The Mothers' Springboard Programme workshop
An online workshop with life coaching, expert speakers and practical career tools.
The programme
You've already taken the hardest step.
Motherhood transforms careers, finances and identity. Our community-based work-readiness programme helps you rebuild with confidence.
What's included
- Interactive workshops
- One-to-one coaching
- CV development and business planning
- Expert-led sessions on self-care, time management and finance
- Work experience opportunities
- A supportive community of mothers
What you gain
Confidence, employability skills, financial knowledge, career prospects, clarity about your future and meaningful connections with other mothers.
How the programme works
Over 10 weeks you take part in five online workshops of 90 minutes each, held fortnightly, with expert speakers, one-to-one coaching and support to reach the right services. Because it is online, you can join from home around childcare.
1
Choosing a career of passion and purpose
Explore what matters to you and how it can shape the work you do next.
2
Self-care for a sustainable career and life
Look after your wellbeing so you can build something that lasts.
3
Financial empowerment
Build practical money confidence and understand your options.
4
Family systems
Work with your family life, not against it, when planning your next step.
5
Empowering your career journey and making it happen
Turn your plans into a clear, realistic action plan.
One-to-one coaching
Alongside the workshops, you are offered up to four one-to-one coaching sessions. Your coach helps you work through your own barriers, build confidence and turn what you learn into practical next steps between sessions.
Our coaching is supported by the Optimus coaching academy, and many of our coaches and speakers give their time as volunteers. Many are mothers themselves.
Support around you
We point you to specialist help when you need it, including employment support, training and education, business support, and wellbeing and family services, so you get the right support at the right time.
Workshop recordings and resources sit in our members' area, so if you miss a session you can catch up and stay connected.
Who it is for
The programme is for mothers in Greater London who want to move towards employment, self-employment or education and training, and especially for single mothers facing financial hardship or feeling cut off from opportunities.
You do not need a clear plan to start. Many mothers arrive unsure of their next step and leave with clarity, a 90-day action plan and a community behind them. We are inclusive and culturally aware, and we welcome mothers from every background.
Support that doesn't stop after 10 weeks
Continued workshops
Ongoing expert-led sessions for graduates.
Peer support
WhatsApp and mums' groups, so you are never doing it alone.
Leadership
Opportunities to become an Ambassador and give back.
Past workshops
A record of previous sessions.
How to join
Spaces are limited and released through the year. Email us to register your interest and we will let you know when the next one opens.
Help a mother take her next step
Your gift funds free workshops, one-to-one coaching and peer support for mothers across Greater London.