NCT Birth, Feeding & You is a jointly commissioned service by Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council to provide community infant feeding and emotional wellbeing peer support across Cambridgeshire.
Go to the Peterborough & Cambridgeshire Infant Feeding Support website
Delivered by our specially trained Peer Supporters who provide social, emotional, and practical support to pregnant and new mums, both during pregnancy and once baby arrives.
Peer supporters are mums themselves who live in the local area and have lived experience of pregnancy, raising a child and everything in between. They receive accredited training through the programme enabling them to be non-judgmental, empathic and very good listeners.
Our service is for all families, regardless of their journey to parenthood or how they decide to feed their baby.
Community support groups
Our Chill & Chat groups are informal, free, drop-in groups offering peer support for infant feeding and well-being. They are designed to be a relaxed, non-judgmental space for you to meet other local parents and chat with our trained NCT Peer Supporters.
Our Infant Feeding Support groups are free, drop-in groups offering breastfeeding and infant feeding support and information. Families are welcome at all stages of parenthood including expectant parents.
We are also pleased to be able to partner with other local groups, which have an NCT Peer Supporter attending if you would like some support, information, or someone to talk to.
Free, confidential service
Trained NCT peer supporters
Breastfeeding and infant feeding support
Emotional and well-being support
Connect with other local parents
Post-natal ward support
Our aim is to support you as you take your first steps into parenthood.
Our Peer Supporters attend postnatal wards in Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital to offer parents information, emotional and practical support.
Ask your ward staff about NCT Peer Support and look out for our posters and information on the ward information boards.
A non-judgemental space to listen
Support with feeding including hand expression, positioning and attachment of your baby at the breast and support with using a breast pump
Signposting to further information and support options
Breast pump loan service
NCT Birth, Feeding and You is pleased to be able to provide short-term breast pump hire to families across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. The breast pumps will be available free of charge to those with an identifiable need. Full support in using the breast pump will be provided by a local Infant Feeding Specialist or an NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor.
If you are giving your baby breast milk and would like to talk to us about your suitability for accessing the pump hire service or if you are a health professional who would like to refer a family for this service, please complete the referral form.
Social Media
For regular updates, information and news about groups, services and support available please visit our social media pages.
How can I access this support service?
Whilst women can self-refer into the service, it can be difficult accessing services when in need. Our team works closely with health professionals across the area to encourage them to refer women who may be at risk of social isolation.
All referrals go to the local project team. Once the referral is received, they will make contact with the mother to arrange the most appropriate support for them.
How can I become a volunteer with NCT Birth Feeding and You?
Key to the success of the service is the local parents who have the passion, skill, and commitment to train as a peer supporter and volunteer in their local community supporting other parents.
The training is Open College Network (OCN) accredited Level 2 training (3 credits) and will enable the volunteers to:
- Actively listen to the mother and offer encouragement, support, information, and ideas without giving advice.
- Provide support to women both one to one and in the community setting e.g. local community groups.
- Offer local support options that can offer support and signposting women to them.
If this sounds like something you’d like to get involved with, please review the role description, and submit your application.
Contact us
For further information and support you can contact us in the following ways:
You can email us at peersupport.peterborough@nct.org.uk
You can also call our NCT support line on 0300 330 0700 for practical and emotional support with feeding your baby and general enquiries for parents, members and volunteers.