Fund Future Midwives UK

30/06/2026

🚨 WE DID IT. THIS IS THE NEWS WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR. 🚨

Today, the Government announced a £10 million funding package to create jobs for 1,000 newly qualified midwives across England.

For too long, student midwives have graduated into uncertainty, despite maternity services desperately needing more midwives. We’ve heard the heartbreak, the frustration, and the fear from those who worked tirelessly to earn their qualification only to face the possibility of unemployment.

Today, that changes.

This announcement is a huge victory for every student midwife who shared their story, every supporter who signed a petition, every person who wrote to their MP, and everyone who refused to accept that this was “just the way it is.”

We are incredibly proud that Fund Future Midwives UK was recognised in this announcement for our campaigning. This is proof that when we come together with one voice, we can create real change.

1,000 funded jobs.
£10 million invested.
Lives changed.

This is a monumental step forward—but our work isn’t finished. We will continue fighting until every newly qualified midwife has access to a funded job and every family receives the safe maternity care they deserve.

To every single person who has supported this campaign:
Thank you. This victory belongs to all of us. 💜

29/06/2026

We hear promises.
We hear conversations.
We hear that things need to change.
At Fund Future Midwives UK, we’re choosing action.

Since our first protest in March, we’ve organised demonstrations across the UK, met with MPs, delivered our petition to 10 Downing Street, been mentioned in Parliament, submitted Freedom of Information requests, worked alongside leading voices in maternity care, and built a growing national movement.

Everything we’ve achieved has been driven by students, midwives, supporters and families who believe the future of midwifery is worth fighting for.

We’re campaigning for:
💜 Funded tuition
💜 Fair bursaries
💜 Better job opportunities

Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared, supported and stood alongside us. Every action brings us one step closer to meaningful change.

This is only the beginning. 💜

26/06/2026

To every student midwife reading this…

The headlines can feel heavy.

The conversations happening around maternity care right now are important. Reports, reviews and media coverage can be difficult to read, especially when you’re preparing to join the profession.

But please remember this:

You are not the problem. You are part of the future.

As these conversations continue, it’s okay to feel overwhelmed, uncertain or even discouraged. But don’t lose sight of why you started this journey.

You chose the profession because you care. Because you wanted to support women, babies and families through some of life’s most important moments.

Hold onto that.

The future of maternity services depends on compassionate, thoughtful and dedicated midwives like you. Keep asking questions. Keep learning. Keep showing kindness. Keep looking after yourself. Keep believing that positive change is possible.

We’re standing with you every step of the way 💜

14/06/2026

📢 PETITION HAND-IN DAY 📢

Tomorrow we’re handing in our petition to the government calling attention to the midwifery job crisis.

We set out to reach 10,000 signatures and, while we haven’t quite got there yet, an incredible 8,200 people have stood with us and demanded change.

8,200 signatures represent thousands of voices saying the same thing:

💜 Qualified midwives deserve jobs.
💜 Families deserve safe maternity care.
💜 We cannot afford to waste a skilled workforce while services face staffing pressures.

If you’ve already signed, please help us take one final push:

➡️ Reshare this post to your stories and feeds.
➡️ Send the petition directly to friends, family, colleagues and healthcare supporters.
➡️ Ask just one person to sign and share.

Every signature helps show decision makers that this issue matters and that trained, qualified midwives should not be left unemployed.

🔗 Link in bio

Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared, supported and spoken up. Please help us keep the momentum going.

11/06/2026

The countdown is on!
Our petition hand in is on Monday, 4 days to go!

Help us reach 10k signatures to demand change!

Please sign & share 💜

06/06/2026

Imagine spending three years at university, completing thousands of unpaid hours in practice, working nights, weekends and bank holidays, caring for women and babies, only to discover there may not be a job for you when you qualify.

This is the reality facing many student midwives across the country.

At a time when maternity services are under immense pressure, newly qualified midwives are struggling to find permanent employment.

We’re not asking for special treatment. We’re asking for a clear pathway from education into employment, so the investment made by students, universities, the NHS and taxpayers isn’t wasted.

Every signature helps us show that this matters.

🖊️ Please sign and share:
🔗 https://www.change.org/p/midwifery-job-crisis-trained-qualified-unemployed

Whether you’re a parent, a healthcare professional, a student, or simply someone who believes maternity services deserve better, your support can make a difference.

Midwifery Job Crisis: Trained, Qualified, Unemployed

01/06/2026

Join Us!

Bring your favourite snacks, drinks and people. Let’s celebrate together and share why we love what we do 🫶

We know things are difficult right now, and we want to celebrate the good and share the love and passion we have 💜

Students, Midwives, Doulas, Family and Friends. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!!

31/05/2026

Protecting the NHS starts with protecting its future workforce.

We stand with our merical, nurse, AHP student and newly qualified colleagues.

If you are a healthcare student or newly qualified practitioner, that is affected by the job crisis. Please get in touch, let’s work together.

Please sign our petition, link in bio.

28/05/2026

Our protest made it to the new maternity documentary in Sky News.

https://c.org/Y6fhknBt49

26/05/2026

Thank you to Clive Lewis MP for continuing to raise this issue and for supporting student and newly qualified midwives. 💜

The reality is that many student midwives are graduating into unemployment despite ongoing staffing pressures across maternity services. After years of training, unpaid placements, and meeting strict professional requirements, too many newly qualified midwives are being left without a route into the profession they trained for.

This is not about a lack of passion, commitment, or skill from graduates. It is about the lack of funded posts and sustainable workforce planning.

We are incredibly grateful to everyone helping amplify this issue and push for meaningful action. The future of safe maternity care depends on retaining and supporting the next generation of midwives.

Please continue sharing our campaign and supporting our petition ⬇️

https://www.change.org/p/midwifery-job-crisis-trained-qualified-unemployed