Nya Birth Collective was founded to address persistent racial inequities in maternity outcomes and experiences across the United Kingdom. We work both with families navigating maternity care and with the institutions responsible for delivering it, bridging community experience with system level change.
Our work is grounded in the knowledge that racial disparities in maternal outcomes are avoidable. They are shaped by structural inequities, bias, and lack in understanding around anti-racist practice. Meaningful change requires more than awareness; it requires accountability at all levels, strategy and sustained action.
Transforming Maternity Care Through Equity, Accountability and Partnership
Our Approach
We deliver consultancy, educational programmes and strategic support to NHS trusts, private providers, universities and organisations committed to improving equity within maternity services. Our work includes:
Embedding culturally safe and anti-racist practice
Supporting workforce development and reflective learning
Advising on service design and equity focused strategy
Contributing to curriculum development and decolonisation within midwifery education
Strengthening engagement with global majority communities
Direct support for families navigating maternity services through 1:1 antenatal education programmes
Our Commitment
Nya Birth Collective is committed to:
Advancing equitable maternity outcomes
Challenging structural inequities within maternity care
Promoting culturally safe and evidence informed practice
Bridging the gap between lived experience and service provision
Supporting organisations to move from intention to measurable change
Our work is collaborative, solutions focused and rooted in professional integrity.
Founder
Nya Birth Collective was founded by specialist EDI midwife Keelie Grindley.
With extensive experience in maternity care and a focused commitment to equity, anti-racist practice and culturally safe care, Keelie works at both community and institutional levels to drive meaningful improvement. Her experience spans clinical practice, advocacy, education and consultancy, positioning her to support organisations seeking credible, practical and transformative approaches to reducing disparities in maternity services.
