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Glasgow Times
01-08-2025
- Health
- Glasgow Times
North Lanarkshire Council back World Breastfeeding Week 2025
This figure was revealed as North Lanarkshire council announced its plans to mark World Breastfeeding Week 2025, which runs from August 1-7. In North Lanarkshire, 50.7% of newborns are now breastfed, marking the highest rate to date for the area. Read more: Law firm recognised by Scottish Parliament for charity work in Glasgow (Image: North Lanarkshire Council) The council hopes this figure reflects a growing awareness among new mothers of the benefits of breastfeeding, both for their child's health and for the environment. Councillors Geraldine Woods and Fiona Fotheringham also tabled a motion at a full council meeting in support of World Breastfeeding Week. The motion recognised the efforts of council staff, NHS Lanarkshire's Infant Feeding and Maternity Services staff, and other partner organisations to support breastfeeding in the area. To mark World Breastfeeding Week, North Lanarkshire Council's depute leader Louise Roarty visited one of the many breastfeeding groups in the area. She said: "Everyone has a role to play in creating supportive and sustainable environments for breastfeeding, and hearing from parents and carers at their local Breastfeeding Group reaffirms this. "Providing welcoming spaces across our communities and workplaces to support new parents breastfeeding, educating our young people, and changing the culture of breastfeeding to be seen as the norm are key to increasing breastfeeding rates and creating healthier communities. "Breastfeeding is a natural, renewable food that is environmentally safe, produced and delivered without pollution, packaging or waste, and is the sustainable solution that is good for the planet and its people. "It's incredible to think that while breastfeeding mums are also protecting the environment too." Read more: New Lanarkshire programme helps parents create healthier, smoke-free homes (Image: North Lanarkshire Council) The council is working with partners across the area to drive a cultural shift in attitudes towards breastfeeding. This includes creating breastfeeding-friendly environments at all levels, including healthcare, education, the workplace, and within the community. The council also achieved gold status in the first-ever Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Local Authority Award, acknowledging its dedication to supporting breastfeeding in both the workplace and the wider community.
Daily Record
30-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Record
North Lanarkshire Council supporting World Breastfeeding Week 2025
Showcase, which will run from August 1-7, focusing on the environment and climate change and encouraging people to promote a breastfeeding culture, creating a sustainable environment. North Lanarkshire Council is showing its support for World Breastfeeding Week 2025. The showcase, which will run from August 1-7, is focusing on the environment and climate change and encouraging people to promote a breastfeeding culture, creating a sustainable environment. In North Lanarkshire, the council is actively encouraging breastfeeding and leading the way by driving a shift in culture change. Together with its partners the local authority is making it easier for parents and families and improving accessibility, creating a breastfeeding friendly environment at all levels - health, education, workplace and community. One recent milestone shows that 50.7 per cent of babies born in North Lanarkshire are now being breastfed; the first time this benchmark has been surpassed in the area. This positive trend reflects an increasing awareness among new mothers of the health and developmental benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child and supportive communities. To mark World Breastfeeding Week, depute leader Louise Roarty visited one of the many breastfeeding groups that meet across the area to see and hear first-hand of the help on offer to support breastfeeding. She said: "Everyone has a role to play in creating supportive and sustainable environments for breastfeeding, and hearing from parents and carers at their local breastfeeding group reaffirms this. "Providing welcoming spaces across our communities and workplaces to support new parents breastfeeding, educating our young people and changing the culture of breastfeeding to it being seen at the 'norm' are key to increasing breastfeeding rates and creating healthier communities. "Breastfeeding is a natural, renewable food that is environmentally safe, produced and delivered without pollution, packaging or waste and is the sustainable solution that is good for the planet and its people. "It's incredible to think that while breastfeeding mums are also protecting the environment too." Councillors Geraldine Woods and Fiona Fotheringham tabled a motion at a recent meeting of the full council backing World Breastfeeding Week. The motion also recognised the efforts of council staff and all employees working in NHS Lanarkshire's i nfant feeding and maternity services and other partner organisations for their ongoing effort to support, encourage and promote breastfeeding. The council achieved gold status in the first-ever Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Local Authority Award, recognising its commitment to supporting breastfeeding in the workplace and wider community. *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here.
