A supportive online circle in english for women in North America who are definitely childless not by choice.

You love your partner. You love your stepfamily and friends. And sometimes, you still wonder where you belong. Being a childless stepmum can be a complicated place to stand.

If you live in England you can add your voice to The Big Conversation on Care.

TRIGGER WARNING

If you wish to listen to my interview on CNN International please take note the imagery used is insensitive to our childlessness which is why I suggest listening rather than watching.

FOUNDERS BLOG by Stephanie Joy Phillips

Phew… and just like that it’s all over again; World Childless Week 2026 is done and dusted - or is it? Our seven days have finished for now but the stories, webinars and emotions of every description can still be felt in every fibre of my being. I know they exist and are a part of me every day going forward.

In anticipation of World Childless Week (September 14th-20th), we connect with with its Founder, Stephanie Joy Phillips in Worcestershire, England. 

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:

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.

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.