Who we are

We are a small team of UK mothers who are worried sick about the climate crisis.

We are inspired by young activists and owe it to them to step up and take responsibility for the mess older generations have created. 

We are part of a growing and diverse climate-parent movement and work with parents groups in the UK and across the globe.

  • Becky Ward

    Becky is a co-founder of MRU, manages our social media presence and is the organisational powerhouse behind many of our actions. After a career working in top UK law firms and as an officer in the British Army she is now a stay-at-home mother. As a full time carer for one of her two boys, she has a unique insight into how social injustices impact people with disabilities.

  • Maya Mailer

    Maya is a co-founder of MRU, leading on strategy and campaigns, and co-lead of the Our Kids’ Climate global network. Maya has worked on campaigns and policy for Oxfam, the International Crisis Group, and UK refugee charities and is a trustee of Asylum Matters. She has three children, who inspire - and exhaust her - every day.

  • Chryso Chellun

    Chryso is a co-founder of MRU and the creative drive behind MRU stunts and actions but primarily mother to a wonderful daughter. Reading the IPCC report in 2018 completely floored her and she hasn't stopped campaigning since. Chryso creates the incredible props used in our actions.

  • Rebecca Wynn

    Rebecca has been an organiser with MRU since 2019. She provides media and communications support to MRU and Our Kids’ Climate. Rebecca has previously worked as a press officer for Oxfam, UNICEF, the Mayor of London and the Royal Society. Becoming a mother to two children triggered her journey into climate activism.

  • Anna Ratcliff

    Anna has been an active member of MRU since 2019, working on media and communications alongside the day job. She has been campaigning on climate change for many years with organisations such as Friends of the Earth and Oxfam. Anna is also mother to two brilliant boys.

  • Emma Powell

    Emma Powell

    Emma is a co-founder of MRU. She is our passionate team facilitator and digital content creative. Emma’s previous acting career also brings playful, theatrical expertise to our work. Alongside MRU work, she is a voice-artist, yoga-teacher and mother to a wonderful teenage boy.

  • Lorna Powell

    Lorna joined MRU in 2022 and organises across various areas including strategy, creative actions and social media. She is also an NHS urgent care doctor and mother of two small children who wake up too early.

  • Bongi Kellner

    Bongi is a social media expert with a passion for environmental campaign work. She also organises for Project Embrace, promoting the celebration of afro textured hair. Bongi has a baby daughter who is nearing her first birthday.

  • Claire Stephenson

    Claire is a public relations practitioner, media strategist and journalist. She played a pivotal role in the campaign to stop fracking in her home area of Lancashire. Claire is the mother of two empowered teenage daughters.

  • And many more...

    Mother’s Rise Up works is supported by many more brilliant mothers. We work with parents groups in the UK and across the globe including Parents for Future, Mums For Lungs, the Ella Roberts Family Foundation, and Our Kids’ Climate. We are supported by and collaborate with the Insure Our Future campaign.

“We must keep harnessing parent power to demand clean air and a healthy world for our children to grow up in. It is every child's right to breathe clean air.”

— Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, BreatheLife Ambassador and Clean Air pioneer