Yesterday, Kent County Council (KCC) released its final decision on the planned cuts to breastfeeding support services in the county. The decision was reached after two consultations and a total of 1,294 consultation responses, as well as a petition with almost 5,000 signatures opposing the plans. The proposals were widely […]
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We may have thought the fight was over, but apparently there’s actually one final chance to get the message across that the proposed changes to Kent’s currently excellent breastfeeding support services are truly short sighted. You can write to your councillor using the website https://www.writetothem.com/ Please see below the amazing […]
After yesterday’s release of Kent County Council’s second infant feeding consultation, today Keep Kent Breastfeeding campaigners reacted with anger, disappointment and surprise. “There’s simply nothing really different about this consultation” said Tannice Hemming, who created keepkentbreastfeeding.org. “I’m simply stunned that after meeting with the council and putting across our concerns, […]
Friday, August 4th saw the astounding announcement that Kent County Council were shelving their current consultation on infant feeding. The consultation, originally launched on the 18th July, is now planned to be re-launched sometime in September. The plans involved major cuts to the 40 weekly groups currently accessible across all […]
BREAKING NEWS ***Update*** This morning (Monday, 31st July, 9.05am), we have heard from the leader of KCC’s (Paul Carter’s) secretary. He is currently on leave and will answer questions on his return. We have asked for our enquiries to be passed to someone else who *is* available and for Mr […]