Milk Bank Scotland

03/03/2026

Are you expressing milk for donation?🧑‍🍼

Here are some simple rules to follow:
✔️hand washing before expressing and dry using paper towel
✔️wash expressing equipment with hot soapy water, rinse and dry using paper towel
✔️freeze milk straight away
✔️use a new bottle every time you express

Following these simple rules helps to make sure milk reaches us in the best condition.

09/12/2025

We are collecting milk next week. After that it will be week of 5th Jan. Have a happy safe festive season.

04/12/2025

Donor human milk and structural brain development in very preterm infants, really positive article

Feeding very preterm infants maternal milk is associated with improved ex-utero third trimester brain development compared to formula, but the implications of donor milk for structural brain development remain unknown. We performed brain magnetic resonance imaging at term-equivalent age to compare s...

17/11/2025

On World Prematurity Day we want to thank all our donors, volunteer and supporters

13/10/2025

We are very short staffed so may take a little longer to arrange collections and get bottles and labels out.
We are going to hold off doing collections for a week or two as well.
If you have submitted a collection form for next week, can you emil to let us know your availability for the week of the 27th October or 3rd November.
Thanks for your patience.

25/08/2025

On average 33% of women who sign up to be donors never actually donate. Sometimes life gets in the way.

29/07/2025

If you have submitted a collection form please note we are not doing collections next week. We will arrange for the week beginning 11th August. Sorry for any inconvenience.

27/07/2025

For anyone interested in completing:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16JcpQkfQz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Emily is one of our PhD students and is exploring experiences of breastfeeding support for her research.

Her PhD is exploring awareness, access to and experience of support from International board certified lactation consultants in the UK and how this might affect feeding experiences.

As part of this she is looking for mothers to complete a survey that will take between 20 – 30 minutes depending on how much you would like to say.

She would like to hear from those who:

• Are based in the UK
• Had a baby between May 2021 and May 2025
• Breastfed at least once

It does not matter whether you received IBCLC support or not. If you did there are some questions on your experience, if you did not there are some questions about your reasons for this.

The survey will remain open for the next 4 weeks from 24th July to 21st August 2025.

If you’d like to take part please click the link for further information and the survey questions

https://swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uGyfv2Nl3ugWZ8

There is chance to leave contact details (stored separately) to be placed in a prize draw to win one of 10 x £20 Love2Shop vouchers. Thank you!

06/07/2025

🌼 Could you help give Scotland’s tiniest babies the best start in life? 🌼

At Milk Bank Scotland, we collect and supply donated breast milk to premature and sick babies in neonatal units across the country — and we need your help. 💛

🔹 Every year, over 4,500 babies are born prematurely in Scotland.
🔹 Just 50ml of donated milk can feed a premature baby for an entire day.
🔹 Breast milk can reduce the risk of life-threatening infections, especially in babies born before 32 weeks.
🔹 Last year, thanks to incredible donors, we provided milk to every neonatal unit in Scotland — but demand continues to grow.

If you’re breastfeeding and have more milk than your baby needs, please consider becoming a donor. Your milk could be a lifeline to a baby born too soon.

✅ Free, easy collection from your home
✅ Full support and screening provided
✅ Every drop truly counts

📲 Learn how to become a donor or support our work: https://www.nhsggc.scot/hospitals-services/services-a-to-z/milk-bank-scotland/

Together, we can give Scotland’s smallest fighters a stronger start. 💧👶

Donor Human Milk - what is it? Donor human milk (DHM) is donated by mothers who have extra milk to spare. Donors are screened, including blood tests, to make sure their milk is suitable. The milk is also tested for bacteria and heat treated. Like donating blood the milk is freely donated, and its us...

03/07/2025

Today is National Bereaved Parents Day. Thank you to all our Memory Milk Gift Donors and ❤️to all bereaved parents today

28/06/2025

Thanks so much for sharing and supporting this wonderful project.