The Goodwin volunteer doula project provides support to women during pregnancy and the early weeks of family life. This website provides resources for Doula projects across the country. It also provides a place where women can share experience and find out more about becoming involved in Doula projects. Find out more about the principles of the Doula project and how to set up a project.

The aim of this event is to bring together Doulas, teachers, students, health professionals and parents and to inform as well as educate around positively supporting women and their families through birth and early family life.
Parent 1st based in the Thurrock area are the first area to Replicate the Doula project. For more information click on this link
In conjunction with Hull & East Riding Maternity Services we have recently won the 2008 All Party Parliamentary Group Maternity Awards for services for isolated communities. If you are interested in developing such a service in your area of the country, we have now developed a replication package for such organisations. Please visit
e than that. The word 'Doula' is Greek and has come to mean 'a trained and experienced partner who accompanies a woman through pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks of family life`. A Doula offers no clinical skills and does not perform any medical tasks.
The Goodwin Volunteer Doula Project is a voluntary project set up within the auspices of the Goodwin Development Trust. The word 'doula' is a Greek word meaning 'woman servant' but has now come to mean a woman who offers emotional and physical support to women before, during and after childbirth.


