AI on Maternity Leave

About

A pilot event for women on maternity leave who want to get to grips with AI.

Taking months off with a baby is enough to make you feel anxious about going back to paid work. But right now, it can feel like everyone is racing ahead with AI while you're out.

But, now is as good a time as ever to learn something new. Your brain has just changed completely, after all. You might be surprised how much you can achieve on a mobile app with your baby on your hip.

This is a beginner-friendly couple of hours to get one or two things genuinely under your belt and built in real time.

It's not a lecture, and you won't be talked at. You'll leave with three things:

Something you'll do. You'll set up your own AI assistant that actually knows your job — live, on your phone, in the room. Not a saved tip. A working setup you keep. (Download the Claude app before you come.)

Something you'll keep. How to use AI safely and critically: what never to paste into it, how to spot when it's wrong, and where you — the human — stay irreplaceable.

Something you'll see. Where this is all heading next, and proof it's learnable — including a project one of us built from scratch while on mat leave, with no coding background.

This is a pilot, which means it's small and honest. We're going deep on what's useful rather than skimming everything. Bring the baby — noise is welcome and expected.

Who it's for: women on maternity leave, any industry, any starting point — from "I've never touched AI to "I've had a play but wouldn't trust myself with it at work."

The details:

* B-Y-O-B(aby)
* Plus X Innovation, Brighton
* Driving? Park at Aldi/Hobbycraft/B&Q
* Coffee and snacks included
* 11am arrivals for a 11.15am start
* Pop in and out to change baby as you need
* Cafe on site for mum chats/networking afterwards
* No tech bros

Join our WhatsApp community — women on leave figuring this out together — and you'll help decide what events we run next.

Limited spaces.