Our Story

Built by a mother who needed
this to exist first.

Mum & Purpose started as one honest conversation between tired mothers — and grew into a community that meets in person, on purpose, all year round.

A cottage with a spring garden, the kind of setting our first weekend away was held in
Where it started

A kitchen table, three mums, and one honest question.

  • "When did we last do something just for us?" No one could answer.
  • We booked a cottage for a weekend. No plan, just space to actually rest.
  • We came home different — and knew other mothers needed the same thing.
  • Mum & Purpose became a standing invitation, not a one-off weekend away.
“Motherhood shouldn't cost you yourself. We exist to help you hold both.”
Our Mission
What we stand for

Four things we never compromise on.

01

Small by design

Every retreat stays under 20 mums. Intimacy over scale, always.

02

No performance

No wellness jargon, no "best self" pressure. Come as you actually are.

03

Real community

Friendships outlast the weekend — our group stays warm long after check-out.

04

Rooted in purpose

Rest is the start, not the end goal. We help you reconnect to who you're becoming.

Our journey

How we've grown, one gathering at a time.

2023

The first weekend away

Three mothers, one cottage, zero agenda. The idea for Mum & Purpose was born over breakfast the next morning.

2024

Our first public retreat

We opened a weekend retreat to 12 strangers. Nine of them are still in our group chat today.

2025

A full seasonal calendar

Demand grew into quarterly retreats across the UK, plus our first day-retreat format for mums who couldn't get away overnight.

2026

A retreat, every month

Twelve gatherings across the year — one for every season a mother moves through. See what's coming up.

A mother embracing her daughter warmly
“We're not a retreat brand that happens to be for mums. We're mums who happened to build a retreat brand — because we needed it too.”
Founder, Mum & Purpose

Come see what we've built.

Twelve retreats, twelve reasons to set something down in 2026.

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