Essential Guide to feeding and caring for your baby
The following Essential Guide has been produced by Real Baby Milk. Our Infant Feeding Coordinator is part of the team that produces it. The guide is included in packs for new parents and can also be viewed or downloaded below.
Download or view the Essential Guide
Useful videos and resources
Unicef produce useful resources to support parents and practitioners.
View the Unicef videos and resources
Breastfeeding Peer Support in Cornwall
Mother to mother, parent to parent, support for all families
- Friendly, welcoming breastfeeding support groups in your local Family Hub and online via our Facebook group
- Led by trained Breastfeeding Peer Supporters who have breastfed / chest fed their own children
- Reliable, evidence-based information for all mums and parents-to-be, breastfeeding / chest feeding and combination feeding families
Information you can trust
We want to empower you to feel confident in feeding your baby, no matter how much breastmilk they have or how you do it.
We are here for you!
Your Midwife and Health Visitor will also help you with breastfeeding, if in doubt, please ask.
Breastfeeding Peer Support on Facebook
Our Breastfeeding Support in Cornwall Facebook group is run by:
- the Infant Feeding Peer Support Coordinator team, and
- the Breastfeeding Peer Support volunteers
They can answer your queries and offer evidence-based information. They also support the community of breastfeeding families across Cornwall.
- The Peer Supporter will keep your queries confidential. We ask that you do not share the information in this group anywhere else
- Safeguarding concerns will be referred to a safeguarding officer
- Please agree to the group rules before participating, thank you
- This group is for socialising with other parents, sharing information and supporting each other. So please be kind, be courteous, be supportive
- Do you have concerns that you wish to be addressed by the page admins (the Peer Support Coordinators)? If so, please click the dots in the top right hand corner of the post
- Anything deemed unacceptable will be deleted
- Any breach of these guidelines may result in you being removed from the group
- Your posts and comments will not be stored on any Council servers. For information on Cornwall Council data view how we use your information to provide services.
Community Based Drop-in Groups
Our groups take place at various locations across Cornwall. They offer support with breastfeeding. They also help you to meet other breastfeeding parents in a friendly and relaxed environment. They are led by trained Breastfeeding Peer Support volunteers and supported by the local health visiting teams.
Find out what is available below in your area.
- Bodmin
- Bude
- Callington
- Camborne
- Falmouth
- Hayle
- Helston and The Lizard
- Launceston
- Liskeard
- Looe
- Newquay
- Penzance
- Perranporth
- Redruth
- Saltash
- St Austell and The Clays
- St Ives
- Torpoint
- Truro
- Wadebridge
You can also view on our map below. This shows the locations of our:
- breastfeeding support groups
- child health clinics
- and local businesses that have signed up to our Breastfeeding Welcome scheme
Alternatively you can view the map in a new browser window
You can check if there are any cancellations to clinics or groups in your area at the bottom of this page. We will also post these on our social media @tffcornwall.
Bodmin
Mondays
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm at Bodmin Family Hub
Fridays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Bodmin Family Hub
Bude
Tuesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 10-11.30am (first three Tuesdays of the month) at Bude Family Hub
Thursdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Bude Family Hub
Callington
Tuesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm (first three Tuesdays of every month) at Callington Family Hub
Fridays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Callington Family Hub
Camborne
Tuesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Camborne Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 9.15-11.15am at Camborne Family Hub
Camelford
Tuesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 10-11.30am (last Tuesday of each month) at Camelford Family Hub
Falmouth
Wednesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 10am-12noon at The Lighthouse Family Hub
Fridays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at the The Lighthouse Family Hub
Hayle
Thursdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Hayle Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 9.30-11.30am at Portheyl Room, Hayle Family Hub
Helston and the Lizard
Wednesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 9.30-11am (the first Wednesday of every month, term time only) at Little Lizards Preschool, The Lizard
Fridays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Helston Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 09.15-11.15am at Helston Family Hub
Launceston
Tuesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Launceston Family Hub
Thursdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 10-11.30am at Launceston Family Hub
Liskeard
Mondays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Liskeard Family Hub
Thursdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 10am-12noon at Liskeard Family Hub
Looe
Tuesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm (last Tuesday of the month) at Looe Family Hub
Newquay
Tuesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 1-2.30pm at Newquay Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm at Newquay Family Hub
Penzance
Wednesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Penzance Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 9.30-11.30am at Penzance Family Hub, Main Hall level 1
Perranporth
Tuesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 10am-12noon at Perranporth Family Hub
Redruth
Mondays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Redruth Family Hub
Wednesdays
- Drop-in Clinic: 9.15-11.15am at Redruth Family Hub
Saltash
Mondays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 1-2.30pm at Saltash Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm at Saltash Family Hub
St Austell and the Clays
Wednesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at St Dennis Family Hub
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 9.30-11.00am at St Blazey Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 10-11.30am at St Dennis Family Hub
Thursdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at St Austell Family Hub
- St Austell Drop-in Clinic: 9.30-11.30am at St Austell Family Hub
St Ives
Fridays
- Drop-in Clinic: 9.30-11.30am (2nd and 4th Friday of each month) at the Edward Hain Centre
Torpoint
Wednesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 1-2.30pm at Torpoint Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm at Torpoint Family Hub
Truro
Thursdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 10-11.30am at Trelander and St Clement Community Hall
- Drop-in Clinic: 10-11.45am at Trelander and St Clement Community Hall
Wadebridge
Wednesdays
- Breastfeeding Peer Support Group: 12.30-2pm at Wadebridge Family Hub
- Drop-in Clinic: 1.30-3pm at Wadebridge Family Hub
Cancellations to clinics, sessions and appointments
We currently have no cancellations.
Book on to a sessionInterested in Volunteering with us?
If you would like to be part of the Breastfeeding Peer Support team in your local area, get in touch! We are always looking for new volunteers.
Breastfeeding Peer Supporters are mothers / parents who have breastfed / chestfed their own children. They have completed a training program empowering them to support families by offering evidence-based information. They work closely with the Health Visiting Teams and alongside Midwifery. All volunteers are DBS checked and have regular update training. They are the heart of our service, providing a warm and non-judgemental atmosphere.
We run training courses several times a year.Read more about the requirements of the role and apply to join us
Other sources of support
- Maternity Services: 01872 258000
- National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212
- Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: 0300 330 5453
- La Leche League: 0345 120 2918
- National Childbirth Trust (NCT): 0300 330 0700
- The Breastfeeding Network supporter line in Bengali and Sylheti: 0300 456 2421