La Leche League Oxfordshire is proud to support
Since 2012 the Oxfordshire Baby Friendly Alliance, an umbrella group representing new parents and those who support them, has helped support local services to implement of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative at every available level in Oxfordshire.
“Baby Friendly” status is given to maternity units, neonatal units, health visiting services and community settings such as children’s centres that provide a high standard of feeding support to pregnant women and new parents.
Read about The Baby Friendly Initiative and read our 2012 introductory document. Read our 2013 general Briefing Document and our 2013 briefing document on Community Breastfeeding Support.
Read about the impact of severe cuts to Oxfordshire children’s centres on local breastfeeding support in our briefing document (February 2016)
Read our submission to the Public Health Post-2013 – Structures, Organisation, Funding and Delivery Inquiry (March 2016)
Read about cuts to breastfeeding support services across the country in this Briefing Paper prepared for MP Alison Thewliss to present to the Department of Health, which includes among its signatories Oxfordshire Baby Friendly Alliance, La Leche League Great Britain and Oxford Baby Cafés Group (now known as Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support) (March 2016).
We also suggest following the work of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Infant Feeding and Inequalities.
For more information please contact us by email.