Support & services Norwich

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Norwich Mumbler Chat Group

Join the Norwich Mumbler Chat group for support, advice, recommendations and just a good old chit chat.

 

 

Breastfeeding Support FB Groups

Facebook Support Groups:

Breastfeeding Support Norwich

Breastfeeding Mum Meets   (private Facebook group)

Early Childhood and Family Service district Facebook pages (see separate posts above)

 

 

Family Happiness

Exhausted by toddler tantrums or your child’s difficult attitude? Unsure what to do for the best? Confused by all the parenting advice available?
In group workshops or private consultations we can give you the knowledge to feel empowered in making parenting choices that bring your family more happiness. Working across Norfolk and Suffolk.
Contact: Poppy Abbs
Family Happiness Consultant

Family Voice Norfolk

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Family Voice Norfolk, 11 Ayton Road, Wymondham, NR18 0QQ

Family Voice is a voluntary organisation which aims to improve the lives of disabled and SEN children, and their families.

Tel: 07950 302937

Feeding Support Groups

 

Helplines and Websites: From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital website.

Local Midwife via Medicom 01603 481222 (baby up to 28 days old)

Association Of Breastfeeding Mothers   08444 122 949/0300 3305453 (9:30-10.30)                            Email: counselling@abm.me.uk

La Leche League  0845 120 2918

National Breastfeeding Helpline 0300 100 0212

National Childbirth Trust 0300 3300771

Breastfeeding Network Supporter Line 0300 100 2010

Health Visitor 0300 300 0123 (08.00am-18.00pm Saturdays 09.00am-13.00pm)

Just One Norfolk : Your Midwife or Health Visitor may have given you details of local support available already. If you have any other questions or concerns, you can contact the Healthy Child Programme by calling Just One Number on 0300 300 0123 or texting Parentline on 07520631590. Our opening hours are 8am-6pm Monday-Friday (excluding bank holidays) and 9am-1pm on Saturdays.

We have weekly infant feeding assessment clinics across the county and trained staff who are available to help at home when needed.


Local Support groups

Gateway Baby Café
The Place, 61 Spinney Road, Thorpe St Andrew, NR7 0PL

Breastfeeding Support
Dereham Library, 59 High Street, Dereham, NR19 1DZ.

Café B
Butterflies Childrens Centre, Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ.

Lactation Motivation
Clenchwarton Methodist Church, PE34 4AQ.

Breastfeeding Norfolk
West Pottergate Medical Practice, Earlham Road, Norwich, NR2 4BX.

Breastfeeding Support Café
Rowan House, Health and Wellbeing Centre, 28 Queens Road, Hethersett NR9 3DB.

Midwife Led Café
Seagulls Childrens Centre, Magdalen Way, Gorleston, NR31 7BP.

 

Get Me Out The Four Walls

A Facebook group aimed at parents in the Norfolk area that have time at home with the kids.

“The idea for the group came when I was suffering badly from PND after the birth of my twins. The very thought of a day at home on my own filled me with dread and I thought I couldn’t be the only one to feel like this so decided to start the group. Being in the four walls on your own with kids can be hard work, stressful and lack civilized conversation. The idea of this group is so that local parents get to meet other parents and also to get you out the house and having some civilised adult conversation.

Around Norfolk we have approximately 20 ambassadors(fellow mums) that organise meets for anyone to attend. The group is not just for people with PND but for anyone that likes getting out and meeting others. My mission is to get all those mums and dads out there in Norfolk that feel alone in the four walls get out and make friends!! I hope you like the group!”

Naomi Farrow.

Get Me Out The Four Walls Facebook

Gingerbread, Norwich

 

A charity that provide expert advice, practical support and campaign for single parents.  Chat group on Facebook for single parents in the Norwich area. For meet ups, support and friendship.

Gingerbread
Facebook Chat Group

No Milk Like Mama’s

No Milk Like Mama’s® is a team of specialist Breastfeeding & Gentle Sleep Support Practitioners offering online support worldwide, and in-home support in and around Norfolk and Suffolk.

Supporting you to make informed choices and feel confident in your decisions, we are passionate about good quality, consistent and evidence based support for families. The ethos of No Milk Like Mama’s is to encourage parents to trust their instincts, be responsive to their children, and put love and connection at the forefront of everything they do.

 

Email for more information support@nomilklikemamas.co.uk

Singing Mamas

Taking place on Tuesday’s at The Willow Centre, NR4 7JJ (10:30-12:00); or Wednesday’s at Quaker Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW (10:30-12:00).

A welcoming space to gather and take some time to share and sing beautiful simple, uplifting, and heartfelt songs (and tea and cake!).  Singing in a group has many benefits to wellbeing. All women welcome, you can bring children or come as you are.
Facebook.com/singingmamasnorwich 
Email: singingmamasnorwich@gmail.com

The Dad Network

The legacy left from father to father has the power to change our futures. Our children need strong, confident dads and for too long there has been a void in recognising the powerful potential in healthy, engaged fatherhood.

The Dad Network seeks to fill this void and offer dads an alternative to those who believe that being dad is more than just babysitting the kids to give mum a break.

Parenthood is a journey filled with indescribable highs and unfathomable lows. Whether you’re feeling joy, contentment, love, anxiety, stress, confusion, excitement, terror or anticipation, it can often be overwhelming. One of the reasons for this, is because of the lack of direction and support offered in today’s society for dads.

So here’s where The Dad Network comes into its own; TDN offers an online hub and support network for dads, like never before.

Aimed at dads, and their unique challenges and perspectives, we explore most things ‘dad.’ From the practical and the emotional to the philosophical and fun, our aim is simple – to uncover the secrets to being a confident dad, and to exhibit how to be the core of our children’s universe.

Find the The Dad Network (for Norfolk) on Facebook.

 

Young Minds

Young Minds – fighting for young people’s mental health.
Are you under 25? Are you struggling with life and can’t cope? Help is very close by, you are not alone.
Young Minds provides FREE text support 24/7 for young people across the UK who are suffering a mental health crisis.
Text YM to 85258  – it’s a free and confidential service so whatever you say will be safe.
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