Hearts and Hands
Hearts and Hands is a WIN advocacy and support initiative for pregnant women seeking asylum, refugee women, and women who have limited family or community support during pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood.
The Hearts and Hands programme
Referrals
Referrals can be made from the beginning of pregnancy, when WIN can arrange an initial conversation and invite the woman into wider community support. The programme helps women build trust early, understand available support, and stay connected before and after birth.
Childbirth Classes
Women may be invited to childbirth preparation sessions that support confidence, practical understanding, and emotional readiness for labour and birth. These sessions complement, rather than replace, professional maternity care.
Aim
The aim is to strengthen confidence, reduce isolation, improve women’s experience of pregnancy and birth, and make sure each woman knows there is a familiar and caring community around her.
Friendship and Social Integration
Hearts and Hands also opens the door to friendship, social connection, and integration, both antenatally and postnatally, through trusted relationships with WIN and the wider community.
Late Pregnancy
If a woman is referred in late pregnancy, WIN can still offer a supportive visit and, where time allows, one-to-one birth information and practical preparation. The focus remains calm, dignified support and connection to appropriate services.
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