Parents at UoM Peer Support Group

‌

This group offers staff with children of any age the opportunity to get together. This includes colleagues who are parents, carers or guardians, those in same sex relationships, couples who may have used a surrogate and foster parents.

These are unfacilitated, informal sessions and, after an introduction by a member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team, colleagues are left alone to:

•     Share experiences in a safe environment;
•     Hear about what has worked for others;
•     Offer peer support;
•     Discuss issues related to the balancing of work and caring responsibilities.

Please feel free to take part in the group and meet other parents to share experiences and advice. 

HR have recently composed some guidance which may also be of use:

Breastfeeding at Work Guidance
Flexible Working

You can also find details of places to express milk on campus on our Athena SWAN pages

You can find details of Welfare Rooms which can be accessed by all staff using the Interactive Map.

This group offers staff with children of any age the opportunity to get together. This includes colleagues who are parents, carers or guardians, those in same sex relationships, couples who may have used a surrogate and foster parents.

Meetings

The group aims to meet every month at the Milk and Honey cafe based at St Peter’s house with specialist guests throughout the year. Babies and children are very welcome.