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Press Coverage

BfN Breastfeeding Network peer supporters standing with BfN banner.

July 2026: Derbyshire Times

Families invited to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week at free events across Derbyshire.

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BfN peer supporters with a mum and child sat at a table - with Enfield Welcomes Breastfeeding banner in background.

June 2026: Enfield Independent

Enfield Council launches Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme

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October 2025: The Guardian

‘The pressure to get your old body back is immense’: the new mothers driven to weight-loss jabs

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World Breastfeeding Week 2025 logo

August 2025: HCM Press Release

GLL supports National Breastfeeding Week 2025

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Baby smiling at mum

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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Mum smiling at the camera, with baby in a carrier

August 2025: BBC News

Support network helped us to breastfeed, say mums.

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Portsmouth Spinnaker lit up purple for World Breastfeeding Week

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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The Breastfeeding Network peer supporters, healthcare professionals and mums stood with BfN banner.

July 2025: Derbyshire Times

Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in Derbyshire at free family-friendly events – including picnics and parties.

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BfN peer supporters dressed in their purple shirts

June 2025: BBC Stokie Stories

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

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Close up of mum with baby

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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Rebecca Frater holding child (child's face blurred)

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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A mum breastfeeding her baby in a park

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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Two children shown from the back, wearing tshirts that say "ask my mum about breastfeeding"

July 2024: NHS Derbyshire

Family invitation to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in Derbyshire

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A mum standing on the tube, breastfeeding

January 2024: Metro Article

“Nobody offered me a seat on the Tube when I was breastfeeding” – Catherine Hine, CEO of the Breastfeeding Network comments

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A mum and dad smiling at their baby

January 2023: BBC News

Paralympian Lora Fachie shares breastfeeding struggle

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Mary Broadfoot holding flowers

December 2013: The Herald

Mothers’ charity founder, Mary Broadfoot, retires.

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