In anticipation of World Childless Week (September 14th-20th), we connect with with its Founder, Stephanie Joy Phillips in Worcestershire, England.
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FOUNDERS BLOG by Stephanie Joy Phillips
The forget me not has represented World Childless Week (WCW) since its inception. When I was looking for a logo for WCW it came up as one of the flowers representing September and as I’d already decided that WCW would run from Monday to Sunday around the 16th September it immediately felt right:
Read morePassing it on: the necessity of intergenerational childless stories
AMBASSADORS BLOG by Jody Day
When I was growing up, I had an Aunt and Uncle who were more reserved than my mother’s other brothers, and more glamorous too. They travelled a lot both for my Uncle’s engineering work in the RAF (Royal Air Force), and for leisure. The gifts they brought back, or gave me for birthdays and Christmases, were thoughtful, and quite unlike anything others grown-ups gave me.
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AMBASSADORS BLOG by Yvonne John
Crossing Oceans
The 22 June marked Windrush Day. My parents crossed an ocean in their twenties, travelling at different times on the ship Irpinia in the 1960s. They were two people who packed up whatever they could carry and arrived in England believing, because they had to believe it, that something better was waiting on the other side.
Read moreWhy the Arrival of Summer Can Be a Trigger for Childless Single Women
AMBASSADORS BLOG by Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle
Summer is usually seen as a time for freedom and connection. Most people think of barbecues, beach trips, and parents posting photos of their kids in the sun. But for single women who wanted to be mothers and aren't, the start of summer can be a difficult time. Grief doesn't go away just because the weather gets better.
Read moreWorld Childless Week Shop
The World Childless Week forget me not symbolises: our individuality alongside our strength and unity as a community, our determination to be seen and heard despite pronatalism trying to drown out our voice, and the love we hold for our unborn children who rest upon our hearts and will never be forgotten.
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