There’s a sentiment that rings true throughout all of life; a support network of family, friends and associates helps us to work through many of life’s challenges. Here at the Breastfeeding Network, we would love to have many friends as part of our support network. As we know, breastfeeding support is vital to so many mums in succeeding with breastfeeding.
You can help support the work we do by becoming a Friend of the Breastfeeding Network. You’ll be part of an exclusive group receiving regular BfN Newsletters, special offers and discounted conference tickets too.
We have revamped our friends schemes to give you greater benefits while creating more opportunities for us to support parents on their breastfeeding journeys.
Along with supporting BfN, you can choose to specifically support our valued Drugs in Breastmilk Service too.
The Breastfeeding Network’s Drugs in Breastmilk service provides support and information to thousands of families and health professionals every year. Our highly experienced and trained pharmacists offer breastfeeding support alongside evidence based information to anyone who is concerned about the effects of medication or treatments while breastfeeding.
This is your opportunity to help us secure a long term future for the service, so we can continue to provide evidence based, mother-centred, non-judgmental information around medications, procedures and treatments while breastfeeding.
Take a look at our new packages below and see how you can become a Friend of BfN!
Silver Friend of BfN – £20 yearly
Here’s what you’ll receive: – A Friends welcome pack, including a copy of some of our printed information (Mastitis, How safe is alcohol / smoking, Medications and Breastfeeding, Expressing and Storing breastmilk, NBH postcard) and a lovely BfN badge. – Access to an exclusive Facebook group for Friends, updated with interesting news articles, information and BfN updates – Discounted ticket price for annual BfN conference – Yearly postcard after renewal to thank you for being a friend
Gold Friend of BfN – £35 yearly
Everything a Silver friend receives plus: – Prize draw for all Gold friends that attend the conference – winner receives a BfN goodie bag – Exclusive Festive card designed just for Friends (from 2023) – Opportunity to feature in our newsletter or contribute to articles. – A small gift yearly on renewal
Pearl Friend of DiBM – £25 individual / £150 organisational
– A welcome letter included with a hard copy of all the DIBM infosheets. – Discounted tickets to attend the BfN conference. – Exclusive access to a ‘Friends of DiBM only’ Facebook group with updates on news, information, factsheet updates and more. – A copy of the DiBM Newsletter bi-annually
If you become an organisational Pearl friend you will also receive 5 copies of the DiBM infosheets and an online shop discount of 10% when spending over £100.
Platinum Friend of BfN & DiBM – £55 yearly
The ultimate friend – supporting both the Breastfeeding Network and Drugs in Breastmilk information service. All of the benefits of being a Gold and Pearl friend combined!
Please note, we cannot accept donations/funding from any company with a commercial interest in infant feeding or any organisation that does not comply with the WHO code on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes
How to Join
The first step is to complete an Application Form (click here to download). Please complete this and return it to us by email. You can then choose from two methods of payment.
Pay Monthly
You can also choose to pay a smaller amount every month for 12 months. This option will result in a slightly higher total price and will continue until cancelled.