My name is Laura-Rose & I am a Strategic Account Director for REDBOX GROUP a BCORP certified supplies business & I manage UK wide multi-cited client accounts & new business .
I am also Founder of 'The LGBT Mummies Tribe' .
a global organization who’s sole purpose is to ‘Educate, Share, & Celebrate’ LGBT+ women & people worldwide on the path to motherhood or parenthood.
We act as a central point of support & a safe haven through providing information, guidance & knowledge on the available routes to starting a family through our website & social channels.
From educational resources, support groups & services, information on charities, LGBT+ brands, & sharing your journeys with our community to our annual UK ‘Meets’ where families come together to celebrate our community, make friends & share their experiences.
Whether you are thinking of starting a family or have children already by fertility treatment, surrogacy, adoption, fostering, as a single parent, co-parent or a step parent, all are welcome.
We are passionate about equality are currently in talks with the Government, work directly with the NHSE/I, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives & other UK governing bodies& organizations. We work with them to bring policy change & support to ensure equality & inclusivity to LGBT+ people & their children through fertility, healthcare & associated services.
I am also a Stakeholder on the NHS Maternity Transformation Council for Better Births, the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists ‘Women’s Voices Involvement Panel’, Mid & South Essex Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership Co-Vice Chair, RCOG NMPA Women & Families Involvement Group, providing my knowledge & experience of the LGBT+ community we support & also my own lived experience. I am regularly asked to present or train organizations in how to be inclusive & support LGBT+ people & their families across maternity, healthcare & society.
My wife & I are also Ambassadors for The Centre for Reproductive & Genetic Health supporting LGBT+ parents through their fertility treatment at the clinic.
We have worked with Stonewall as part of their 30th Anniversary campaign & have also been personally invited to Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister & have had multiple articles & interviews published about the work we do.
We also partner with worldwide clinics, sperm banks & other organizations to provide education & information to our community. Of late we have partnered or worked with the Met Police, GLAAD, Tommy's, Philips (globally), Pregnancy+ App, Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Silver Cross, Tommee Tippee.
I also work as a Speaker & writer & have presented & spoken at events, summits & meetings for many of the above organizations, an regularly am invited to speak on podcasts & interviewed for media outlets & write articles for organizations regarding the work we do & our lived experience, our expertise.
We work tirelessly to inspire LGBT+ women & people on their quest to motherhood or parenthood, whilst working to ‘usualize’ our families in the media & creating a more inclusive future for our children, by providing visibility of our families, creating change & equality.