Who We Support

The Mount Crosby Weir after the flood.

Mumatopia is supporting the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal and offering the following: I will offer my doula service free of charge for any pregnant woman in the Ipswich/Lockyer region, who is due between now and mid March. I can take on a maximum of two clients.

Also, Mumatopia and Precious Packages are jointly coordinating a raffle to raise money for the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. Please visit the Facebook event we have set up with further info on this: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138398329553619.

Prizes on offer thus far include an original painting by local artist Kylie Stevens worth about $400, A hair straightening style pack worth $400 from Fuze Hair and Body, Birch Carroll and Coyle Movie family passes, a $150 TLC gift hamper from Trevallen Lifestyle Centre, a family pack of Mumatopia sandwich wraps, an $100 gift pack from Precious Packages, a $50 gift voucher from Gemutlich Kitchenware, a $50 voucher from Boutique Tres Chic and more, $100 in vouchers from Vintage by Lou Lou… and much, much more! We will be bundling up smaller prizes into $150 gift packs. Tickets are $10 each and available from Gemutlich, Precious Packages, and Deann’s Coffee House. You can purchase over the phone by credit card too, by phoning Janette at Precious Packages on 3281 6020. Winners will be drawn on February 25th at Precious Packages Twilight Trading and posted here and on Facebook!

Mumatopia proudly supports the Ipswich Hospital Foundation’s Sunshine Circle. In 2010 we held a raffle to raise funds for the Sunshine Circle and, in conjunction with Popeto Portraits and members of The Mumatopia Collective, donated $1000 worth of prizes for the Bling for Babies event.

Any couple that completes the Birthtalk Path to a Better Birth or VBAC course will receive a $200 discount on their doula fee if they book with Cas.* Birthtalk is a unique support and education organisation based in Toowong, Brisbane, and run by a registered midwife, childbirth educator and mums. Birthtalk specialise in:

Planning a positive birth no matter how you are birthing
Birth trauma, birth grief and birth disappointment support, understanding, tools for healing
Mythbusting the common fears and misconceptions about birth
Birth after caesarean support and education including VBAC and Positive Caesarean information

For further information or to book into a course, visit their website: www.birthtalk.org.

* Does not apply to other doulas I refer to unless they also offer this bonus individually.