Useful Links to Support, Promote and Protect Breastfeeding
Legislation
| The Breastfeeding (Scotland) Act 2005 | This act makes it an offence to prevent or stop a child under the age of two who is permitted to be in a public place or licensed premises from being fed milk in that place or on those premises. |
| The Equality Act, 2010 | This act confers protection for children over the age of two to be breastfed in public spaces. |
Publications for ELC Settings
| Setting the Table | Setting the Table – nutritional guidance and food standards for early years childcare providers in Scotland is a guidance publication for food provision in early years childcare provision.
The aim is to ensure that children aged 0–5 in childcare settings across Scotland are offered healthy and nutritious meals, snacks and drinks. The section on Breastfeeding provides information on the benefits of breastfeeding, safety guidance for storing and giving expressed breast milk and providing a supportive environment. |
| Care Inspectorate Food Matters
Food matters | Care Inspectorate Hub
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Food Matters is a resource that highlights examples of good practice from across the ELC sector and is intended to a practical, inspirational and support improvement. It complements and should be used alongside, NHS Health Scotland’s Setting the Table, the nutritional guidance and food standards for the ELC sector.
This document provides an example of becoming breastfeeding friendly and encourages the ELC sector to think about how they can provide an environment that welcomes and promotes breastfeeding. |
Information Websites
| FeedGood | Parent Club | This Scottish Government site contains a wealth of information on breastfeeding and caring for infants. |
| Breastfeeding Videos | Best Beginnings | This site has a series of short videos covering many aspects of breastfeeding. |
| Breastfeeding | Ready Steady Baby! (nhsinform.scot) | This site includes information about breastfeeding, pregnancy, labour and meeting your new baby. |
| Support for parents – Baby Friendly Initiative (unicef.org.uk) | This site has a range of useful resources for parents on infant feeding and relationship building. |
| First Steps Nutrition Trust | This site is an independent public health nutrition charity that provides information and resources to support eating well from pre-conception to five years. |
| Early Years – NHSGGC | This NHSGGC site has information on starting solids, Vitamin D and Breast and Formula Feeding. |
Publications for Families
| Off to a good start: all you need to know about breastfeeding – Publications – Public Health Scotland | This booklet aims to help pregnant women, new mums and their families make decisions about how they will feed their baby. |
Breastfeeding Support
| Pregnancy | Evidenced-based information on Pregnancy | NCT | The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) provide evidence-based information, signposting and access to support and services. NCT have a range of trained peer support programmes support women and families facing specific challenges, such as social isolation, feeding difficulties or poor mental health.
The line is open every day from 8am to midnight, including bank holidays. 0333 251 7459 Glasgow Breastfeeding Buddies – Provide free, Friendly and welcoming breastfeeding support. Hillhead Community Centre 169 Meiklehill Road, G66 2JT. Mondays 10am – 11.30 am |
| National Breastfeeding Helpline – Helpline
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This advice line offers friendly, non-judgemental, independent, evidence based breastfeeding support and information to anyone in the UK who needs it. The helpline is provided by the Breastfeeding Network and the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
This advice line operates from 09:30am – 09:30pm every day of the year. 0300 100 0212 |
| La Leche League GB – Friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards
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Breastfeeding counsellors and peer supports offer friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards, runs support groups and offers telephone, online and written support. |
