World Childless Week began when Stephanie Joy Phillips had an idea for a global awareness week which she mentioned to a few close friends. Inspired by their enthusiasm, she spoke to the childless not by choice community who rallied round and stepped forward to offer their support.
Stephanie Joy Phillips
Stephanie Joy Phillips is passionate about raising awareness for the childless not by choice. After realising that there was no national recognition of the community she decided to start World Childless Week. She admins several Facebook groups including Childless Path To Acceptance for those past the point of trying to conceive, Childless Chit Chat and Childless Perks!! whose emphasis is on breaking away from the support, building friendships and finding laughter in a safe child-free zone.
Steph lives in Worcestershire with her husband and two rescue cats, Storm and Tea-Cup. She enjoys gardening, crafting (including cosmic smash booking), dining out and relaxing in front of the television with a puzzle book and one of her two cats snuggled up beside her. She is writing a self-help book about being childless not by choice after researching the thoughts and emotions of over 200 women.
Stephanie speaking about receiving the ‘Together’ Make A Difference Award from BBC Hereford and Worcester, in 2023
BBC Midlands Today, January 2024
Media World Childless Week and Stephanie JoyPhillips
Pets to be recognised in BBC Make a Difference awards, BBC News, Feb 2024
Grief can Ease and Coexist with Joy. Life can be Good Again, Happy and Childless podcast, May 2023
Community Visibility & Celebration, New Legacy Radio, July 2022
Conversation with the Founder of World Childless Week, The Fertility Conversations podcast, July 2022
World Childless Week the Annual Event for us, by Stephanie Phillips! (un)RIPE podcast, May 2022
Life without Children: Some by Chance, Some by Choice, Vanity Fair, September 2021
World Childless Week, Bibi Lynch mypoint.tv, Sept 2021
Childless not by Choice, The Fertility Podcast, October 2021
How the childless women of Instagram helped me come to terms with never having a family, The Telegraph, Sept 2021
World Childless Week, The Full Stop podcast, September 2021
The Childless Are Worthy to Be Seen and Heard, Psychology Today, August 2021
Childless Not By Choice, A Journey of Infertility, Conversations with Alison Jaye - The Journey to here, March 2021
World Childless Week, Newstalk Radio, September 2019
World Childless Week, The Full Stop podcast, September 2019
World Childless Week, More to Life (Fertility Network), August 2019
Please don’t push Pregnancy or Children in my Face, The Fertility Podcast, August 2018
World Childless Week, More to Life (Fertility Network), August 2018
Redesigning loss and life, PechaKucha Cambridge, August 2018
The Unborn Child, The Fertility Podcast, June 2018
Everyone in this room has a story to tell. What’s yours? Fertility Fest, April 2018
World Childless Week for those without Kids, Kate on Thin Ice, March 2018
World Childless Week starts today - here’s why it is important, Metro, September 2017
Not Everyone Chooses to be Childless: World Childless Week, Star and Crescent, September 2017
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