Founder · public leader · speaker
Sandra Igwe MBE builds ventures, national programmes and public conversations that turn Black mothers’ knowledge into better care, research, policy and culture.
Founder and CEO of The Motherhood Group since 2016. Founder of Mumbrite, the culturally responsive maternal wellbeing platform.
Community builds the evidence. Evidence changes the system. Systems must answer to mothers.
The ventures
One grows community power at scale. The other puts trusted, culturally relevant support in mothers’ hands. Together they make care, connection and influence more accessible.
Founded 2016
Community, campaigns, research, NHS training and national convening — designed with Black mothers rather than around them.
Femtech founder
A maternal wellbeing platform built to help mothers find specialist support, trusted information, community and the confidence to reconnect with themselves.
Formerly the BlackMums App, Mumbrite launched publicly in 2025 and was rebranded in 2026. It is a digital extension of the cultural care Sandra has built through community work.
Partnership with purpose
Across public, private, health and community sectors, Sandra’s work creates routes for organisations to listen better, act with care and be accountable for change.
Public leadership
From six visits to 10 Downing Street to parliamentary breakfasts, Department of Health and Social Care convenings, taskforces and advisory groups, Sandra carries mothers’ experience into public life with clarity and purpose.
Her national work is grounded in community accountability: what Black mothers say must shape the decisions made about their care.
Speaker · facilitator · commentator
Sandra is booked to keynote, facilitate, train and contribute expert commentary. She translates complex evidence into direct, human conversations about Black maternal health, culture, care, leadership and accountability.
Selected record
Thirty-six selected programmes, commissions, research contributions, public roles, publications and platforms that show the breadth of Sandra’s work.
Founder and CEO since 2016, growing a national Black maternal health organisation.
Founder of the culturally responsive maternal wellbeing platform, formerly the BlackMums App.
Founder, organiser and host of an annual national conference for mothers, clinicians, researchers and policymakers.
Founder of a national awareness week centred on mothers’ voices, joy and justice.
Led TMG’s partnership contribution, interpretation and dissemination with Centre for Mental Health and the Maternal Mental Health Alliance.
Co-chair of the inquiry into racial injustice and human rights in UK maternity care.
Led TMG’s NHS England and NHS Improvement-commissioned engagement on mothers’ access to support.
Co-author of the NHS England-commissioned guide hosted by the University of Exeter.
TMG community expertise supporting a Wellcome-funded collaboration with Cambridge and Northumbria.
TMG community-engagement contribution to Cambridge THIS Institute’s maternity improvement programme.
Co-author on a 2025 case study on patient and public involvement in maternity co-design.
Co-author of a 2025 BMJ Open paper on co-producing inclusive intervention development.
Co-author of the 2026 trial protocol for self-management of blood pressure following hypertensive pregnancy.
Supported TMG survey dissemination for the King’s College London and James Lind Alliance partnership.
Contributing to participant information, communication and trust in newborn genomic research.
Community insight for inclusive health-research engagement with Black mothers.
Oversaw TMG’s contribution to maternal mental health engagement and review work.
Community stakeholder contribution to toolkit development on listening to women in maternity care.
Completed an expert review for a Wellcome Discovery Award application.
Reviewed and scored delivery-partner applications in a formal NHS selection process.
Member contributing Black mothers’ perspectives to midwifery strategy and professional practice.
Health Equity Expert Reference Group member, bringing community insight into national maternity improvement.
Expert panel member and commissioned organisation gathering community and workforce evidence.
Expert-by-experience contributor to NHS England and NHS Improvement perinatal work.
Stakeholder and Family Voices contributions informing maternity evidence and communication.
Steering Committee member for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of Afrodescendent women and girls.
Founder of TMG’s structured route for mothers to shape research, training, policy and advocacy.
CPD-certified Diverse Motherhood and Cultural Competency training for maternity professionals.
Cultural competency training and post-session evaluation with maternity leadership.
Professional education on Black maternal health, racism, trust and culturally responsive care.
Facilitated Black maternal experiences event and authored a feedback report for maternity leadership.
TMG programme powered by Mumbrite, supporting maternal wellbeing, confidence and peer connection.
Expert contributor to reporting on the maternity care crisis and maternal-health accountability.
Public commentary on racial injustice, maternity care and the consequences of institutional failure.
Guest speaker bringing Black maternal health, culture and care into the corporate conversation.
Appointed MBE in the 2026 New Year Honours for services to Social Enterprise.
For a keynote, training, partnership, commentary or public conversation: bring Sandra into the room.
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