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For health advice, your first port of call will be your midwife or Health Visitor, depending on your baby's age. You can also access free peer support from trained workers and volunteers at Barnardo's

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Join Jo, from our Infant Feeding Team and Nikkie Beadle from maternity at our Family Hub in Furrlongs, Newport every Wednesday:

12- 1pm families with babies up to 6 months only

1 - 2.30 all families welcome!

A warm welcome, friendly support and biscuits are on offer as you 'Relax, Chat and Feed'!

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Barnardo's Family Hub Breastfeeding Stay and Plays

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Barnardo's Family Hub Breastfeeding Stay and Plays

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Drop in sessions for Breastfeeding parents and parents-to-be:

Newport Family Hub, Wednesdays 12pm to 2.30pm

Ryde Family Hub, Fridays 10am - 11.30am (from 17th April)

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Please the Isle of Wight family Hubs if you would like to talk about breastfeeding over the phone or via Teams online

iowfamilycentres@barnardos.org.uk

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Ellen, Lisa and Candyce are our Breastfeeding Network-trained Infant Feeding Supporters. They run breastfeeding stay and play groups on the Island, and offer Teams, telephone and email support to breastfeeding families. They are all passionate advocates of breastfeeding and enjoy supporting families on their journeys!

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Join Ellen and our Breastfeeding Network volunteers at our Family Hub in George Street, Ryde every Friday from 10am til 11.30am - a warm welcome, friendly support and jam on toast are on offer as you 'Relax, Chat and Feed'!

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Our Barnardo's Infant Feeding Peer Support worker will be at the Carisbrooke Health Visitor clinic every Friday morning

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Our Barnardo's Infant Feeding Peer Support worker will be at the Carisbrooke Health Visitor clinic every Friday morning

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Drop in Health Visitor Clinic for all Island families at Carisbrooke Family Centre, Fridays, 9.30 - 11am

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Infant Feeding Drop in - Wadhams Cafe, Newport

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Infant Feeding Drop in - Wadhams Cafe, Newport

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Padlet -  national breasteeding helpline

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Drop in sessions for all Island families

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Our Barnardo's Infant Feeding Peer Support worker will be at the East Cowes Health Visitor clinic fortnightly on Monday mornings

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Our Barnardo's Infant Feeding Peer Support worker will be at the East Cowes Health Visitor clinic fortnightly on Monday mornings

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Monday at 10-11.30am

29th June

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2nd, 16th and 30th November

14th December

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Please see our Infant Feeding Information padlet for useful tips, resources and guidelines 

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Please see our Infant Feeding Information padlet for useful tips, resources and guidelines 

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Attend one of our groups or contact one of our Infant Feeding Team for one-to-one phone or email support

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Breastfeeding Poster - where to find support May 26

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Are you more than 10 weeks pregnant or have parental responsibility for at

least one child under four years old?

In addition, receiving any of the following:

Universal Credit

Pension Credit (which includes the child addition)

if you're under 18 and more than 10 weeks pregnant, even if you don’t receive any benefits.

Follow this link to find out more and apply for the Healthy Start Scheme.

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What is Healthy Start?

If you're more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.

If you're eligible, you'll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We'll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks.

You can use your card to buy:

plain liquid cow's milk

fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables

fresh, dried, and tinned pulses

infant formula milk based on cow's milk

You can also use your card to collect:

Healthy Start vitamins - these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding

vitamin drops for babies and young children - these are suitable from birth to 4 years old

If you live in Scotland

You can get help from Best Start Foods (opens in a new tab) instead.

Advice on healthy eating

For more advice on healthy eating, visit:

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If you're more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. If you're eligible, you'll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops.

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Come along to one of our Island-wide Pop Up Breastfeeding Groups!

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Come along to one of our Island-wide Pop Up Breastfeeding Groups!

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We offer breastfeeding support on the phone, every day of the year, 9.30am to 9.30pm. Call Charges to all helplines apply. Calls to 0300 numbers cost no more than calls to UK numbers starting 01 and 02 and will be part of any inclusive minutes that apply to your provider and call package.

National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212

The National Breastfeeding Helpline is a helpline run in collaboration with the Breastfeeding Network (BfN) and the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM). All the volunteers answering calls are mums who have breastfed, and all have received extensive training in breastfeeding support. Calls are diverted to the next available ABM or BfN volunteer. The Helpline is funded by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Scottish Government.

Support is also available in Welsh and Polish via the National Breastfeeding Helpline - call 0300 100 0212 and press 1 for Welsh and 2 for Polish.

Rydyn ni'n cefnogi mamau trwy'r gyfrwng y Gymraeg - ffoniwch 0300 100 0212 ac wedyn gwasgwch opsiwn 1.

W naszej ofercie nowy serwis z informacjami dotyczącymi karmienia piersią i emocjonalnym wsparciem mam w języku polskim. Zadzwoń pod numer 0300 100 0212 po czym wybierz 2

BSL users in Scotland can contact the helpline via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, Scotland's national video relay interpreting service for public bodies and third sector organisations.

BSL users in other areas are welcome to contact the helpline via a third-party interpreter service.

It may also be helpful to know that support is available via web chat or private message via Facebook and Instagram. Many of BfN's regional services are currently running support sessions via Zoom - you can find details of your local service here.

Supporterline is run by BfN Registered Breastfeeding Supporters. Supporters are mums, who have breastfed their own babies and who have received extensive training in providing breastfeeding information and support. They work on a voluntary basis and are based in their own homes.

BfN Supporterline in Bengali / Sylheti: 0300 456 2421

Breastfeeding support available for Bengali and Sylheti speakers. If a volunteer is not available to take your call, a message can be left and someone will get back to you. Lines are open 9:30 am to 9:30 pm, 7 days a week.

Drugs In Breastmilk Information Service

The original Drugs in Breastmilk Helpline was set up by BfN in response to the number of calls we were receiving that concerned medication.

In 2017 we noticed that majority of enquiries from parents and professionals to the Drugs in Breastmilk Helpline were coming via email or social media. As a charity operating on reducing funds we need to run the service in the most efficient and effective way possible without compromising the needs of parents. As a result we decided to run the Drugs in Breastmilk service via email and social media enquiry only.

You can access information on taking prescription drugs while breastfeeding by sending a private message via our Facebook page or via . Please provide as much information as possible (age of baby, dose, frequency and name of medication or drug). All enquiries are answered as soon as possible by one of our qualified pharmacist volunteers or breastfeeding supporters. As we can't guarantee a response time, in an emergency situation, please do not wait for our reply, but access help from a trained healthcare professional.

The service is open to mothers, parents and professionals.

Evaluation

Click here to read the Evaluation of the National Breastfeeding Helpline impact in Scotland carried out in 2017.

Click here to read the 2012 UCLAN evaluation of the National Breastfeeding Helpline.

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Breastfeeding Helplines - The Breastfeeding Network

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We offer breastfeeding support on the phone, every day of the year, 9.30am to 9.30pm. Call Charges to all helplines apply. Calls to 0300 numbers cost no more than calls to UK numbers starting 01 and 02 and will be part of any inclusive minutes that apply to your provider and call package.

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Debbie (Infant Feeding Coordinator) and Liz (Infant Feeding Support Worker) work within the Health Visiting Team on the Island. Debbie has a background in midwifery and experience as a specialist public health nurse, while Liz has extensive experience working in SCBU, supporting parents and their babies with feeding challenges. Both have a wealth of experience working with babies and families and share a passion to support parents on their feeding journeys, ensuring women feel encouraged and supported in their chosen method of feeding. They are also working to achieve UNICEF Baby Friendly Accreditation, which will recognise their commitment to ensuring they are meeting best standards in their knowledge and practice to support infant feeding and relationship building for the families in their care.

If you would like some support from our infant feeding team, please contact Duty on 0300 1235224.