offer 1-1 chats with families who need them and we encourage people to join our Facebook support group .
If you are an organisation wanting us to host a listening event we do require compensation to cover the time and delivery of the session. The session will be tailored to your aims and objectives, but will provide a space for mothers to be heard and receive impartial information and ongoing support.
Events
Raham Project hosts regular online and face to face events for ethnic communities in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and across the UK. Our events at Raham Project are designed to offer information, support and friendship through pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
Walk & Talk
Are you pregnant, a new parent or have children?
Join us twice a month to meet other mums for a walk round the park. Make friends, improve your wellbeing and find out about pregnancy and parenting support. Refreshments provided afterwards.
You can just turn up and meet us outside the cafe, but if you would like to contact one of our volunteers in advance to find out a bit more and get to know the people who will be there, please WhatsApp us on:
075 178 902 11
Location: Central Park, Park Road, Peterborough
- Every 4th Monday. Meet at 11:30am at the big willow tree outside the café in Central Park.
Find out more on our facebook events page.
Lunch Club
Come and meet other mums and mums-to-be from diverse communities in Peterborough. This is a relaxed meet up, a chance to socialise and get support/information through pregnancy and parenthood.
Cost: Lunch and a drink is £1 per adult and 50p per child.
Location: 20 Scalford Drive, Peterborough, PE1 4XQ
Date: 2nd Monday of every month
For FAQs and to find out more on our facebook events page.
Volunteer
Raham Project is successful thanks to the dedication and support of our volunteers.
What our volunteers do:
- Engage mothers in conversation in our Facebook peer support group
- Visit our local antenatal clinic to raise awareness of Raham Project’s services
- Translate our infographics
- Write evidence based content for our infographics and social media
- Shape the work of Raham Project in our steering group
- Organise social events for families
Want to volunteer?
We understand that applications forms can be a barrier for ethnic communities, so our process is simple.
Contact us, tell us you would like to help and we will support you to become a volunteer with Raham Project. You don’t need any previous experience, just a passion to help people.
If you work as a doula, breastfeeding supporter or similar we would welcome your support too.
Please contact us.
Donate
As a community interest company, we rely on funding and donations to support the running of the project.
We share the voices of mothers and partners with their experiences of maternity care to help shape local services for the future.
Your donation helps us continue our work.
To donate to Raham Project please contact us and we will support you with this process.
Great Eastern 5k Fun Run
13th October 2024 Peterborough
Get your running shoes on and raise vital funds for Raham Project to help us continue supporting ethnic minority mothers and families through pregnancy and beyond. We are offering a FREE place in the Fun Run if you can commit to raising £120 for Raham Project. Children aged 4 and above may also run and raise money. But HURRY as we only have a few spaces left!
Raham Project will be there on the day to meet you, help you and cheer you on. We will support you every step of the way with your fundraising too. To register for your FREE place for the Great Eastern 5k Fun Run, email sabeela.raham@gmail.com and we will send you your registration link and fundraising pack, with lots of information to help you get ready for the Great Eastern Fun Run.
If you have any questions about how it works, please contact us.
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