Netmums is a website for parents in the United Kingdom, established in 2000. It operates as a network of local sites, and offers information to both mothers and fathers about parenting. The Coffee House web forum launched in 2004 for mothers to chat, make friends and exchange advice online. As of 2012 the site included over 150 local websites, 500 national meet-up groups for mothers and 1,500 bloggers in its network. History Netmums was founded by Siobhan Freegard, Cathy Court and Sally Russell who met at playgroup in Harrow, north west London in 2000. Freegard was born in Bristol and started her career as a marketer for hospitality provider Keith Prowse. She has written for The Guardian newspaper, and has appeared on the panel television shows Loose Women and This Morning. Co-founders Court and Russell worked in food technology and environmental sciences respectively. Netmums started off as a single local site, then gradually grew to cover other local areas, all of which were originally maintained by volunteer site editors using Adobe Contribute and Adobe Dreamweaver web editing software. In 2009 the website was included in The Independent newspaper's ‘Top 50 Websites and Blogs for Parents’, and the business was estimated to be worth £50 million. Cathy Ranson was editor-in-chief from 2010 until she left in March 2015, replaced by Annie O'Leary. By 2011, the number of registered members of the website reached 1 million. and shortly after this, the three co-founders sold their company to European group aufeminin, originally retaining control over the Netmums brand, but later leaving the site to pursue other work. In March 2012, Netmums and marketing data company Cint created a panel of 4,000 participants to gain market insight on mothers with babies. In September 2014 Rimi Atwal, formerly of Bauer Media Group, was appointed managing director. In the 2014 New Year Honours Netmums founders Freegard, Court and Russell received OBEs from the Queen for Services to Families. In 2013, Netmums announced advertising sign-ups with Stiefel Laboratories' Oilatum and Aquafresh Kids, as they revealed a 46% increase occurred on ad spend on the site from April 2012 to April 2013. In 2016, Netmums made a post-tax profit of £1,518,962 on a turnover of £5,064,760 (down 33% from 2015). Content Netmums lists crafts and activities for families in the school holidays and weekends. Birthday party ideas for children are offered, including planning, making invitations, party themes, recipe