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ifan| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|Ann Bruce||||||| |2|Helen Garison||||||| |3|James Hamilton|Secretary|||||| |4|Joanne Haslett|Chair from 4.21|||||| |5|Joanna Kapel||||||| ||Jemma Metcalfe-|Chair|Resigned|4.21|||| ||Gibson||||||| |7|Jenny Robinson|Treasurer|||||| |8|Lucy Spain||Appointed|5.21|||| ## ||Trustee selection
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elected by)|New trustees are appointed
by existing trustees. The current trustees are
all local parents who have volunteered
to undertake
this role.|New trustees are appointed
by existing trustees. The current trustees are
all local parents who have volunteered
to undertake
this role.| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Additional|||governance|||issues (Optional
information)|||| |You may choose to include||||||||South Cumbria
Breastfeeding
Support has a written
safeguarding
policy to
help breastfeeding
supporters
who are concerned
about the welfare of a|| |||||||||child or ofa vulnerable
adult.|| |||||||||South Curnbria
Breastfeeding
Support has a Code ofConduct
by which|all| |||||||||its representatives
abide.|| |||||||||Trustees receive no remuneration
or other benefits for their work as|| |||||||||trustees. SCBS's Breastfeeding
Counsellor,
who is also a Trustee,
is paid|| |||||||||for some of her professional
work as a Breastfeeding
Counsellor.
This is|in| |||||||||line with SCBS's constitution
and conflicts of interest
rocedures.|| |||||||||~ ~
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~|| |||||||||The object of South Cumbria
Breasffeeding
Support
is the advancement|| |Summary
ofthe objects ofthe
charity set out in its
governing
document||||||||of health, for the public benefit, through
the provision
of information,
skilled help and support for mothers
in and around
South Cumbria
who
breastfeed
or wish to breasffeed
their babies, the families ofthose
mothers
and others who support them.|| |||||||||In planning
our activities for the year, the trustees
have had regard to the|| |||||||||Charity Commission's
guidance
on public benefit.|| |||||||||Breastfeeding
drop-in groups|| |||||||||Prior to the start ofthe COVID-19 pandemic,
we ran three breastfeeding|| |||||||||groups each week,
in Kendal, Windermere
and Ulverston.
Our groups|| |||||||||are free, and mums do not need to book in advance.
With the start of|| |||||||||Covid-19-related
restrictions
in March 2020, our groups were suspended,|| |||||||||and all our services moved online. During the 2020-2021 year, we stared|| |||||||||the process of re-opening
in-person
support.|| |||||||||Breast Friend Award|| |Summary|||ofthe main|||||This
is an annual
award,
launched
by SCBS in 2016-17, that enables|| |activities
undertaken|||||forthe|||local
mothers
to
nominate
Health
Professionals
who
have
made|a| |public||benefit in relation to||||||significant
and
positive
difference
to their
breastfeeding
journey.
The|| |these|objects (include|||||within||Breast Friend awards
aims to:|| |this section||||the statutory|||||| |declaration||||that trustees|||have|a highlight
good practice
in breastfeeding
support
by Health|| |had regard||||to the guidance||||Professionals|| |issued||by|the Charity|||||~ raise awareness
amongst
Health Professionals
and parents ofthe|| |Commission||||on public||||importance
ofgood support for breasffeeding.|| |benefit)|||||||||| |||||||||Any
Health
Professional
working
in South
Cumbria,
or who has worked|| |||||||||with a mum who lives in this area could be nominated.
This could include,|| |||||||||for example,
Midwives,
Maternity
Assistants,
Health Visitors,|| |||||||||Obstetricians,
GPs, Nurses,
Paediatricians
or Dieticians.|| |||||||||Liaison with local Health Professionals|| |||||||||We liaise with local Health Professionals,
including
midwives
and health|| |||||||||visitors,
in order to advocate for best practice
in breasffeeding
support,|| |||||||||and to ensure that our services are meeting
local need. We attend|| |||||||||meetings
of Maternity
Voices (formerly
known as the Maternity
Services|| |||||||||Liaison Committee),
Cumbria
County Council's
Breastfeeding
Strategy|| |||||||||Grou
and the Infant Feedin
Forum for the Local Maternit
S stem.|| |TAR||||||||March 2012|| ## ||~|~||a
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~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||||This financial year started
with all'our in-person
groups
still suspended
due to COVID-19. At the start ofthe pandemic,
we created a closed
online forum for local parents: SCBS In It Together. This virtual
group
allowed
families to connect with us, and with each other, providing|| |||||support
and community-building
seven days a week. By the end of|| |||||August 2021,there were over 600families
in SCBS In It Together. Mums.|| |||||use this group to ask each other questions, seek informal
support,
and to|| |||||share information:
the kind ofsupport that mums
might once have been|| |||||able to offer each other
in a close-knit real-life community.|| |||||We continued
to run live online activities: weekly online drop-in sessions,|| |||||weekly Q&A sessions
with our IBCLC (Lactation Consultant)
and|| |||||fortnightly
antenatal
sessions. We had been quick to establish
online|| |||||support
at the start ofthe pandemic,
and were approached
by NHS|| |||||breasffeeding
support
staff from outside our area who wanted to learn|| |||||from our work, and establish
online groups oftheir own.|| |||||Families were also able to receive support
from our IBCLCthough 1:1|| |||||Zoom sessions. We offered support to families
working
their way through|| |||||a variety of breastfeeding
challenges,
including
painful feeds and slow|| |||||weight gain.|| |||||With the relaxation
of restrictions,
we were able to re-open our group
in|| |||||Kendal
in May 2021, and then Windermere
group a few weeks later.|| |||||Initially, we restricted
numbers,
and asked families to book in advance.|In| |||||July 2021, with changed
guidance
from the UK Government,
we were|| |||||able to move to drop-in groups again. Our re-opened
drop-in
groups have|| |||||been very well attended,
and have attracted
families from across a wide|| |||||geographic
area: families have travelled
to us from as far afield as|| |||||Barrow, Cockermouth,
Carlisle and Sedbergh.|| |||||Since the reopening
ofour groups to the end ofthe financial year, we had|| |||||around 110visits to groups,
from over 60 mums.|| |||||The following
is feedback from a number
of mums who accessed our|| |||||online and/or
in-person
services during
this year:|| |||||'Without
that support/knowledge
I gained from you we wouldn' t|| |||||have
ot
ast the first few da s ofbreastfeedin
never mind over|a| |TAR||||March 2012|| |~|~||~
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~|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||'|| ||||year.|| ||||'Just want to send you so much
love and gratitude.
By little boy|is 1| ||||today. We' re thoroughly
enjoying
our breastfeeding
journey,
it was|| ||||so tough at the start, but would
have destroyed
me if we'd of
stopped, can't thank you enough
for helping
and supporting
us. '|| ||||'I am both a local GP and a mother,
who had her first baby
in 2020.|| ||||I think most new mothers
would
admit that the transition
to|| ||||motherhood
is a shock and hard to cope with, no matter how|| ||||prepared
you think you are. In the middle of lockdowns,
when most|| ||||traditional
avenues ofsupport
and companionship
for mothers
and|| ||||babies were closed,
itwas extremely
difficult,
isolating
and|| ||||overwhelming.
I wanted
badly to breasffeed
my baby but
I had|| ||||severe problems
including
pain, nipple damage, tongue tie and|| ||||faltering
growth
in my baby.
Itwas emotionally
hugely
important|to| ||||me to persist with breasffeeding,
but
I needed
help, and the South|| ||||Cumbria
Breastfeeding
Support service was there.
I had one to|| ||||one zoom consultations
and gained a lot ofencouragement
and|| ||||support
from the Facebook page. Since in person meetings
have|| ||||resumed
I have attended
whenever
I can and still gain much|| ||||support
from them.
I know from a mother's
perspective
how vital|| ||||the SCBSis, for breasffeeding
help and for social contact with|| ||||other mothers.
I have also, in my role as a GP, signposted
many|| ||||other families to the SCBSfor help that is simply not available
on|| ||||the NHS. '|| ||||The trustees
of South Cumbria
Breasffeeding
Support consider that|| |Briefstatement||ofthe|reserves would be needed
in the event of:|| |charity's|policy|on reserves||| ||||a) unforeseen
emergency
or other unexpected
need for funds|| ||||b) unforeseen
day-to-day
operational
costs, eg employing
temporary|staff| ||||to cover a long-term
sick absence.|| ||||c) A source of income, such as a grant,
not being renewed.
Funds
might|| ||||be needed to give the trustees
time to take action
if income falls below|| ||||expectations.|| ||||d) Planned
commitments,
or designations,
that cannot be met by future|| ||||income alone|| ||||e) The need to fund short-term
deficits
in a cash budget|| ||||SCBSaims to hold reserves
equating
to 6 months'
expenditure.
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