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Local Breastfeeding Support Groups in Northern Ireland

Northern Health & Social Services Board area

The following is a list of Breastfeeding Support Groups located in the Northern Health & Social Services Board area:

Group Name

Venue

Times

Contact Person

Telephone

La Leche League Breastfeeding Support Group

La Leche League, Carrickfergus

2nd Friday of each month

Sarah McCann

028 9336 2387

Antrim Breastfeeding Group

Health Centre,
Station Road,
Antrim

2nd Monday of each month

Pamela McBride or Lyn Brennan

028 9441 3900

Ballyclare Breastfeeding Group

Ballyclare Community Concerns,
Doagh Road,
Ballyclare

1st and 3rd Monday of each month

Heather Brownlee or Donna Cordner

028 9334 3514

Magherafelt Breastfeeding Group

Old Maternity Unit
Mid Ulster Hospital
59 Hospital Road
Magherafelt

1st and 3rd Friday of each month

Tracy Lupair or Maeve McGuigan

028 7936 6916

Newtownabbey SureStart Breastfeeding Group

St James' Nursery School,
17 Kings Walk,
Newtownabbey

Every Tuesday

Sandra Gordon

028 9086 0938

Newtownabbey SureStart Breastfeeding Group

Newtownabbey Surestart,
Dunanney Centre,
Rathmullan Drive,
Rathcoole

Every Friday

Sandra Gordon

028 9086 0938

Slievegallion Breastfeeding Group

Nurse's Clinic,
Tobermore Road,
Draperstown

3rd Wednesday of each month

Mary Duggan  or Pauline Walls

028 7962 8412

Whitehead Breastfeeding Group

GP Premises,
King's Road,
Whitehead

1st Wednesday of each month

Liz English or Joyce Borland

028 9337 239

Ballymoney Breastfeeding Support Group

Knockladye Park,
Ballymoney Health Centre, Ballymoney

2nd and 4th Tuesday

Margaret Boyle

028 2766 0303

Coleraine Breastfeeding Mother group

Lodge Health,
Lodge Road,
Coleraine

1st and 3rd Wednesday

Heather Patterson

 028 7035 2007
NCT Bumps and Babies 30 Main Street,
Portglenone 		2nd and 4th Thursday each month Valerie Kerr 028 2582 2737
G-old Sure Start
Breastfeeding Support Group		 G-old Community Partnership,
2B Coagh Crescent,
Cookstown
 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month Theresa McGrady
(Sure Start Health Visitor)		 028 8676 9994
La Leche League Breastfeeding Support Group Larne. Contact Mary Jo for more details 2nd Wednesday morning of each month Mary Jo 028 2827 9218
Yummy Mummy Club

Bushmills Surestart Breastfeeding Support Group,
Bushmills Surestart Office,
64 Main Street,
Bushmills

 2nd and 4th Monday Karen Cox 028 2073 0444
Yummy Mummy Club Armoy Surestart Breastfeeding Support Group,
Tilly Molloy's,
Armoy		 1st and 3rd Tuesday Karen Cox 028 2073 0444
Yummy Mummy Club Ballycastle Breastfeeding Support Group,
Ballycastle Surestart Office,
27 Ann Street, Ballycastle		 2nd and 4th Mondays Karen Boyd 028 2076 1223

Ballymena Breastfeeding Support Group

 Ballymena Library, Pat’s Brae,
Ballymena		 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Bernie Hartley 028 2587 8611
Larne Breastfeeding Support Group Craigy Hill Presbyterian Church,
Getty Halls,
Church Hill Road,
Larne
 1st and 3rd Wednesday every month Helen Sherry 028 2827 6044
Breastfeeding Support Group Magherafelt Library
Magherafelt		 Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday Rosemary Kerr or Joyce McKittrick 028 7936 6808 or 028 7936 1032

A list of support groups in other areas can be viewed here.


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