Yummy Mummy Survey

The rising cost of food is the biggest financial concern for mums in the year ahead, according to the results of a new poll. More than a third of mums surveyed (35 per cent) said the cost of feeding the family caused more worries than paying the mortgage (18 per cent) or the cost of petrol (17 per cent).

The survey was conducted to mark the fourth National Yummy Mummy Week www.yummymummy.org.uk, a fundraising campaign taking place this September (20th-28th) to celebrate motherhood and raise money for CLIC Sargent.

As well as questioning them about their concerns, the survey also asked mums what the factors were that influenced them when deciding to start a family.  Just under two thirds of mums put financial stability (36 per cent) and getting hitched (25 per cent) ahead of concerns about fertility (six per cent) and owning their own home (eight per cent). Only 10 per cent considered the impact on their career when deciding to start a brood.

When questioned about attitudes to childcare, 45 per cent of ladies said they spent the most time with their children over the summer holidays and this was because they chose to be a stay-at-home mum. Only 14 per cent said they were a stay-at-home mum because they could not afford childcare. The poll also showed that 61 per cent of women viewed the ideal time to become a mum was between the ages of 25 to 30.

CLIC Sargent’s Yummy Mummy Week encourages women across the country to help make a difference to those families whose lives have been turned upside down by cancer, by taking part in a series of regional events or hosting their own fundraising activities.

The Yummy Mummy campaign also includes a great range of merchandise including, I’m a Yummy Mummy t-shirts and I’m a Dishy Daddy mugs. For further information or to purchase online go to www.yummymummy.org.uk or call 08451 206 658.

In the four years since Yummy Mummy was launched more than £700,000 has been raised to fund the vital work that CLIC Sargent does in helping children and young people with cancer, and their families.  This year the aim is to break the £1 million mark.

The success of the Yummy Mummy campaign would not be possible without the kind sponsorship of international financial services organisation, Foresters.