Maternity & Midwifery Forum
Birmingham Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2026

Birmingham Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2026

Wednesday 13 May 2026 | Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF

 

SPEAKERS

Sue Macdonald

Sue Macdonald,
Maternity and Midwifery Festival Programme Curator and Editor, Mayes Midwifery

Amanda Hutcherson

Amanda Hutcherson,
Education Consultant, Knitting and Creative Wellbeing

Dr Anna Byrom,

Director, All4Maternity

Neil Stewart

Neil Stewart,
Editorial Director, MATFLIX/Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Dr Jenny Hall

Dr Jenny Hall

Editor, Maternity & Midwifery Newsletter; MATFLIX

Dr Beth Malory,

Lecturer in English Linguistics, University College London

Sallyann Beresford,

Doula, Author, Educator

Sam Todd,

Consultant Midwife,

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dayna Wright,

Midwifery Led Services Matron,

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Edidong Ishola,

Perinatal Mental Health Expert,

MIKEDCAREs

Dianne Garland

Dianne Garland,

founder of MidwifeExpert, Author,

Teaching waterbirth for the 21st century – love, skills and knowledge

Amanda Whitehead,

Gut Health Coach

Colm Darby

Vice Chair, Neonatal Nurses Association;  Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Craigavon Area Hospital; Doctoral Fellow; Queen’s University Belfast

Alicia Burnett,

Director, Black Baby Loss Awareness C.I.C.

Dr Sally Pezaro,

Assistant Professor, Coventry University

Jacqui Williams

Dr Jacqui Williams,

Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education) Nursing and Midwifery Council

Female Speaker Silhouette

Sarah Milnes,

Midwifery Lecturer and Admissions Lead, University of Leicester

Jainaba Hughes,

UOB Student ambassador, Midwifery Society Chair, First-year midwifery student

Deborah Williams,

First-year student midwife, University of Birmingham

Bonita Tittrea,

First-year student midwife at the University of Birmingham and serves as the Social Media Representative for the Midwifery Society.

Tilly Cairns,

First-year student midwife at the University of Birmingham and and serves as Vice chair in the Midwifery Society

Lorelei Margison,

First year student midwife, University of Birmingham

Student ambassador.

Claire Nash,

Assessment & Counselling Manager, Safeline; Doula