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Upcoming Clapham NCT Events

Private shopping event - Leaf, Saturday 6 March 2010

Leaf are hosting a private shopping event between 10am - 6pm at their workshop in Clapham.  Have a cup of tea (free tea and cake) whilst browsing the work of 6 guest designers across homewares, gifts, accessories, children's wear. All quality small productions from companies who share the love of design and the non mass produced. Over 200 products discounted from normal retail prices by Helen Minns, Catherine Tough, Bookhou, Lollipop Designs, Poppy Children and Skinny laMinx.

Mention NCT at the till and we will receive a 5% donation on the sale.

Leaf, Unit 6H, Clapham North Art Centre, 26-32 Voltaire Road, London, SW4 6DH.  Rsvp: info@leafshop.co.uk.

Balham Breastfeeding Cafe

Come along to our new Balham Breastfeeding Cafe every 2nd & 4th Monday morning at the Salvation Army Coffee Lounge, on Balham High Road (please note, this replaces the previous drop-in at the Weir Link Children's Centre).  This is a fantastic free resource; there are always 2 qualified breastfeeding counsellors on hand to provide you with support and information and you will be guaranteed a warm welcome from our branch volunteers.  This is also a great place to meet and socialise with other new mums in a comfortable and relaxed environment.  Please try to arrive at the start of the session if you would like to spend some time with a breastfeeding counsellor.

Time:  10am - 12noon (every 2nd and 4th Monday)
Venue:  Salvation Army Coffee Lounge,  38 Balham High Road, London, SW12 9AH
Email: balhambreastfeedingcafe@gmail.com

NEW! Weekly Walks on the Commons

The group meets each week at Crumpet, Northcote Road at around 10.15am for a walk around one of our wonderful Commons.  Everybody is welcome; pregnant women, new mums and dads and parents of toddlers.  Led by Melanie and baby Ella, please email walksonthecommons@claphamnct.com or call 07957 296241 for more details.  

Reminder! Weekly Friday Drop-in Coffee Morning

The mornings are hosted by local mum, Amanda, between 10am - 12 noon at Common Ground Cafe, Wandsworth Common.  Each week you will be able to buy a half-price cake or croissant with every tea/coffee purchased.  All welcome - parents, bumps, babes and toddlers.  Contact Amanda on batterseacoffee@claphamnct.com for further details.

Now Available! ‘Great Expectations’ Clapham NCT's Pregnancy Planner

The planner, featuring beautiful photographs of pregnant mothers-to-be and mothers with newborns, has been specially designed so that it can either be used as a pregnancy planner or as a standard annual calendar.  Alongside the artwork, each page contains a monthly planner with reminders for important dates and pregnancy landmarks.  Otherwise it has been left blank to either record all the mini-milestones that will eventually culminate in the birth of your baby or for use as a normal diary.  Each calendar is beautifully printed on high quality paper in full colour and costs £4.99.   
 
All of the models are Clapham mums-to-be and the stunning photographs were taken by local photographers who have kindly donated their time to this fundraising project.  All the proceeds from the sale of this calendar will go directly to support the Clapham NCT Breastfeeding Drop-in, run by breastfeeding counsellors and volunteers from the Clapham NCT. 

Clapham NCT’s version of “Calendar Girls” with a difference is now available to buy at NCT events, sales and you can order copies by sending an email to Sally calendar@claphamnct.com with your name, telephone number and postal address.  Demand is high for these gorgeous calendars so reserve your copy now.  

Clapham NCT on JustGiving.com

Visit our fundraising page if you would like to make a donation to the Clapham NCT.

We are currently fundraising to enable us to make our popular fortnightly breastfeeding drop-in a weekly service.

 

New! Early Days Line - 0300 330 0773

9am-1pm, Monday to Friday

You can call the NCT's Early Days line to speak to one of our postnatal leaders if you have any questions about life with a new baby.

Special Experiences Register

  • Have you had an experience of pregnancy, birth or early parenthood that was a bit different from the norm? 
  • Can you talk about what happened to you without getting upset?
  • Do you have good listening skills? 

If the answer to those questions is YES, the NCT's Special Experiences Register needs you!

The NCT's Special Experiences Register is a network of members who have been through a variety of different experiences of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.  This network can provide friendship, help, support and a listening ear to families who are going through similar experiences.  To find out more contact Ali Macleod at a_macleod@nct.org.uk.