NHS Maternity Care Research Small Grants Programme

NHS South Yorkshire's Local Maternity & Neonatal System (LMNS) offers small grants to community groups across South Yorkshire to engage specific communities in gathering stories, feedback and experiences from women and families who have used maternity and neonatal services in the past 2-3 years. The program targets communities that often experience the poorest outcomes from maternity care, including groups in areas of high deprivation, Romanian communities, Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities, Somali communities, young people, and adults living with complex medical conditions. Organizations receiving grants should undertake comprehensive community engagement and share findings at a special listening event to help shape NHS South Yorkshire's new involvement strategy. The program aims to ensure future maternity care is co-designed by under-served communities so their voices can be amplified.