The Tower Hamlets Baby Feeding Service and Breastfeeding Network offer free information and support about all aspects of feeding your baby. Support is available on the wards at the Royal London Hospital, with phone and/or video calls and drop-in sessions at Family Hubs across the borough. We also offer, based on prior assessment, home visits and 1 to 1 appointments at Family Hubs. We run online and inperson ante-natal workshops on ‘Getting Ready to Breastfeed’ and ‘Colostrum Harvesting’. Team members speak several languages including Bengali, Sylheti and Somali. Do get in touch if you have any questions or need support with feeding your baby.
Services Available
- Hospital Support
- Drop in Groups
- Home Visits
- Telephone/Video Call Support
- Antenatal Workshops
Contact Details
Phone: 07961 609626 | 020 3594 2591
Please leave a clear voice message or send a text with your name, postcode, baby’s date of birth and a phone number the Baby Feeding Service can call you back on.
Email: babyfeeding@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Please leave your name, postcode, your baby’s date of birth and a phone number if you’d like to be called back.
Register via Eventbrite: For Getting Ready to Breastfeed Antenatal/ Colostrum Harvesting Workshops.
For useful links and general information on feeding your baby see our website: https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/afterbirth-rlh and click on ‘Baby Feeding Service’.
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Drop Ins:
Baby Feeding Drop In Groups don’t need to be booked and are for babies of any age. They run at these Family Hubs across the borough:
Mondays:
Meath Gardens, 12.30 – 2pm, 1 Smart Street, E2 0SN
Tuesdays:
Chrisp Street, 10 -11.30am, 50-52 Kerbey Street, E14 6BS
Wednesdays:
Collingwood, 12.30 – 2pm, St Batholomew Grdns, Buckhurst Street, E1 5QT
(Bilingual support in English and Bangladeshi)
Barkentine, 11-1pm, Barkentine Birth Centre, 121 Westferry Road, E14 8JH
Thursdays:
Shadwell, 10-11.30am, 418-422 Cable Street, E1 0AF
Fridays:
Overlands, 12.30 – 2pm, 60 Parnell Road, Bow, E3 2RU
Updated September 2023