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Upcoming Clapham NCT Nearly New Sale on Saturday 16th June 2018, 9:30am - 11.30am at Broomwood Methodist Church. Admission is £1.50 per adult (free after 11am), with priority entry given to the first 100 card carrying NCT members.

Please contact Jenny on [email protected] if you are interested in selling, or volunteering. We have regular sales so don't worry if you can't make this one but would like to help at a future sale.

Balham Breastfeeding Café

Our weekly Branch funded Breastfeeding Café takes place every Monday 10am-11.30am. We are based at St.Andrew's United Reformed Church, SW12.

We invite all parents to drop-in for baby feeding support and information from our qualified NCT breastfeeding counsellors. Please try to arrive by 11.00am. A suggested donation of £10 can be made at the café or via our Just Giving Page.

LOCAL Branch News

Do you have a sling or baby carrier lying around which you no longer need?

Local NCT Practitioners working with Homestart, Migrant Help and St Paul’s Church run a drop-in in Thornton Heath, providing support and friendship to pregnant and new mothers living in temporary accommodation who are asylum seekers, refugees, victims of trafficking. The drop-in supports 300 women a year who have nothing. Food, clothing and a hospital bag for labour are provided, but a need for slings and baby carriers has been identified. Slings and baby carriers allow mothers to keep their babies close, enable travel and do not take up space (which is very limited in the temporary accommodation).

Our target is to collect 300 slings or baby carriers, providing one for every women being supported at the drop-in.

Contact Jenny, [email protected] if you have a sling or baby carrier to donate. You can also drop off your slings and baby carriers at the Clapham NCT Nearly New Sales on 16 June and 22 September (9.30-11.30am Broomwood Methodist Church, 155a Broomwood Road, SW11 6BD) or every week at the Balham Breastfeeding Cafe (10-11.30am, St.Andrew's United Reformed Church, SW12.