Following our successful workshop series on how to develop a coproduced Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding Strategy, we are delighted to announce the launch of the accompanying guest webinar series, where we will hear from experts on how to flesh out the detail of those strategies. The first of our series is on virtual breastfeeding support, and we will shortly announce the dates of our other topics, including:

• infant feeding in emergencies
• hospital breastfeeding 
• the WHO Code
• neonatal breastfeeding
• digital tools and apps
• breastfeeding welcome schemes and workplace policies

among other topics to be announced.

All webinars will be recorded.

Webinar: Designing a virtual breastfeeding support scheme

Wed, 17 Jan 2024
14:00 – 15:30 (Online)

About this event
In the first of our guest webinar series, we will hear from Hampshire Breastfeeding Counselling, who in 2020 rose to the challenge of setting up a virtual breastfeeding support offer when their usual face-to-face groups were unable to meet due to the Covid restrictions. They discovered that while virtual support cannot always replace that face-to-face experience, it has proven a valuable addition to the breastfeeding counsellor’s toolbox.

The government’s new Start for Life programme recommends developing a virtual breastfeeding support element as part of a Local Authority’s breastfeeding support offer. As the first 75 LAs on the programme design their local infant feeding strategies, now is a timely opportunity to learn how to set up a successful scheme that makes the most of the technology now available.

Who this webinar is for

• breastfeeding counsellors
• breastfeeding peer support coordinators
• lactation consultants
• infant feeding leads
• LA public health managers and commissioners
• health visiting managers

Tickets: £25 

Register here

This webinar will be recorded and made available to registered attendees shortly afterwards.