Our Strategy |
Our Mission Statement: Mammas aims to promote the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies, through the support, protection and promotion of breastfeeding, and through creating a better understanding of mother-baby relationships. Mammas is a Breastfeeding Support Programme for families in Leicester We work with Leicestershire Partnership Trust NHS to deliver breastfeeding peer support through the Healthy Together 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (www.healthforunder5s.co.uk). |
Leicester Mammas is a well-established Community Organisation that supports parents in Leicester from pregnancy to two years. We have a strong Breastfeeding Support programme that forms the core of our delivery.
Leicester Mammas trains and supports women to become Breastfeeding Peer Supporters, both in the community and in the hospital settings. A Breastfeeding Peer Supporter is a mother who has enjoyed and valued breastfeeding her own child/children, and has successfully completed a training course to be able to support others to meet their goals for breastfeeding their baby. A Mammas Peer Supporter may volunteer in group settings, on our busy WhatsApp groups, or on our Breastfeeding Helplines. They may support our wider work too, by helping at events, advocating for breastfeeding women and maternity rights, and more.
Leicester Mammas currently has approximately 50 Breastfeeding Peer Supporters. Our Mammas Ambassador programme is the stepping stone to becoming a Peer Supporter. Ambassadors attend a five week course, which is open to anyone interested in knowing more about Breastfeeding. Ambassadors are not Volunteers, but are an essential part of our organisation. We train approximately 40 Ambassadors a year, of which 12 – 15 go on to become Peer Supporters.
The organisation has a strong track record locally and nationally for supporting families in the First 1001 Days, and for delivering woman-centred, evidence-based, empathetic and responsive support, particularly for breastfeeding. We support over 1200 women and their babies each year. Our Breastfeeding Peer Supporters are the foundation of all we do. Valuing our volunteers is fundamental.
Leicester Mammas trains and supports women to become Breastfeeding Peer Supporters, both in the community and in the hospital settings. A Breastfeeding Peer Supporter is a mother who has enjoyed and valued breastfeeding her own child/children, and has successfully completed a training course to be able to support others to meet their goals for breastfeeding their baby. A Mammas Peer Supporter may volunteer in group settings, on our busy WhatsApp groups, or on our Breastfeeding Helplines. They may support our wider work too, by helping at events, advocating for breastfeeding women and maternity rights, and more.
Leicester Mammas currently has approximately 50 Breastfeeding Peer Supporters. Our Mammas Ambassador programme is the stepping stone to becoming a Peer Supporter. Ambassadors attend a five week course, which is open to anyone interested in knowing more about Breastfeeding. Ambassadors are not Volunteers, but are an essential part of our organisation. We train approximately 40 Ambassadors a year, of which 12 – 15 go on to become Peer Supporters.
The organisation has a strong track record locally and nationally for supporting families in the First 1001 Days, and for delivering woman-centred, evidence-based, empathetic and responsive support, particularly for breastfeeding. We support over 1200 women and their babies each year. Our Breastfeeding Peer Supporters are the foundation of all we do. Valuing our volunteers is fundamental.
Mammas are mums like you - Here to help you and your baby
Mammas are volunteers. We are happy to offer our time to help new mums who are learning what it’s like being responsible for a tiny baby!
We come from many backgrounds, cultures, faiths and nationalities. We speak over 20 languages between us.
Between us Mammas, we have many babies and children of all ages, each with their own unique personalities and needs.
We liaise with midwives, health visitors, children's centres and others across Leicester – we all want to work together to make sure every new mum gets the help she needs.
Whatever your own questions or challenges, whatever your own personal circumstances, Mammas will always do our very best to offer the help, encouragement, and information you need to nurture your baby as you hope to.
We come from many backgrounds, cultures, faiths and nationalities. We speak over 20 languages between us.
Between us Mammas, we have many babies and children of all ages, each with their own unique personalities and needs.
We liaise with midwives, health visitors, children's centres and others across Leicester – we all want to work together to make sure every new mum gets the help she needs.
Whatever your own questions or challenges, whatever your own personal circumstances, Mammas will always do our very best to offer the help, encouragement, and information you need to nurture your baby as you hope to.