World Breastfeeding Week runs from this Saturday, 1 August until Friday, 7 August 2026.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Best Start Family Hubs (previously children’s centres), together with the East Yorkshire Infant Feeding Service delivery partners – the integrated specialist public health nursing (ISPHNS) team will be running community drop-in events to celebrate breastfeeding and help raise awareness of the support available to residents as part of the East Yorkshire Breastfeeding Support team.
World Breastfeeding Week events in the East Riding include:
- Monday, 3 August at West Park, Goole from 1.15pm to 2.45pm
- Monday, 3 August at Bridlington Butts Close Best Start Family Hub from 1.15pm to 3pm
- Tuesday, 4 August at Withernsea Lighthouse from 10am to 11.30am
- Thursday, 6 August at Hexagon Centre, Beverley on the grassed area (parents and carers are welcome to bring a picnic) from 11.30am to 1pm
- Thursday, 6 August at Market Weighton Best Start Family Hub from 3.30pm to 4.30pm.
Support provided to families through the Infant Feeding Service has resulted in improved breastfeeding rates across the East Riding over the past seven years; with rates at ten days increased from 56% to 64%, rates at 6–8-weeks increased from 44% to 53%, and exclusive breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks increasing from 35% to 41%.
The service provides parents with information and support on feeding and caring for their baby throughout pregnancy, birth and throughout a child’s first formative years.
Find out more about Infant Feeding support in the East Riding on the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Connect website and the East Riding Family Hubs website.
