Holding Time at Halton Family Hubs: Celebrating Mothers’ Voices

The Holding Time Project brought photography, poetry and creative health workshops to Halton Family Hubs across Runcorn and Widnes. Featuring breastfeeding portraits across seven venues, writing workshops led by Rachel New and an audio tour at Norton Priory’s walled garden, the programme created opportunities for mothers to share their experiences of breastfeeding and motherhood. Developed with Halton Family Hubs and Improving Me, the project celebrates mothers’ voices and explores how creative practice can support maternal wellbeing.

Hear Us Roar! Open Eye Launch

With an audience of NHS staff, the social prescribing Team from WHAM, members of the local CCG and local breastfeeding mentors, the performances by mothers were entertaining, moving and full of meaning.

Holding Time Launch at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

The Holding Time Project launched in Cheshire and Merseyside at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery on 19 November 2021, as part of Baby Week. Supported by WHAM, the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s and Children’s Partnership, the event brought together photography, mothers’ interviews, poetry and creative health research. Led by artist Lisa Creagh, Holding Time explored the cultural, emotional and practical barriers to breastfeeding while celebrating the diversity of mothers’ experiences across the region.