How it started

When I went back to work after having my children, I quickly realised that the mental load doesn’t clock off when you sit down at your desk. The childcare research, the school applications, the funding forms, the logistics — it all kept piling up, quietly draining the headspace I needed to do my job well and be present at home.

I started helping friends and family navigate the same challenges — researching their options, pulling together plans, cutting through the confusion — and realised how much of a difference it made. Not just practically, but emotionally. When someone else takes the research off your plate and hands you a clear path forward, it changes everything.

The Mum Desk grew from that. A service built around the real, specific, often-overlooked challenges that working mums face — and a genuine belief that employers have both the opportunity and the responsibility to help.