The Breastfeeding Festival – now in its 7th year – will be taking place at the Mayo Building, Salford Royal Hospital on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June 2016.
The Breastfeeding Festival is all about celebrating and promoting breastfeeding, aiming to increase breastfeeding rates and duration, as well as to inform and empower.
The festival, which started in Ulverston by 3 mums, works within the WHO code and is completely self-funded, through ticket sales and local support in Bumps and Babies Sales.
Some of the speakers and topics we have confirmed so far include:
* Professor Helen Ball on Sleep Development,
* Dr Wendy Jones on Drugs in Breastmilk,
* Pamela Morrison IBCLC on Breastfeeding and HIV, and on Faltering Growth in Breastfed Infants,
* Mark Harris RM on Dads and Breastfeeding,
* Chrissy Chittenden on Lactation as a Feminist Issue,
* DR Felicity Savage from WABA on World Breastfeeding Action,
* Dr Amy Brown on Who Decides How we Feed Our Children.
The festival is a whole-family experience, with a range of stalls and activities to entertain all ages, (soft play anyone?) alongside the talks in the main lecture theatre.
More information can be found on the website www.breastfeedingfestival.com or via the Breastfeeding Festival Facebook page. Tickets are available now via Eventbrite, at £16 for both days, £11 for a single day.
You could also follow their Twitter feed via @BFFestManc
