Haringey Infant Feeding Peer Support Service
Haringey Council Public Health commission The Breastfeeding Network charity to provide free, non-judgemental, evidence based baby feeding information to all Haringey families.
Our friendly peer support team can help with breastfeeding, expressing, bottle feeding, weaning from the breast and introducing solids. We support babies, toddlers, and small children, alongside your Health Visitor relationship.
All Haringey families are welcome to access our free service. We will support you in your feeding choices.
How and where to get support?
Face to face in the community
We offer face-to-face support across the borough of Haringey. Our sessions are free and open to all Haringey parents and carers. Please check our Eventbrite page to see up-to-date days, times and availability. Some of the sessions have to be booked using the EventBrite link below, others are drop-in (you do not need to register).
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-breastfeeding-network-haringey-35374458913
Our leaflet, at the very end of this page, shows our schedule and a map of our locations.
CLOSURES: Some of our locations are closed during school holidays; please always check that a session is running before attending. The information will be on our EventBrite page, or in our automated email reply.
You can also find our sessions at the link below, please be mindful that depending on your location you may also see sessions offered by teams from other boroughs:
https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/drop-in/
Online group and 1:1
Join us online for a 1:1 chat with our breastfeeding supporters from the comfort of your home. Book a session on our EventBrite page at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-breastfeeding-network-haringey-35374458913
haringeysupport@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
Get in touch by email with any question (no question is too small), and to receive up to date details of the support we provide.
Home visits
We are currently able to offer a few home visits each week. If you would benefit from a home visit, send us an email, or register your interest on EventBrite (see above).
Ayuda en Español para que las familias de London (Support in Spanish for London families)
¿Necesitas ayuda gratuita en alimentación infantil? ¡ Estamos aquí para vos !
Para que las familias de London se unan a una reunion virtual o soliciten asistencia individual, hemos configurado 1 sesion mensual en Zoom y una dirección de correo eletrónico central. Nuestros Supporters capacitados en lactancia estarán disponibles en los encuentros grupales por video y también para organizar un apoyo individual si asíse solicita.
Grupo virtual
- Nuestras reuniones mensuales en Español “Spanish Zoom Drop In” se llevan a cabo todos los primeros lunes de cada mes y brindan un ambiente amigable y seguro para apoyo en la alimentación de bebes y/o niños pequeños.
- En Zoom, puede descargar Zoom y registrarse de forma gratuita en Zoom.us en su computadora o App Store/GooglePlay en teléfonos móviles.
- Se requiere inscripción previa utilizando el siguiente enlace : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqdumvpzgvG9dg96HIUZegeUrUFbRrcBib
Mail en Español
Para solicitar los enlaces de preinscripción, enviar consultas y/o pedir asistencia personalizada, puedes hacerlo por mail en Español a :
haringey.spanish@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
Nuestro servicio en español es llevado a cabo por voluntarios. Los correos electrónicos se revisan los lunes y miercoles.
Haringey Antenatal Baby Feeding Peer Support Group
Join us to learn more about breastfeeding, expressing, mixed feeding and bottle feeding. Our trained Peer Supporters will support you to make your own informed choices. We offer several group sessions per month in different locations, please book at the following link.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-breastfeeding-network-haringey-35374458913
Hospital
Our breastfeeding supporters visit Haringey families on the maternity wards of the Whittington and North Middlesex Hospital, on as many days of the week as possible. If you have not met one of our supporters in the hospital, please get in touch by email!
Phone support
You may have received a phone call from us, because we try to call as many of the families who just gave birth to a baby as we can each week. Unfortunately we do not have a number that you can call back, but please don’t hesitate to contact us by email or come to one of our sessions.
If you’d like to have a phone chat, you could also call the National Breastfeeding Helpline, every day of the year, on 0300 100 0212.
Social media
Follow us for news about our service and baby feeding information. Please note that we do not offer support through social media, and that messages are not checked regularly – please email us instead.
Twitter: @haringeysupport
Facebook: @haringeybreastfeedingpeersupport
Instagram: @haringey_peer_support
Join us and help improve our service
How to train with us
Our volunteers have undertaken one of two levels of training designed for parents who have breastfed, to become registered BfN (Breastfeeding Network) volunteers. All our peer support training is accredited and delivered by trained BfN tutors.
If you are interested in volunteering with our service, please get in touch with us! Our training is open to all women who have personal experience of breastfeeding their own babies. It is open to mothers of all ages and backgrounds, to enable them to widen their knowledge, skills and experience to support breastfeeding within their communities or remotely. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and to eliminating discrimination in our training and coordination of volunteers.
Please find more information here: https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/get-involved/train-to-be-a-registered-volunteer/
Please contact us at the email address above if you would like to discuss joining.
How to feedback
Our online service evaluation actively welcomes feedback. Please complete this short survey to help us maintain, improve, and expand the service.
The Breastfeeding Network charity as a whole also runs a yearly evaluation survey. The link for this will be posted below when the survey is live.
Our team
Our friendly and experienced breastfeeding supporters offer information and support to Haringey families before and after they have had their baby. We are a relatively small team of part time staff and volunteers who are incredibly proud to offer their time to the families they support.
Updated September 2024