REIMAGINING THE FAMILY EXPERIENCE
We produce creative events that support the creation of a new family leisure landscape; one that promotes in-person community and parent wellbeing, and tackles the rising isolation and overwhelm so many parents feel.
WHERE ARE UK PARENTS GOING WITH THEIR KIDS?
Having a baby shouldn't mean your world gets smaller. But for parents of young children, this is exactly what happens.
6 in 10 new parents in the UK say they feel lonely or isolated at least some of the time after having a baby. Nearly 9 in 10 feel overwhelmed.
And yet, where are parents actually meant to go?
Somewhere built entirely for children - noisy, hectic and overstimulating for everyone?
Or somewhere you loved before you became a parent - design-led, uplifting, grown-up - but where you quickly realise a toddler wasn't part of the design brief.
So parents stay home. Or settle for somewhere that leaves everyone depleted. Parent mental health declines and communities disintegrate.
What Honey House is building is not another place or experience ‘for children’. But places and experiences where children are included but a parents’ wellbeing is also considered and supported. We are building the future of the family experience.
The Honey House Story So Far
500+ families supported
100+ events run
10 different event formats
2,000+ active parents part of the Honey House community
Venue partners: Gail’s, Brewhouse, The Railway, The Libertine, Babble (Hove), Shelter Hall (Brighton), Audioactive, Bay Café, Slake Spirits, Lark, La Dolce Vita.
Influencers and friends: Emily Williams World, Lara Sheldrake, Lucy Rowan, Isla Rose Potkins, With Livy, Laura Phelan, Zara Bentley, Hello Dodo, Worthing councillors Sophie Cox and Natasha Davie.
In print and in the community: Honey House’s EASE magazine and guest articles for Worthing's Inside magazine. Creative workshops for Worthing Festival (2026) and Brighton Wellness Festival (2025).
CHANGING THE STATUS QUO
With over 3.5 million parents of children aged 0–5 in the UK, 38% of children's centres gone since 2010 and a high street where one in eight shops sits empty, parents are running out of places to go.
82% of UK parents report experiencing loneliness or isolation - and face-to-face connection and community supports wellbeing in a way scrolling never could - yet the places parents and families need to thrive simply do not exist.
Where parents go matters. We need more places - and better places for families that support whole family wellbeing. We need a radical rethink of our family leisure landscape. Will you join us?