breastfeeding
Published on Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 12:54 pm
Extra breastfeeding support is coming to new mums thanks to a £183,000 grant.
The funding comes from the Family Hub grant received from the Department for Education, and it will expand on the existing infant feeding support by providing ELHT with more infant feeding support workers on the postnatal ward at weekends and in the community in Blackburn with Darwen.
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Published on Tuesday 9 February 2021 at 3:12 pm
Two of the area’s major providers of children and family services are jubilant after once again being accredited as the gold standard of ‘baby friendly’ organisations.
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Published on Monday 24 June 2019 at 9:32 am
Two of the area’s major providers of children and family services are jubilant after once again being accredited as ‘baby friendly’ organisations by UNICEF UK.
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Published on Monday 12 November 2018 at 10:45 am
Blackburn with Darwen has today become officially ‘breastfeeding friendly’, meaning mums who want to breastfeed out and about in the borough can do so with full confidence.
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Published on Friday 5 June 2015 at 10:39 am
Livesey Children’s and All Age Centre in Blackburn will host a special event on Monday, June 8 as part of East Lancashire’s ‘Celebrating Breastfeeding Month’.
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Published on Thursday 12 June 2014 at 12:02 pm
Livesey Children’s and All Age Centre in Blackburn will host a special event on Monday June 16 as part of Lancashire’s ‘Celebrating Breastfeeding Week’.
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Published on Monday 9 June 2014 at 10:39 am
A Darwen mum has spoken about her positive experiences with breastfeeding ahead of a week-long celebration of breast feeding in East Lancashire.
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