NEW Resource – Contacting your local Councillor (or other elected representative)

Not everyone is confident about using their local democracy to achieve change. This is a resource for groups who wish to let their elected representative (Councillor) know about their worries or concern for their Community Group and to ask for their help. Background information Cornwall is what is called a Unitary Authority this means there … Read more…

Useful links

Cornwall Wild – Young Parent’s Project Mental Health Awareness Maternal Mental Health Perinatal Mental Health Team MindEd Educational Hub For Dads Dad pad – Some handy free articles and first-person accounts from Dads, for Dads (although we think they’re pretty good for anyone to read) talking about what to expect around the arrival of a … Read more…

More White Wool Please!

  More White Wool Please! A baby’s brain will develop depending on the positive and negative influences it gets in the first few months. This video demonstrates how this happens in a nice simple demonstration.

Real Baby Milk Conference 2019

The are still some tickets remaining for the  Real Baby Milk Conference on the 25th January 2019 with key note speaker Professor Amy Brown. Active peer supporters can book free tickets. £16 for health care workers or other interested parties. Click here to book your tickets Click here to view the Conference draft outline Thank … Read more…

Launching a new peer support group

Suzi (pictured with LO), Shelley and George found great motivation and perseverance to launch a new Breastfeeding group within RNAS Culdrose Community Centre, Helston. Breast Intentions Breastfeeding Support Group is running as a supported group under RNAS Culdrose in partnership with Real Baby Milk.  We asked them how they went about it. What made you want to start a … Read more…

Pattern for Crochet Breast

Materials: 4:00mm Crochet Hook Light coloured double knitting wool Dark coloured double knitting wool Toy Stuffing Abbreviations: Ch.         Chain dc.         Double Crochet sl. st.      Slip stitch htr.         Half treble 2 htr dec:     wool on hook, insert hook into next st., wool on hook then insert hook into next … Read more…

Red hat…orange hat….

Hospital Peer Supporters in Truro may have noticed a new system, for flagging up mums and babies who need a little more support and attention with feeding on Wheal Fortune recently.  It is possible too that community groups will start to see mums and babies who have been part of this system so we thought it … Read more…