Mother Care

PROGRAMS

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ABOUT

Mother Care

After birth Mothers, families and caregivers need deep, ongoing support, nourishing meals, emotional and cultural care, and time to rest and heal.

The postpartum period has always been honoured as a sacred time, held by the community and guided by Country. The way a mother or caregiver is supported during these early weeks shapes the wellbeing of not only themselves and their baby, but their whole family and wider community. 

We have recently extended our program to support grandmothers, aunties and carers who find themselves in situations where they have extra children in the home or have taken custody of children or babies after birth or incidents. 

The Mother Care Program offers holistic postpartum support for Mothers and family caring for babies, through:

  • A six-week meal delivery service featuring bush food–infused, nutrient-dense, organic meat meals, vegetarian and vegan options available. 

  • Indigenous-led Postpartum Care Workshops grounded in cultural knowledge and community wisdom

  • Donations supported by Baby Give Back 

In collaboration with Widjabul Wia-bal chef Mindy Woods, our meals bring together traditional healing practices and modern nourishment—transforming classic home-cooked meals into restorative, cultural medicine for the postpartum period.

Mother Care is about honouring birth, supporting healing, and reconnecting with Indigenous ways of caring—for mums, caregivers, and the little ones they hold.


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The 2025 Mother Care Program is supported by James Frizelle Charitable Foundation, Sisters of Charity, SilverChef Community Grants Program, Inger Rice Foundation, Ingrained Foundation, and Creative Australia's First Nations Storytelling Grant.

  • High fat, nutrient dense diets help optimise breast milk production and nutritional composition, assisting babies growth and development.

    • Postpartum appropriate foods increase a mother’s ability to heal after birth, replenishing vital nutrients and essential fatty acids, revitalising her blood and assist healing after birth.

    • The first 2000 days (0-5yrs) of a baby’s life are integral to building a foundation of lifetime health and wellbeing. Studies show that optimal nutrition during this time can reduce the risk of adulthood diabetes and heart disease.

    • By providing freshly cooked and nourishing meals, along with baby and mother donated goods, and in-person support, we can reduce the economic and social stress of this time for mums and their families, reducing the risk of maternal mental health disorders, poor nourishment of mother and baby, and social isolation.

  • The Mother Care meal service supports First Nations
    Mums, carers, grandmothers and families on Bundjalung Country with weekly meal drops for the immediate 6 weeks after birth or an incident that requires extra family support.
    Supporting families to rest and recover together, while easing the pressure of meal times. The meal packages are delivered to family’s homes.

    The meals are healing for mum’s body, help increase breastmilk quantity and nutrient density, and are ancestrally and nutritionally-appropriate for the immediate postpartum period.

    The meals are medicine with good fats, protein and ancestral plants that are healing for our body, mind and spirit.

    Our meals are created using fresh, and local ingredients, infused with bush foods and are organic where possible. We have a team of women volunteers who prepare each meal with care.

    We also assist families in accessing donated goods for Mum and bub for those in need, through partnering with other community-run charities.

    The Mother Care Program is currently servicing families on Bundjalung Country from Tweed heads, south to Ballina, and west to Casino.

  • Designed to work alongside our Mother Care meal delivery and support service, the Indigenous Mother Care Capacity Building Workshops are a series of workshops for Indigenous Aunties, Sisters and Elders to build community capacity to care for Indigenous Mothers and children.

    While First Nations cultures have long held protocols and bush medicines for caring for Mother and baby after birth, much of this knowledge and practices have been disrupted by colonisation. These workshops aim to reconnect with that wisdom. Participants will learn how to prepare nourishing meals and provide support for pregnant and postpartum Indigenous women, their families and communities.

    Workshops will be led by Indigenous facilitators and birth workers, and will include recipes and teachings from Widjabul Wia-bal chef Mindy Woods, focusing on the preparation and cooking of meals using native bush foods.

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MADE ON BUNDJALUNG COUNTRY

All our meals are made in our kitchen in Mullumbimby, by women in the community who care about the health & wellbeing of First Nations families.

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