Singing Mamas with Robyn Fuller
Canolfan Hermon |Glogue | Pembrokeshire | SA36 0DT
Tuesdays
9.45-11.30am
Email: robyn.hearthcentred@protonmail.com
Telephone: 07949788810
We’re a grassroots movement of women including mamas, nurses, doctors, midwives, musicians, teachers and community workers who are all committed to improving wellbeing through singing.
We exist because suicide is one of the leading causes of death for women during pregnancy and one year after birth and because singing is clinically proven to reduce symptoms of postnatal depression faster than the usual forms of treatment.
Connected
We empower women to grow together, we uphold and inspire one another with deep care and we practice from a place of self-love.
Courageous
We lead from the heart, push the boundaries of our creativity and willingly step into discomfort.
Inclusive
We recognise inequality and work alongside women to create change
Our story
Singing Mamas was started by nurse Kate Valentine in 2010.
Back then, Kate was a mother of young children and singing in a group was how she managed stress, and found connection and joy. When her family relocated to a new area she couldn’t find a choir where her children would be welcome, and like many mothers didn’t have the option of going without them. A friend persuaded her to start a singing group where mothers could bring their little ones and singing mamas was born.
The movement grew by word of mouth. Women heard about this group through friends and wanted to go to one near them. Kate began to train other women in how to step into leadership and build song-sharing communities that improved health and wellbeing. Over the last decade Kate has trained more than 100 other women to deliver the Singing Mamas approach.
Our impact
Our work improves the lives and wellbeing of every person involved, from our group leaders through to the people who take part in our training and classes.
Our approach uses the NHS 5 ways to wellbeing which means that participating mothers:
- Feel more connected to each other and their baby
- Improve breathing, posture and muscle tension and physical
wellbeing - Stimulates cognitive function through learning new songs
- Give and receive from others and feel a sense of community
- Pay attention to the present moment and reduce stress hormone levels
Each week Singing Mamas leaders work across the UK delivering groups to hundreds of women