Breastfeeding welcome venues in Hartlepool!
The breastfeeding welcome scheme aims to facilitate greater acceptance and promotion of breastfeeding in commercial and community settings, with the overall goal of increasing breastfeeding rates.
The scheme supports mothers to exercise their right to feed their child when they need to be fed. When parents are out and about with their baby and need to stop and breastfeed, they should be welcome to feed in public anywhere.
Although this is a legal requirement; 63% percent of breastfeeding mothers report that they have been on the receiving end of unsupportive comments or behaviour while breastfeeding in a public place.
Whilst most places have an open attitude, not all women know this, so it is important to encourage all businesses to become ‘breastfeeding welcome’.
Get Involved!
When you get involved as a business and put up one of our Breastfeeding Welcome stickers you help to establish and continue breastfeeding. Women need the support and understanding not just of their partners and their families, but also of the wider community. The more often we see mothers breastfeeding in public places, the more commonplace and unremarkable it will become for everyone.
What's in it for businesses?
- It can make a real improvement to customer/client service
- It can attract a new customer/client base
- It can improve your image and gives free publicity
Hartlepool Breastfeeding Friendly Venues:
- Brierton sports centre
- Headland sports centre
- CETL
- Summerhill
- Daisy and Beas (Summerhill and town centre)
- Mill house centre
- M&S (Anchor retail park)
- Costa (inside NEXT, Anchor retail park)
- Greggs (Anchor retail park)
- Nandos (Anchor retail park)
- Starbucks- Teesbay retail park
- Starbucks- Belle Vue
- Burger King- Teesbay retail park
- The Range Café- Teesbay retail park
- Lyla Belles- Teesbay retail park
- Tesco café
- Asda café
- Morrisons café
- Costa- marina
- Limanaki (new restaurant at the marina)
- Portals Place
- Happy daze
- Biacos
- Café rappor
- Wallis and Co
- Black Olive
- Casa del mar
- Talk of the town
- Ginas coven
- Larry Lanes
- Golden sands amusement park
- Fish face
- Gelato jojo
- Marine hotal
- The museum of Hartlepool (National museum of the royal navy Hartlepool)
- Brewers fayre
Want to get invovled?
If you would like your venue to be registered as ‘breastfeeding welcome’ please get in touch with us! Email hartlepoolfamilyhubs@hartlepool.gov.uk or call 01429 292444. Your business details will be listed on the family hubs website and app and we will give you breastfeeding welcome stickers to display.
Register with us
Fill out the regsitration form below for updates on our in person and virtual classes and other types of support relevant to you! Please download and read the Consent Form before applying.
Register with us
Fill out the form below for updates on our in person and virtual classes and other types of support relevant to you! Please download and read the Consent Form before applying.
