Feel inspired | Mothers CAN

The network

Our network of mums are taking all types of action across the UK. At Mothers CAN we never tell members of our Network what to do. Instead we support them to take the action that works for them in their local context.

In June 2026 Mothers CAN celebrated its 5th birthday.

Fiona - Head of Inclusive Support - Oxford Brookes

Fiona and her Buckingham Mothers CAN group have most recently run a campaign for Clean Air Day 2024 and continue to work with the schools on active travel initiatives. They are working with children in the Eco Council at a local school and run a Climate Cafe.

A group of five middle aged women in warm clothes standing next to a yellow van, smiling.

Polly - An Engagement Consultant

Polly and her Leigh-on-Sea Mothers CAN group created a new beer to raise awareness of seagrass, with 10% of profits going to the Essex Wildlife Trust. Her group also held a community event to imagine what the future could look like.

A mother with short red hair stood next to a lake smiling, with a young baby in a red backpack.

Sara - Specialty Registrar in clinical oncology

Sara and her Cambridge Mothers CAN group have worked on a variety of climate issues. Sara also spoke out at in her local Council Chamber.

A mother on a bicycle, wearing a high vis helmet, blue jumper and grey skirt, with a line of children and parents on bicycles behind her.

Catherine - Clinical Scientist

Catherine worked with other parents and school staff to run a Cycle to School week and launch a weekly Bike Bus.

A group of happy young children sitting in and on a pile of paper chains outside a civic building with some adults watching.

Fiona - Edinburgh Mothers CAN group leader

The Edinburgh Mothers CAN group successfully lobbied the City of Edinburgh Council to ban high carbon advertising on buildings and in public spaces they own. The group also designed and led the Protect Our Future project, over 6,000 children wrote personal climate messages to Scotland’s politicians. They have met with their local MPs, and have developed their own Mothers CAN group Strategy.

A mother with blonde hair and glasses is holding a cardboard placard saying "quit the quarry". She is stood on the street with a child in a hooded coat who is smiling and holds a cardboard placard saying "locals not lorries".

Carrie - Architect and business owner

Carrie has done Door Knocking with Greenpeace, and sparked conversations with customers of her architectural practice by arriving by bike and talking over a dairy-free hot drink. She has marshalled Greenpeace anti fossil fuel marches, and lobbied MPs, the PM and key secretaries of state with her daughter to support the Climate and Nature Bill. She has protested against a gravel quarry between her children’s two schools.