
Birmingham Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2026
Wednesday 13 May 2026 | Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF
SPEAKERS
Sue Macdonald,
Maternity and Midwifery Festival Programme Curator and Editor, Mayes Midwifery
Amanda Hutcherson,
Education Consultant, Knitting and Creative Wellbeing
Director, All4Maternity
Neil Stewart,
Editorial Director, MATFLIX/Maternity & Midwifery Forum
Editor, Maternity & Midwifery Newsletter; MATFLIX
Lecturer in English Linguistics, University College London
Doula, Author, Educator
founder of MidwifeExpert, Author,
Teaching waterbirth for the 21st century – love, skills and knowledge
Gut Health Coach
Vice Chair, Neonatal Nurses Association; Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Craigavon Area Hospital; Doctoral Fellow; Queen’s University Belfast
Director, Black Baby Loss Awareness C.I.C.
Assistant Professor, Coventry University
Senior Midwifery Advisor (Education) Nursing and Midwifery Council
Midwifery Lecturer and Admissions Lead, University of Leicester
UOB Student ambassador, Midwifery Society Chair, First-year midwifery student
First-year student midwife, University of Birmingham
First-year student midwife at the University of Birmingham and serves as the Social Media Representative for the Midwifery Society.
First-year student midwife at the University of Birmingham and and serves as Vice chair in the Midwifery Society
Assessment & Counselling Manager, Safeline; Doula
























