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Katie Rollings։ A “Walk and Talk” for People Struggling with Fertility or Reproductive Health Challenges
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Sep 29, 2026, 14:53

Katie Rollings։ A “Walk and Talk” for People Struggling with Fertility or Reproductive Health Challenges

Katie Rollings, Founder and CEO of Fertility Action, shared on LinkedIn։

“You know those strange and rare moments that make you actually catch your breath and stop for a minute?

Yesterday was one of those days.

Two years ago, Dr. Grace Lee-Brindle and I met in a park with a cup of tea, excited about what might come next.

I had put adverts all over social media for a ‘Walk and Talk’ for people struggling with fertility or reproductive health challenges.

The idea was unbelievably simple: come along, walk, talk and meet people who understood.

Not a single person came.

I was beyond gutted. At the time, it felt like the biggest failure.

But I’d been listening to Elizabeth Day’s brilliant podcast, ‘How To Fail’, and I was convinced that my failures would continue to be where things begin.

So instead of going home defeated, Grace and I sat on that table and started talking about what we really wanted to create.

A charity where support felt gentle and natural. Where people could find connection without having to explain themselves. Where everyone felt welcome, whatever their family-building pathway looked like.

Yesterday, by complete coincidence, I drove through Goring – the very place where we were hosting another Walk and Talk, and where my own fertility journey began 16 years ago.

It was such a full-circle moment that made my heart feel very odd – in a squeezy good way.

And then I saw the numbers. Small in most locations – but more than zero!

27 locations across the UK (and the Netherlands – thank you, FertiFriend!).

Around 100 people registered to walk and connect. And 17 people together in Edinburgh alone.

The thing that once felt like our biggest failure had become something that was starting to bring people together.

Men connected and talked for the first time ever; women squeezed hands and held tight, understanding hugs; people held meaningful conversations that weren’t across a screen.

That is the bit that really got me.

Our dream of creating spaces where people can find connection, community, and a little bit of genuine understanding and compassion is slowly becoming a reality.

I’m incredibly grateful to the whole team at Fertility Action for believing in this mission, too – and especially Hannah Pearn (who’d already been doing this too!) and Clare Campion, who worked so hard behind the scenes to make yesterday happen.

And thank you to every charity, organisation and individual who gave their time, opened their doors and helped make these walks possible. You can see many of them on the poster below.

Sometimes, you really don’t know where a ՛failure՛ is going to take you.

Our next Walk and Talk is Sunday 21 March 2027. We’d love you to join us.

And in the meantime, contact us if you’d like to join one of our multiple weekly drop-in calls – or an ‘Ask The Expert’ session, tonight with Emma Whitney joining us live at 7 pm.”

Katie Rollings։ A “Walk and Talk” for People Struggling with Fertility or Reproductive Health Challenges

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