The Working Mum Project

Have you gone back to work? Or is your ‘back to work date’ slowly creeping up on you? How are you feeling Mumma? Are you excited to return or do you have no choice but to return?

Our blogs cover a range of topics and we have many more planned for the future – do you have something you need to say? Do you have something you want covered? GET IN TOUCH. We’re always looking for feedback, new subject matter and guest bloggers, there is no ‘right’ way to do things just a million different ways to achieve our goals.

We’re here to support you as best we can. This is your community, this is your safe space to vent or ask questions. We hear you Mumma, we’re always listening.

Welcome to The Working Mum Project’s blog… Mum’s the word:

Earning my career, not my income

As a working mother who chooses (or has no choice but) to send her child to some sort of childcare provider, whether that be a nursery, childminder or nanny – you become resigned to the extortionate cost that comes with it. The cost of childcare is what you used to spend on weekends away or…

What should have been

They say it takes a village. But what happens when your village is banned and you’re forced into isolation? We know that COVID has taken lives and destroyed livelihoods, but that doesn’t mean that you’re not allowed to grieve ‘what should have been.’  As parents, we see first-hand how fast time goes by. You blink…

Furloughed Mum.

It’s been a strange old year and I can’t quite believe it’s the end of September with the big ‘C’ word (Christmas) just around the corner. I’ve had very little to say on here because quite simply, I haven’t been a working mum – I’ve been furloughed. But, I’m back. I’ve been thrown back into…

I’ve been quiet, but i’m still here.

I’ve been quiet, but I’m still here. The past few weeks in lockdown have been strange, almost surreal, I wake up some mornings thinking ‘when will this end? is this real life?’ Juggling working from home and a 1 year old was so tough, that being furloughed by my employer was a blessing in disguise.…


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