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Happity has been featured across the media, including from sources such as The Independent, Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, Channel 5 news and more. You can find examples of our press coverage below.
You can find out more about our business here. We can help contribute quotes, interviews and articles on many parenting issues, in particular around maternal mental health, flexible working and equality. We can also put you in touch with providers of baby & toddler classes and parents should you require direct quotes from them.
You can also find quotes, images, video assets and our logos in our press kit.
Happity in the press:
Happity have been featured in articles around many parenting issues, in particular around maternal mental health, flexible working and equality. They also have been highlighted as paving the way as female co-founders (and mums) running a startup business in the tech industry.
Channel 5 News
Co-founder, Emily Tredget, made an appearance on channel 5 news to advocate and raise awareness about post-natal depression for Maternal Mental Health week.
The Guardian
Happity have appeared in The Guardian multiple times, discussing parenting topics as well as the impact that Covid-19 had on the wellbeing of parents and women.
The guardian
About the coronavirus and how it may be affecting the rights for women
June 2020
The guardian
On the topic of shared parental leave
December 2018
The Telegraph
Happity has covered a range of topics through The Telegraph, offering insight into what it’s like to be a female founder, being a working mother, and more.
The Telegraph
This article covers: The distribution of money going towards startups (and how it is uneven between genders)
February 2021
The Telegraph
This article is about International Women’s Day, showing pictures of working mothers in Britain
March 2020
The Telegraph
The story of how coronavirus could have been affecting people’s mental health (and what people can do about it)
March 2020
The Evening Standard
During the pandemic, Happity was highlighted as a must-have tool for parents, helping to keep children entertained during lockdowns.
Evening Standard
This article is from the Pandemic, sharing how our platform was being used to help families at home
May 2020
Evening Standard
Happity was named in this list of best parenting gadgets and products
January 2020
The Independent
Offering a good escape for young parents during the pandemic, Happity was highlighted in The Independent as a great resource.
Independent
A list of baby and toddler classes that were being recommended during the lockdowns
January 2021
Independent
An article for new parents, reassuring them that a second lockdown would not be as bad as the first.
November 2020
Techround
Sara and Emily were listed at number 23 in Techround’s “top women in startups and tech” list.
Techround
A success story of how Happity secured our crowdfunding funds (with the helps of those like Twinkl and Ada Angels)
November 2022
Techround
Emily and Sara landed the Number 23 spot in the 2022 list for Top Women in Startups and Tech
March 2022
The Times
Happity was featured in the title, sharing insight into the struggle for parents who need to return to work but don’t have childcare available.
The Times
An insightful story about the struggles for parents needing to work but unable to afford childcare
June 2020
Forbes
A discussion that Happity co-founder, Sara Tateno, contributed an opinion towards, as to whether the term “mumpreneur” was beneficial or offensive. The article features multiple mum entrepeneurs offering their opinions.
Forbes
Is the word Mumpreneur An Offensive term? This article discusses this
May 2019
Parliament campaigning
When campaigning to make sure that baby and toddler classes would be allowed to run, Happity featured in multiple articles and debates from parliament UK. In the process, they were also nominated for petition campaign of the year.
Parliament UK
Happity was nominated for petition campaign of the year in 2021
March 2021
Parallel Parliament
Parliamentary debate on maternity leave
October 2020
Committees Parliament UK
This article is an official guidline on the impact of COVID-19 on maternity and parental leave
September 2020
Sky news
While running her campaign “shoutie selfie”, Emily shared some insight as to how difficult it is to know that someone is struggling with PND. She shared a very personal story in hopes of raising awareness, and making those who feel something similar could feel less alone.
Sky News
A realistic insight into this picture of co-founder Emily Tredget, and an honest truth about PND
May 2018
Metro
Emily continued her efforts to raise awareness of maternal mental health issues in this article from the Metro.
Metro
An article discussing the many maternal mental health issues facing young families.
May 2018
Daily Mail
During her campaign #ShoutieSelfie, in which Emily raised awareness about post-natal depression, multiple celebrities joined in and this was covered in this article from the Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
Finding support for Maternal Mental Health Week in the media, this article features Made in Chelsea stars support
April 2018
Happity has also been featured in:
Startups.co.uk
Emily shares about her experience with motherhood and her mission with Happity
August 2023
Startups.co.uk
Happity featured in this article about what founders featured in the Startup 100s index 2023 consider to be their must-haves in their business
August 2023
march8.com
Interview with Sara and Emily about Happity, and their journey as co-founders
February 2023
She Can code
Sara Tateno features on SheCanCode Spotlight series
January 2023
She Can code
Emily Tredget features on SheCanCode Spotlight series
December 2022
STARTUP OBSERVER.COM
A success story of how Happity secured our crowdfunding funds (with the helps of those like Twinkl and Ada Angels)
November 2022
beststartup.london
Happity listed in this list of London’s fastest growing baby startups
October 2022
Mother bodies podcast
Sara Tateno shares insight on this podcast into working as a parent, breastfeeding struggles and the joy of baby classes
October 2022
Which.co.uk
Happity features in this article about NHS vs NCT and other private antenatal classes
September 2022
We Made a wish
Article sharing about the Happity Parenting Platform
September 2022
My Lemon Magazine
Article sharing about the Happity platform
September 2022
London Daily News
This article talks about how Happity have now expanded to over 20 cities.
September 2022
Sutton & Croydon Guardian
Happity was named as one of Britain’s most inspirational small firms in 2022
August 2022
Yahoo! News
Again, Happity was named as one of Britain’s most inspirational small firms in 2022
August 2022
Hubspot
An Interview with Emily Tredget
March 2022
Interview With Sara Tateno for International Women’s Day
March 2022
“How Happity Helped Me As A New Mum” a post shared from a regular user of our site
March 2022
Nourish
An article about how mums use their influence to raise awareness for maternal mental health
May 2021
School for Mothers podcast
Podcast episode featuring Sara Tatano
March 2021
Podtail
Podcast with Emily Tredget – I’m a Mum, Fix My LIfe
May 2020
Computer world
Sara Tateno named in this article about women in tech
December 2019
Solid State Group
Sara Tateno’s story of how she left the BBC and went on to run her own business
Oct 2018
Covid-19:
Through the pandemic, Emily and Sara campaigned to ensure that baby and toddler classes could continue to operate. In the process, whilst offering online baby classes, they highlighted the impact that covid-19 had on young parents and the importance of activities for young children. The eventual outcome was changing government legislation and being nominated for campaign of the year.
Menloparks
This article was created to inform young parents about Happity, as a way of keeping themselves and their children entertained in the pandemic
September 2021
Surrey Advertiser
Local newspaper for co-founder Emily, about being nominated for Petition of the Year campaign
March 2021
ICAP
Article discussing the role of online classes and the importance of them
August 2020
This is money
Happity mentioned in this article about the cost to the nation of school closures
July 2020
Sync Ni
Happity is mentioned in this list of apps to help during lockdown
June 2020
Baby shop
Happity is mentioned in this list of best online baby & toddler classes to try in lockdown
June 2020
Huffington post
Article discussing the issue of Coronavirus leaving young mothers to miss out on quality time with their babies.
June 2020
Mummylinks:
Before Happity, Co-founder Emily created MummyLinks as a safe space for mums to meet. During her time running the business, she campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of maternal mental health issues, appearing on national news and running the hugely successful #ShoutieSelfie social media campaign each year.
The Mummylinks Blog
Blog written by Emily: Uncovering the #HiddenHalf of Post-Natal Depression
Feb 2018
Mind your mamma
Blog written about Mental health and being unaware that you’re struggling.
November 2017
Huffington Post
An article discussing whether mental health is an issue that faces a specific age group.
October 2017
Huffington post
Article written by Emily, questioning if loneliness is what leads to Post Natal Depression
September 2017
Shoutie Selfie:
Launched in 2017, Shoutie Selfie got maternal mental health trending in just 30 minutes of launching, and a million impressions in the first week.
The campaign received support of amazing charities, organisations and celebrities such as BBC5Live, HeadsTogether, Baby Buddy, NCT, PANDAS, World mental health day, Binky and Jane Felstead, Anna Williamson, Josh Paterson and many more!
Baby and Children’s market
Article shouting about Emily Tredget’s shoutie selfie campaign
May 2018
Made for mums
Emily Tredget shares her story of her PND struggle and offers hope for those also going through it.