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Catch up on the latest developments across the 70/30 Campaign.
Twickenham Ambassador, Daphne Cotton, sheds light on breastfeeding crisis in UK and calls for action
The UK is the worst country in the world for breastfeeding. This appears to be because we are ignorant about its importance. A recent UK survey revealed mothers gave lack of support, public attitudes and embarrassment as major factors in them giving up breastfeeding...
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Medway Maritime Hospital initiates new project to promote safer births
Staff at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent recently initiated a new project encouraging women to stop pushing during childbirth. The project comes after The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives highlighted a sharp...
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Scotland Announces Nationwide Roll-out of Finnish-inspired Baby Boxes from August
The Scottish Government has announced that the Finnish-inspired baby box scheme, which was successfully rolled out in Orkney and Clackmannanshire earlier this year, will be rolled out nationwide as of August. New mothers whose babies are born on or after 15 August...
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The 70/30 Campaign Joins Thousands For This Year’s Charity Walk for Peace
70/30 Group Coordinators Sam Lawes (Battersea) and Michael Khajeh-Noori (Sussex) joined hundreds of others as they walked the 5k to celebrate this year's Charity Walk of Peace. We are so very proud of our wonderful team who walked the Charity Walk for Peace this...
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Child Abuse Survivor, Cassie Pullman Shares her Story with the BBC
The lovely Cassie Pullman has teamed up with the BBC to share her story of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (#PTSD) in an effort to raise awareness this #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek We were lucky enough to have Cassie come onto one our monthly national 70/30 ambassador...
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Sussex Ambassador, Michael Khajeh-Noori Celebrates Fruitful Meeting With Local MP, Henry Smith Who Endorses 70/30
On Friday 28th April, 70/30 Sussex Ambassador, Michael Khajeh-Noori met with local MP for Crawley, Henry Smith. Michael took the opportunity to share with Henry details of the 70/30 Campaign and the activity he is undertaking currently on a local level for Sussex....
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Tooting Ambassador, Antonella Sansone Enjoys Meeting with Local Councillor, Antonia Dunn to Talk 70/30
Tooting ambassador, Antonella Sansone enjoyed a great meeting in a local coffee shop with local Councillor, Antonia Dunn on Friday morning. Antonia expressed her interest in supporting the 70/30 Grassroots Campaign by any means possible. She was open and receptive and...
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70/30 Group Launches in Croydon
Croydon Group Coordinators, Sara Martínez and Anthoulla Koutsoudi from WAVE Trust held their first meeting for the launch of a local group in the area. The event took place on Wednesday 12th April at WAVE's Croydon-based office. The team celebrated a great turnout...
read moreFounder of Forging Families & 70/30 Sheffield Ambassador, Rachel Gardner Shares Beautiful Video to Inspire Others
Sheffield Charity, Forging Families Becomes a 70/30 Alliance Partner
We could not be more thrilled to announce that Forging Families has become an official 70/30 Alliance Partner. Sheffield-based Forging Families is a charity which promotes 'Happy Families, Happy Babies' through supporting, informing and acting as a voice for Sheffield...
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Chris Philp MP for South Croydon Becomes Our 20th MP to Endorse The 70/30 Campaign
Following a meeting with WAVE's very own Anthoulla Koutsoudi, South Croydon MP, Chris Philp has become the 20th MP to officially endorse the 70/30 Campaign. We are, of course, absolutely delighted to have his support. Chris now joins fellow Croydon MP, Steve Reed in...
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70/30 Ambassador for Suffolk, Carolyn Meets Local MP James Cartlidge to Talk 70/30
Suffolk ambassador, Carolyn Silberfeld met with local MP, James Cartlidge on Friday 31 March 2017. The meeting was a great success. James was extremely interested in the campaign and the work of WAVE Trust and even suggested he take a photo of Carolyn and him with...
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We love the new campaign by Mother London to tackle Stigma around breastfeeding!
We love what mother london have done with a gigantic breast in Shoreditch! London-based creative agency, mother london has topped an ordinary, brick building with a humongous, inflated breast in celebration of mother’s day, and in hopes of raising awareness around...
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We’re Launching a Local 70/30 Group in Croydon!
It's official and very, very exciting...we're setting up a 70/30 group in Croydon this April and we want you! Let's make Croydon the best place to live for young families! We want the people of Croydon to join the fight to have a safer, happier place for our children...
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MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak Shares his Support for 70/30
Steve McCabe MP for Birmingham, Selly Oaks has today shown his support for the 70/30 Campaign. Steve joins another 18 MPs also endorsing 70/30 and becomes the first MP in the Birmingham area to do so. You can see the full list on the website here. To find out more...
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Sarah Olney MP for Richmond Park Endorses the 70/30 Campaign
On Saturday 25th March 70/30 Ambassador for Richmond, Daphne Cotton met local MP, Sarah Olney to discuss 70/30. Daphne (left), along with her friend and Kingston Hospital Midwife, Chris Taylor (right) went along to speak with Sarah (centre) about the work they are...
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Stevenage ambassador, Sarah Kingham launches #ThursdayThoughts
70/30 Ambassador for Stevenage and Founder of Social Enterprise, Sarah Kingham has launched her newest social media campaign, #ThursdayThoughts. Readit2 is a tried and tested one-to-one reading programme that improves the reading of two to five year-olds, enabling all...
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WAVE Trust’s CEO George Hosking Presents on How the Early Years Can Shape Human Relationships at SCCR Conference in Glasgow
Founder and CEO of the WAVE Trust charity, George Hosking recently presented at the Scottish Conflict Resolution Centre‘s conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The national, annual conference which took place in February this year had as its main topic of...
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We're delighted to have you on board @BeatriceWishart! It's wonderful to see Scotland embracing the agenda of trauma-informed services and early years investment, a direction we hope it will only continue to pursue even further #ACEs #resilience
"Parenting skills can be compromised because of mental health problems among parents, the misuse of alcohol and drugs, and children witnessing violence in their homes, where there is a history of sexual abuse." @siangwenfelin
@JDavidJo1 @TAYLOR_does_IT @JanetBianco @the_edu_table @7030Campaign @HansNAppel @BarbaraGruener @MumblingMom @MsHake418 @MrDadfire @AcademicMindset @thewrightleader @KFelicello @LifeofDadShow Yes! Just finished reading this book and it was excellent. Also, watch the author’s TED Talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime/up-next?language=en
@TAYLOR_does_IT @JanetBianco @the_edu_table @7030Campaign @HansNAppel @BarbaraGruener @MumblingMom @MsHake418 @MrDadfire @AcademicMindset @thewrightleader @KFelicello @LifeofDadShow The Deepest Well is an excellent book that gets into this in more detail.
Lack of support to parents of babies ripples & ripples over the years. There is no savings of any type here. This reduction has been a dumb waste of taxpayers’ money and their well-being too. https://twitter.com/drrlofthouse/status/1201247450016686082
The impact of failing to properly invest in our HVs is increased demands on all other public services. Prevention is the only cure and Our HV are the first line. https://twitter.com/drrlofthouse/status/1201247450016686082
"With 50% of mental health problems being established by the age of 14 and 75% by the age of 24, promoting, protecting and improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is of critical importance."
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/842176/SIG_report.pdf
proud to be part of 147 organisations calling Party Leaders @Adamprice @BorisJohnson @jeremycorbyn @jon_bartley @sianberry, @joswinson @NicolaSturgeon @Nigel_Farage to take action & prioritise vulnerable children in the next parliament #ChildrenAtTheHeart https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/news-and-blogs/whats-new/2019/november/an-open-letter-to-all-political-party-leaders-from-147-childrens-charities-and-organisations/
#domesticabuse doesn't only affect #adults. Witnessing abuse can have a devastating impact on children’s health and behaviour, too.
Learn about what police and partners across Wales have been doing to tackle childhood trauma:
🌐 http://www.aces.uk.me
🎗️#WhiteRibbonDay #ACEs
We're excited to see #adversechildhoodexperiences addressed in the @LibDems, @UKLabour and @Plaid_Cymru manifestos (so far) 👌
Cross-party agreement is a really important step towards a UK-wide plan to #preventACEs and reduce abuse, neglect and other key ACEs by 70% by 2030.
What are #adversechildhoodexperiences? A five-minute morning read for anyone unfamiliar with the term:
Great example of trauma informed care. Leading the way 👏 https://twitter.com/BBCNikkiM/status/1197500978959917056
I'm backing @7030Campaign through @coopuk Local Community Fund https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/41096 #ItsWhatWeDo