We can offer:
Emotional Support
This time can be challenging for mothers – we will support you in what you are feeling and going through from the start of your journey onwards.
Practical Support
The A-Z of making sure you can complete your journey with us helping to ease some of the stress or challenges that you may be experiencing.
Counselling
Counselling is a way to explore your thoughts, feelings, and concerns with the support of another person in a confidential place.
Signposting
We will help you access and direct you to other specialist support services to help you on your journey.
Support Meetings
We can help with support at meeting with social care and other agencies
Who Do We Support?
The Believe Project is here to support mothers who find themselves with Social Care involvement through, a child being Born into Care, a Child Protection Plan or a Child in Need Order or child who has been removed from the parental home. It is possible to self refer by emailing referrals@motherwellcheshirecio.com and partner agencies can also refer in. Click the link below to complete the online referral form.
How We Support You!
Every mum has access to a dedicated support worker who will work through our bespoke “Believe Mental Health Support Programme” with them.
As part of this process we encourage you to meet with your Advocate face to face, once a fortnight, on the alternative week we keep in contact via email, text or phone. We are happy to help and support you through your journey, a key to this is building a relationship of trust, openness and guidance.
Our programme is based around The Motherwell Flower – working through mums’ own ‘personal journey’ and tailored to mums’ own personal requirements.
The Motherwell Flower will help us track, monitor and support you on your journey.
An Introduction to our support from our Founder!
Our founder Kate Blakemore, a person-centred counsellor, worked in the homeless sector for many years. During this time she noticed a large number of homeless women were also mums but their children were no longer in their care.
This prompted Kate to study not only the issues these homeless women were facing in general, but also how their situation sometimes worsened if they became a mum. From Kate’s research and her discussions with these mums she concluded that there was no specialist support for them – and this was the catalyst to start the Believe Project.