Making Progress

We have begun this week to make some progress with organising individual ‘tool kits’ for the peers to use during visits to Breastfeeding Families. This is one of the things we expressed a need for whilst doing our pitch, as it is easier to provide a good service to the families if we have all the necessary equipment to hand eg. doll for demonstrating positioning and information sheets for various subjects that may arise. So our plan is that each active volunteer could have thier own, aswell as one to always be with our Mobile phone so if called out the kit is there to pick up and go.

So orders are in progress and plans being made for them to be complete asap.

We are also considering becoming a constituted group so that we can apply for further funding and be more in control of how the group will run including how monies will be used for things for the families we work with in the community like Summer fairs etc. One of the other local bf groups is holding a fair soon and have in the past, aswell as day trips and other activities, it sounds such a positive idea hoping that whilst all these families are having fun together they are also in the right place to talk to someone for advice or be able to share experiences and help other mums by just being together in a relaxed setting. We could even do fund raising during such activities. During the time in the green room at ‘Pitch the Project’ we were given some names and contacts of people who could help us make steps toward this, so we will have to make contact there soon.

Also we have learned some valuable lessons about some of the things we offered as a group that did not go as we had planned and we are now looking at how being a more organised group we would be able to offer a more valuable service in the ways the families really would like and benefit. So we are spending some time reviewing how we have been working and how we can make improvements so that the peer support is directed for the best results.

And finally for now, it has been so nice to see how positive our new volunteers are and we are looking forward to them joining us in the areas we cover.

Bye for now

Angela

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