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Press Coverage

August 2025: DHSC Press Release

New wave of mums to benefit from 24/7 breastfeeding support. Thousands of mothers and babies will benefit from extended support to breastfeeding services this year.

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August 2025: Solent Sky Services

Portsmouth Breastfeeding Network lit up the Spinnaker Tower in purple to mark the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week.

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June 2025: BBC Stokie Stories

Celebrating the people of Stoke on Trent in the city’s centenary year.

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August 2024: The Mirror

‘Breastfeeding mums are struggling in pain and silence – Labour must make three key changes’ – Catherine Hines, of the Breastfeeding Network, has called on further investment in access to information and support for women and their families

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August 2024: The Mirror

‘I had toe-curling pain breastfeeding – my baby vomiting my blood was a wake-up call’ – Rebecca Frater felt like a ‘failure’ after struggling to breastfeed her baby but after the eye-opening experience, managed to do things differently the second time around with her baby girl.

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August 2024: Family Assist Solent

Portsmouth is a Breastfeeding Welcome City and many organisations in the city have signed up the the Portsmouth Welcomes Breastfeeding Scheme, a commitment to support breastfeeding in their venues.

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December 2013: The Herald

Mothers’ charity founder, Mary Broadfoot, retires.

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