However motherhood finds you, there’s a place for you here.
A softer kind of community for expecting mothers, new mums and parents looking for real connection — through walks, coffees, conversations, snail mail and the simple feeling of knowing you don’t have to do this alone.
Motherhood looks different for all of us.
You don’t need to know anyone. You don’t need to have it all together. And you definitely don’t need to wait until you’re struggling. The Village is simply somewhere to find your people.
Expecting your baby?
You don’t have to wait until your baby arrives to find your village. Come meet other mums-to-be, ask questions, make connections and have familiar faces around you before this new chapter even begins.
In the newborn bubble?
Feeding, sleeping, crying, recovering, adjusting — those early weeks can feel beautiful and overwhelming all at once. Come exactly as you are, baby included.
A little further along?
The need for connection doesn’t disappear once the newborn stage ends. Whether your little one is crawling, walking or well beyond, there is still space for you here.
Looking for your people?
Maybe you’re new to Madrid. Maybe your old friendships feel different. Maybe you simply want to know more mums nearby who understand this season of life.
There’s more than one way to be part of The Village.
Connection looks different for everyone. Choose the part of The Village that feels right for you — whether that’s meeting locally, receiving something thoughtful through your letterbox or finding community online.
Valdebebas Meet-Ups
Relaxed meet-ups based in Valdebebas for mums and expecting mums from across Madrid. Come with the pram, the carrier, the baby, or simply yourself.
Explore meet-ups →Mums’ Snail Mail
Thoughtful letters, gentle reflections and small reminders that there is someone thinking of the woman behind Mum, too.
Discover Snail Mail →Online Community
A place for real conversation, everyday questions and connection with other mums — whether you’re in Madrid or hundreds of miles away.
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Valdebebas, shall we go for a walk?
The Village began with a very simple idea: sometimes what we need most is another mum to walk beside us.
Based in Valdebebas, our local meet-ups are relaxed spaces for expecting mums, new mums and mothers a little further along to meet, walk, grab a coffee and have a real conversation.
Come with the pram. Come with the carrier. Come five minutes late because the baby needed feeding. Come without knowing anybody. That’s exactly what The Village is for.
A little piece of The Village, through your letterbox.
Some days in motherhood feel incredibly full. Others can feel strangely small and a little lonely.
Mums’ Snail Mail is a monthly subscription created for the woman behind Mum — something thoughtful, personal and tangible to look forward to arriving through your letterbox.
Welcome to the Village
Dear Mum,
There is something nobody quite prepares you for about becoming a mother.
Suddenly, your world can feel both bigger and smaller than it ever has before.
There is this little person you could stare at forever. Days measured in feeds, naps, tiny noises and cups of tea you somehow never manage to finish.
And somewhere amongst all of that, there is still you.
Not the old you. Not only Mum.
You.
The Village is here to remind you that you don’t have to carry every part of motherhood on your own.
With love,
Your village, wherever you are.
Motherhood doesn’t always fit neatly around coffee mornings and meet-ups.
Sometimes the baby is sleeping. Sometimes leaving the house feels impossible. Sometimes you simply need to ask, “Is anyone else going through this?”
The Online Village is a place to connect with other mums, share the everyday bits of motherhood and find reassurance from people in the same season of life.
No perfect routines. No judgement. No pressure to keep up. Just real people and real conversations.
Real conversation
The questions, worries, wins and everyday moments that don’t always make it onto the polished parts of motherhood.
A familiar face
A space where names become familiar, conversations continue and community starts to feel a little more personal.
Gentle support
Somewhere to ask, share, listen and feel reassured without judgement or pressure to parent one particular way.
Connection from anywhere
Whether you’re in Valdebebas, elsewhere in Madrid or hundreds of miles away, there is still a place for you here.
Somewhere along the way, I realised mothers need mothering too.
Before becoming a mum, I had spent years inside family homes — supporting children, listening to parents and helping through the messy mornings, difficult phases and everything in between.
I thought I understood how much motherhood asked of a woman.
I discovered the strange contradiction of motherhood: you can be completely surrounded by love and still feel lonely. Your days can be fuller than they have ever been, while your world somehow becomes smaller.
Sometimes you don’t need advice. You don’t need someone to fix anything.
That is really where The Village came from.
I wanted to create the kind of space where you don’t have to perform motherhood. Somewhere you can arrive tired, late, unsure, happy, overwhelmed — or all of those things at once.
Somewhere you are seen as the woman behind the mum, too.
Come as you are.
You belong here.
Whether you join us for a walk in Valdebebas, find a letter waiting on your doormat or simply connect from wherever you are, The Village is here to make motherhood feel a little less lonely and a little more shared.