Deal Breastfeeding Support Group

03/10/2025

Breastfeeding / chestfeeding support Monday 1-3pm (excl BH) at St George’s Church, Deal.

Book an appointment with one of our ABM Breastfeeding Counsellors here https://forms.gle/pN6hGyBVBMkga1YL7, or drop in for support and information from our peer support team. Older siblings, partners, grandparents etc. welcome.
You are always welcome to join us for a chat, a cup of tea and a biscuit.

If you need support in the meantime, contact the National Breastfeeding Helpline on 0300 100 0212, they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

24/09/2025

An exciting update for this week…. We got a new chair! As modelled by our lovely volunteer Maggie here 😍 Our new chair will help immensely in showing breastfeeding parents comfortable feeding positions, while also having some time to put their feet up 🥰 🤱🏼

20/09/2025

🏵 FREE Birth circle! 🏵

Wednesday 24th September 2025

📍Deal (DM for address, parking available)
⏰️ 7pm - 9pm
💙 FREE to attend, tea ☕️ will be provided - please bring any other drinks or snacks if you wish

Come along to hear a local positive birth story in a relaxed & cosy environment ❤️ with opportunities to meet other pregnant folk & to ask questions of your local birth-workers Thea & Maisie

Suitable for any stage of your pregnancy journey; come alone or bring along anyone who's supporting you

This month Kirsty will be sharing the story of the birth of her 2nd child. Kirsty had long planned an (nhs midwife assisted) home birth but was told during labour that no home birth or MLU services were available. Listen to Kirsty talk about dealing with these & other challenges, & how she ultimately birthed her baby on her own terms & physiologically on the Labour ward @ QEQM 🧡🩷

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19/09/2025

We are delighted to be a winner again in our area

The winners of the Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards have been named for 2025. More than 360 nominations were submitted with every district in Kent, Medway, Bexley and Bromley represented.

Representatives of the winning submissions have been informed of their success and will be invited to a glittering awards ceremony this autumn. At this stage they do not know the full nature of their win as that will be revealed on the night, along with an announcement of which nominees have been named as the county’s champions in their field.

The event is supported by Southeastern, Kent County Council, Kent Community Foundation, Paramount Foundation, ADM Computing, Mantara, GrainLNG, Medway Council, Town & Country Housing, WillowBank Education, Cactus Graphics, Blé Global, Ashford International Hotel, CommunityAd.

Ashford

Homewood School and Sixth Form
Bodsham Primary School - Woodpecker Team

Bexley

Sue Petty - Sidcup Partners
Mind in Bexley - Bexley Ambassador Project - Barbershop Project

Bromley

Bromley FC Community Trust

Canterbury

Daniel Cope
Angelica Gorman - Keep Talking Services
Emerge Advocacy
Inclusive Sport Kent CIC

Dartford and Gravesham

Milestone Academy
Net and Natter - Healthy Living Centre Dartford
North Kent Mind - Men’s Group
Health and Wellbeing in the Sikh Community

Dover and Deal

Deal Breastfeeding Support Group
Dover Smart Project
Capel Cares
Post Fire Recovery and Wellbeing Support Project
Woodpecker Court

Folkestone

Rachel Haden - The Sports Trust

Maidstone

Oar Mighty Mates
No One Here is Me
Alice Scutchey - Baton of Hope
Mid Kent Mind - Food and Mood Project
Nat Farley - NHS
3D Care CIC
Bedfont Scientific Ltd
Tim Woodhouse - KCC
Gardens of Hope

Medway

Abigail's Footsteps
Oliver Aspinnall
North Kent Mind - Brave Project
City of Rochester School
Medway Puzzles
Justin Bateman - North Kent Mind
Cleopatra’s Legacy CIC
Chatha Hygiene

Swale

Finn Tumber
Suzanne Louise Middleton-Elliott & Carolyne Cox

Thanet

Harry Higgs - Overrun Project
Nikki Ward - Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
William Parr - Kensei Taiko
Oasis Raise Young People’s Team
Sonny Dungar
STAK.life CIC
Health Records Team - NHS
Thanet Earth
Windmill Community Gardens

West Kent

The Community Cupboard
Therapeutic Equines Assisting Learning CIC
Valence School
West Kent Mind - Creative Minds
Baby Umbrella

10/09/2025

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02/09/2025

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Pump hire We offer pump hire for families to use or try an electric pump. We can also offer free hire to those in receipt of Healthy Start support. Contact us to find out more. Deal Sling Library The next ‘sling meet’ for Deal Sling Library will be on Monday 21st September from 11.30am -1pm in...

26/08/2025

This week is Black Breastfeeding Week 2025, at DBSG we acknowledge how important this week is to amplify black voices and help shine a light on the massive inequalities black and brown families face in the breastfeeding world, from access to support ; representation in media, to education on what breastfeeding issues look like on non-white skin.

As volunteers we acknowledge we may have a different lived experience from our black counterparts and strive to learn and listen to improve our understanding of what it can be like for black and brown parents and support all families to the best of our abilities.

Where possible this week we will be sharing information to our stories if you’d like to learn more also.