On these pages you will find lots of information and resources to help you acheive positive change for parents in your local area. You will find guides to help you plan campaigning work, understand the issues you're facing, identify the decision makers you need to influence and choose effective campaigning actions.

Our campaigning objectives:

Pregnancy and Birth

1. One-to-one support in labour
2. Birth environments designed around women’s needs
3. Easily accessible, individualised services for all
4. Choice of place of birth
5. Well informed parents and professionals
6. Protection and promotion of the normality of birth

Babyfeeding

1. The Baby Friendly Initiative being fully implemented
2. Informed, individualised support
3. Integrated government breastfeeding strategies
4. Peer and specialist supporters
5. Well informed and supportive communities

Early Parenthood

1. Information on parenting approaches to be evidence-based
2. Continuous parent-centred, empowering services
3. Improved postnatal care
4. High quality, affordable childcare
5. Improved maternity and paternity leave and pay

Remember that NCT, whether a local branch or nationally, can only campaign relating to these objectives. 

Follow the links in the right-hand menu for resources to help your campainging work.