Local Support Groups

Bebington Health Centre
Bebington Health Visiting Team
Tel: 0151 641 5984
Mondays at 1.30-3pm

Arrowe Park Hospital Infant Feeding Clinic
Ward 53 Maternity Unit - for babies up to 1-month-old
Annie, Margie & Donna - Infant Feeding Specialists
Tel: 0151 604 7466
Tuesday 10-12pm

Milk Float - Heswall United Reformed Church
Jan Maltby - Health Visitor and Penny King - CNN
Tel: 0151 342 3559
Tuesdays at 10.30-12pm

Leasowe Baby Café
Toni Shepherd - Health Visitor
Tel: 0151 638 2736
Tuesdays at 10.30-12pm

Bromborough Children’s Centre Baby Café
Lenore MacIntosh - Health Visitor and Lin Nash - CNN
Tel: 0151 334 1381
Fortnightly 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 1.30-3.30pm

New Brighton Children’s Centre
Mim Holland - Health Visitor
Tel: 0151 630 8113
Wednesday 12.00-1.30pm

New Ferry Children’s Centre
Karen Adams – Family Support Worker
Pat Moore - CNN
Tel: 0151 645 1703
2nd, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 09.15-10.15am

Hoylake and West Kirby Children’s Centres
Jayne Ventre and Bridie Keyse - Health Visitors
Tel: 0151 677 3679
Alternative venues weekly on Wednesday 1.30-3pm

Rock Ferry Children’s Centre Baby Café
Karen Adams - NNEB
Tel: 0151 644 5500
Thursday 9-11am

Ganneys Meadow
Annette Lamb
Tel: 0151 677 9255
Thursday 1.30-3pm

Seacombe Children’s Centre Baby Café
Jo Chwalko - Health Visitor and Sarah Harper
Tel: 0151 630 1845
Friday at 11.30am-1pm

Children’s Centres

Bidston & St James Children’s Centre
334 Laird Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 7AL
Tel: 0151 651 1190

Birkenhead & Tranmere Children’s Centre
St Werburgh’s Catholic Primary School
Park Grove
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 2TD
Tel: 0151 647 3447

Leasowe Early Years & Adult Learning Centre
(The Children’s Centre for Leasowe & Moreton East)
Twickenham Drive
Moreton
Wirral
CH46 2QF
Tel: 0151 639 8923

Liscard Children’s Centre
Liscard Primary School
Withens Lane
Wallasey
Wirral
CH45 7NQ
Tel: 0151 638 7530

Claughton Children’s Centre
Hillside Primary School
Ridgeway Road
Prenton
Wirral
CH43 9AB
Tel: 0151 488 5948

Helpful numbers

National Breastfeeding Helpline
Tel: 0844 20 909 20

Lactation Consultants
Annie Atkinson
Tel: 0151 604 7108
Kathy Lightfoot
Mobile: 07768 323 612

NCT Breast Feeding Counsellors
Margie
Tel: 0151 632 2028
Nancy
Tel: 0151 353 8922
Frances
Tel: 0151 334 8119

Breast Pump Hire
Nancy
Tel: 0151 353 8922
Frances
Tel: 0151 334 8119
Nicky
Tel: 0151 678 2379

Wirral Mothers Milk Bank
Tel: 0151 334 4000 ext 5000

Home Start
Home visiting family support
Tel: 0151 653 2323

Domestic Violence
Liverpool and Wirral Support
Tel: 0800 0283398

Women’s Refuge/Zero Centre
Tel: 0151 670 1528

Kooth.com
Free confidential on-line counselling and advice
(11-25 years)
www.kooth.com

Wirral Stop Smoking Services
Advice and support
Tel: 0151 630 8383

Wirral Alcohol Services
Advice and support
Tel: 0151 647 4999

Connexions
Young parent support
Tel: 07790 809 195

Wirral Brook
Free and confidential advice and contraception
Tel: 0151 670 0177

ARCH Initiatives
Family support for people connected with substance misuse
Tel: 0151 647 8633

Response
Support with housing, welfare, drugs and alcohol
(13 - 19 years)
Tel: 0151 666 4123

Contraception and Sexual Health Services
Family planning
Tel: 0151 604 7290

NHS Direct
Tel: 0845 46 47

Family Information Service
Professional Excellence Centre
Acre Lane
Bromborough
Wirral
CH62 7BZ
Tel: 0800 085 874