PILOTING NOW IN TOWER HAMLETS
Shared capacity
for mothers.
intentnl builds and runs your network of mothers who can, and want to,
show up for you. We call that your pod.
Live in E14, E1, E3 and E2, and growing. Free, hands-on, and human.
From joining to your first meet-up: 13 days on average. Without a single message.
From an ask to your first yes: typically hours, not days.
You're the node everything tends to stop at.
You're the one everyone else's day depends on.
"Honestly, I just need...
...Someone to play with my toddler while I switch gear."
...A village that actually wants to show up."
...An hour to reset."*
intentnl exists so it doesn't have to be only you.
*(Mums in the pilot, in their own words. If any sounded like your voice, this was built for you.)
WHAT INTENTNL IS
A few mums close by, who get each other, and actually show up.
Every mum could do with a bit more capacity to get on with what she needs to do. A moment to herself in the chaos, to catch her breath from having a nervous system that carries everyone else's world.
That's what intentnl is for.
intentnl finds mums near you – not just any mums, your people – you meet, and if you click, you can ask for what you need without noisy WhatsApp groups or guilt: an hour's cover, some company once the kids are down, a hand on a hard day.
intentnl does the finding and the back-and-forth. You meet, align, ask, get the help.
It works because it goes both ways. You show up for them, they show up for you,
so the capacity is there when any of you needs it.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps:
no admin, no friction, no noise.
Step one
Create your intentnl snapshot.
.Who you are, your values, what your week looks like, what you can give and what you'd value back.
Step two
Meet your people, skip the diary tennis.
A person (who also happens to be a mum, too), not an algorithm, reads your snapshot and introduces you to a few mums near you who fit.
No pool of profiles, no sifting. That part is our job.
You meet for a walk, a coffee, whatever works to get a sense of each other. With, or without the kids. If you click, you add them to your pod.
Step three
Your pod, as big as you like, managed.
Once someone's in your pod, ask for what you need or offer what you can: an hour's cover, company on an evening in after the kids are asleep... No admin, no shame, no noisy group chat. Just real people, close by who hear you, see you, and show up because they get it.
The more people are in your pod, the more shared capacity there is. We do the maintenance work, you just get what you need, when you need it.
PILOT LIVED EXAMPLE:
One mum offered an hour. Another took it. Both gained something that was missing.
"I was able to sort things to donate and declutter the flat, knowing the kids were having a lovely time playing at home. I could dip in without feeling socially obligated to entertain."
"I didn't think I had much to offer, but now I see how simple it can be to give another mum what they need ... and my toddler was entertained ... It's a win-win-win."*
*This mum had a toddler the same age as the other mums youngest, and was due her second baby within weeks.
WORKING MOTHER, SCHOOL RUNS, SWIM LESSONS AND A DIARY WITH NO GIVE?
You're not too structured for this.
Mum of two, both parents working:
"intentnl is helping to find me people that fit with the rhythm of my life and the season I'm in now."
Your needs evolve as your family does. So does how intentnl works for you.
intentnl is for all your seasons, not just mat leave.
THE PROBLEM ISN'T YOU, IT'S SYSTEMIC
71%
That's how many mothers in the UK (67% across Europe) report feeling overwhelmed by the demands of motherhood.*
This isn't a personal failing, and it isn't new. It's what happens when the informal networks that used to hold mothers up thin out: nearby family, a street of people who knew each other, a community that simply expected to share the load. Or maybe they were never there: you're here, your family is abroad.
That gap is most acute for mothers who'd assume they should be managing fine: stable jobs, good postcodes, no obvious crisis. The infrastructure didn't disappear because it stopped being needed. It disappeared because nothing replaced it.
intentnl is built to be that replacement, made for the way mothers and families actually live now.
The invisible load of mothering doesn't change because of who is in the house.
It changes when you're seen.
Where you come in
We're starting small and close to home, building this properly,
the way it should be done.
We find your people.
Help build your pod.
And carry the load of running it.