Village KitsBuild your village
before you need it.
Free kits to start a small circle of single mothers where you live. Swap babysitting, share advice, and maybe one day share a home. No app, no fees: your circle belongs to you.
Three ways a village helps
Babysitting swaps
Trade hours instead of money. Sit for someone on Tuesday, get a free evening on Friday. A simple ledger keeps it fair.
Advice circles
A monthly evening for the questions nobody else gets: donors, clinics, sleep, money, and telling your child their story.
Co-living
Two or three families under one roof, sharing rent, meals and bedtime shifts, with mothers you already trust.
Join while you're still deciding
Most single mothers by choice spend months, often years, deciding, choosing a clinic and trying. That's the perfect time to build a village.
Join a circle now, go to advice nights, babysit for others and bank the hours for after your birth. When your baby arrives, the people around you already know you, and you've already helped them.
See what a circle can do at each stage →Considering → talk to mothers who've done it
Trying → someone to go with you to appointments
Pregnant → a meal rota and a 3am phone number
Baby → babysitting swaps and sleep shifts
Growing → school runs, and maybe a shared home
Small steps, in this order
Trust grows slowly. Each step builds on the last one.
Coffee
Meet 2–3 mothers nearby in a café or playground.
Advice nights
A monthly evening of honest talk.
Babysitting swap
Trade hours once everyone has done the safety checklist.
Co-living
Share a home with mothers you've swapped with for months.
Your circle, your rules
Free and open
Copy, print, translate and adapt every kit. No sign-up, no account.
No app needed
Your circle runs in the group chat you already use. If this site disappeared tomorrow, your circle would keep going.
Anywhere
The kits work in any city. List your circle so mothers nearby can find you.
Safety first. Village Kits is a toolkit, not a vetting service. Every kit starts with the safety and trust checklist: meet in public first, build trust gradually, and never leave your child with someone you haven't come to know yourself.