Surrogacy Awareness Week 2024

Mike and Wes Johnson-Ellis – My Surrogacy Journey

Mike and Wes have done a lot of work in the field, especially their commitment to surrogacy such as the work they have done with the Law Commission to help change the Surrogacy Law and their many surrogacy initiatives such as The Surrogacy Network, My Surrogacy Journey, TwoDadsUK, their My Surrogacy Journey agency, the MSJ podcast and The Modern Family Show, which promotes especially LGBTQ+ family creation through surrogacy, fertility treatment, adoption, fostering etc. Just fabulous, everything they’ve done for the surrogacy industry.

Nomination received

Jemma Black – SurrogacyUK

Jemma eats, sleeps and breathes surrogacy. Not only has she helped 3 couples so far she also helps support/advise other surrogates and intended parents with her incredible knowledge making them feel at absolute ease. For the past 5 years she’s made such a difference in the community and definitely deserves recognition.

Nomination received

Sarah Taylor-Jones – SurrogacyUK

Sarah has been a trustee of Surrogacy UK for 8 years and first joined Surrogacy UK in 2002. Since then she has been an integral part of the organisation. She had helped to organise events for the group. She has been a surrogate 5 times and has been a membership advisor and surrogate support worker. She has worked hard to drive the campaign for the change of surrogacy law. She specialises in providing support for surrogate families, surrogates and intended parents. She works very hard in creating awareness and education for surrogacy.

Nomination received

Rena Miras-Pye – SurrogacyUK

Rena has made a huge difference to so many people involved in surrogacy in the UK, as a member of Surrogacy UK’s board of directors, as a surrogate mentor, leading information days, speaking to the media, conducting membership advisory sessions, moderating facebook groups. She has helped several couples to create families, one as an anonymous egg donor, two as a surrogate, as a breast milk donor and now as a known egg donor. She has done all of this with an energy, positivity and warmth which really is the surrogacy community at its best.

Nomination received

Orla Robinson – SurrogacyUK

Orla provides such wonderful support to the members of SUK – she is knowledgeable, kind, considerate and nothing is ever too much trouble. We really value her advice.

Nomination received