In order to celebrated the work and promote the work and the difference it can make we have been asking people to share their stories of what AIMS has done for them., their families or friends.
Here we share some of the stories which have been shared with us so far. If you would like to contribute your story please send us your story (maximum 250 words) and a photo to campaigns@aims.org.uk
Claire Stanojevic
Clanfield, Hampshire
Nadia Higson
NCT Antenatal Teacher and AIMS Trustee
I first heard of AIMS when I started my training as an NCT antenatal teacher, and my tutor told the tutorial group “You should all join AIMS”. So I did – and was very glad I did. During my training and after I began facilitating courses, the AIMS publications were invaluable in giving me and my clients accessible, evidence-based information. I also loved receiving the AIMS Journal. It was a breath of fresh air, ‘telling it like it is’ and reassuring me that I was not alone in my concerns about how the maternity services operate in practice.
Since becoming more active in recent years, first as a Volunteer and then as a Trustee, I am so glad to have found an opportunity to work with a like-minded group of people, using my skills and experience for a cause I believe in. The AIMS mission “We support all maternity service users to navigate the system as it exists, and campaign for a system which truly meets the needs of all” really chimes with me, and I am glad to be a part of working to achieve it through my work on the Helpline, writing, campaigning and organising. Becoming the principal author of ‘The AIMS Guide to Induction of Labour’ has been a really special opportunity to pay back all I received from the previous AIMS books and Journal.