Next week is the UK's 7th Annual Black Maternal Health Awareness week.

Five X More CIC has come together with a host of organisations, individuals and health professionals for a weeklong campaign dedicated to raising awareness about the disparities in maternal outcomes for Black women and birthing people in the UK.

What is this year's theme?

The theme this year will be:

Leading with Solutions, Not Trauma

This is Five X More CIC’s 7th Black Maternal Health awareness week marking a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to improving outcomes for Black mothers and birthing people. Black women are still 2.3 times likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth and 6 weeks after in the UK (MBRRACE, 2025).

The overall hashtag for the awareness week is #BMHAW26
Here are the daily themes for the week. If you would like to get involved with any of the daily themes, feel free to send us an email at info@fivexmore.org  

Agenda for the week

Tuesday 21st April Is a Day of Action!

On Tuesday there will be a day of action where EVERYONE can get involved.

Help us raise awareness of Black maternal health outcomes in your own way. This is all of our week to take action. You could:

• Share a post, blog, or video

• Write to your local MP

• Host a discussion or awareness session

• Share key stats or insights from our latest report

• Challenge misinformation when you hear it

• Amplify Black mothers’ voices (with care and consent)

• Ask your local services what they’re doing to improve outcomes

Create your own content and tag us so we can repost and amplify and the day and throughout the week. This week is for all of us!

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Tinuke and Clotilde, Five X More Co-founders.

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