How Your Vote for the MMHA Can Help Every Parent Get the Mental Health Support They Deserve Before, During and After Pregnancy

This September, the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is one of four nominated charities in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll. Every month, My Favourite Voucher Codes donates 20% of its profits to one winning charity. Voting is completely free and by casting a quick vote for the MMHA, you can help transform the lives of new and expectant parents across the UK.

Who are the MMHA?

The MMHA is an award-winning UK charity and national network made up of more than 160 organisations and over 40 parent champions with lived experience of perinatal mental illness. The charity’s aim is to ensure that every family affected by perinatal mental health problems can access high-quality, compassionate care wherever they live.

Perinatal mental illness is the most common pregnancy complication, five times more common than gestational diabetes in fact, affecting as many as 1 in 4 new and expectant mothers. Conditions can include antenatal and postnatal depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (often following a difficult birth), and, in rare cases, postpartum psychosis. Without the right support, these illnesses can have a devastating impact on parents, babies, and wider families.

Despite its prevalence and devastating impact, mental health still does not receive the same attention or investment as physical health during the perinatal period. The MMHA exists to change this.

What Does the MMHA Do?

The MMHA works nationally and locally to ensure that mental health support is not a postcode lottery. The charity’s approach combines evidence, advocacy, and collaboration:

• Campaigning for change: The MMHA influences government policy, NHS planning, and service commissioning. Through high-profile campaigns such as Turn the Map Green, the charity has driven record investment in perinatal mental health services across all four nations of the UK.
• Raising awareness: Many families and even professionals are unaware of the signs and symptoms of perinatal mental illness or where to find help. The MMHA produces evidence-based resources to reduce stigma and empower parents and those around them to seek and offer support.
• Strengthening the sector: As a network, the MMHA brings together charities, clinicians, researchers, parliamentarians, and people with lived experience. By sharing data, best practice, and new ideas, the Alliance helps services across the UK offer better, more equitable care.
• Training and education: Through events, reports, and resources, the MMHA helps improve understanding of perinatal mental health and the need for trauma-informed, culturally competent care.

Current Campaigns

In 2025, the MMHA’s core campaign is ‘Right Care, Right Time’. This focuses on three priorities:

1. Protecting and expanding specialist services, including community teams, inpatient Mother and Baby Units (MBUs), and Maternal Mental Health Services (MMHS) for those with complex needs such as birth trauma or baby loss.

2. Making mental health support routine, ensuring that every maternity appointment includes a mental health check-in, and that evidence-based psychological therapies are embedded into maternity care.

3. Ensuring equitable access, by breaking down barriers faced by too many families, calling for better data transparency, training, and person-centered, culturally competent care.

What Impact has the MMHA Had?

The impact of the MMHA’s campaigning has been transformative. In 2014, less than 20% of the UK had access to specialist perinatal mental health services. Many areas, especially in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, had no dedicated services at all. After years of sustained advocacy, that picture has changed dramatically. There has been unprecedented government and NHS investment, and now the majority of the UK is “green” on the MMHA’s campaign map, meaning more families than ever before are able to access lifesaving care.

But there is more to do. Services remain overstretched, waiting times can be long, and some families still face immense barriers to accessing care. A vote for the MMHA helps continue this vital work until no family is left behind.

How Will the Donation Help MMHA?

A donation will help us the MMHA would directly support their ongoing campaigns, awareness-raising, and information resources. These funds help the charity advocate for system-wide improvements while also producing practical tools for parents and professionals. In short, the donation helps turn advocacy into action, making sure parents across the UK can get timely, compassionate care.

How Can I Contact the MMHA?

While the MMHA itself is not a direct service provider, its website signposts to trusted organisations and helplines across the UK. Families can find information on symptoms, treatment options, and where to seek urgent or ongoing support.

For general enquiries, the MMHA can be contacted at info@maternalmentalhealthalliance.org, and more information is available at maternalmentalhealthalliance.org.

How Can I Support the MMHA?

The best way you can support this charity is by voting for them in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll.

The MMHA is always in need of donations to help them continue the important work they do for families impacted by perinatal mental illness. Get involved and head over to our homepage to vote for the MMHA and help women and families affected by perinatal mental health problems have access to the care they need and deserve.

How Can I Find Out More about the MMHA?

Find out more about the MMHA at maternalmentalhealthalliance.org or by following them @MMHAlliance on Instagram or Bluesky.

Why Should You Vote for the MMHA?

Perinatal mental illness can affect anyone, regardless of background, income, or location. When untreated, it can have lifelong effects on parents and children. But with the right care, recovery is possible, and families can thrive.

By voting for the MMHA, you are helping ensure that mental health support is not a privilege, but a right for every family in the UK.

Vote for free via the My Favourite Voucher Codes homepage and help the MMHA continue its life-changing work. Share the poll with your networks and encourage others to vote too.

Together, we can make sure no parent faces perinatal mental illness alone.