Meeting Dates 2009.We will be publishing our dates for 2010 shortly. From Dec 09 Chichester meetings will move to 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at Tangmere Primary School. More details below.
More about our different meetings
Monthly Lancing morning meetings are held from 10.15am to 12.30pm in Boundstone Children and Family Centre, Upper Boundstone Lane, Lancing BN15 9QX. This is a new venue from September and is intended to be easily accessible to those of you along the coast. Call 01273 885079 for more details.
Monthly Pulborough morning Meetings are held from 10.15am to 12.15pm at Pulborough Children and Family Centre in the Village Hall, Swan View RH20 2BF. Call 01798 875071 for more details. Brand new meetings from September. Come along and help us get established in this area.
Monthly Chichester Morning Meetings From 3rd December 2009 the day and venue of the LLL meetings in Tangmere are
changing to every other Thursday in the
children's centre at Tangmere Primary School, Bishop's Road, PO20 2JB. Meetings start at 10am and finish at 12pm. Call 01243 532807 for more details.
Because the school doesn't have a car park if you drive you'll need to park in the roads near to the school. Residents are used to this. When you arrive at the school please go to the reception to sign in and from there make your way to a portacabin called The Quad. It's not a big site so you won't get lost! The school is situated at the end of Bishop's Road: Monthly Horsham meetings are held from 10am to 12noon at The Needles Children and Family Centre, off Blackbridge Lane, RH12 1RS. Easily accessible for those of you in Horsham and surrounding villages, possibly Crawley too. The centre is a five minute walk from Horsham Bus Station. Call 01403 732702 for more details.
What happens at an LLL Meeting?
 You don't need to have a breastfeeding problem to come to meetings! Breastfeeding mothers (both members and non members of LLL), pregnant or new mums, and those who have been breastfeeding for longer, are all welcome. It's a nice opportunity to be with other breastfeeding mothers. It's a particularly good idea to come along when you're pregnant—you can find out more about feeding your baby from mums who are already doing it.
 Once everyone had had a chance to arrive and get refreshments, our discussion is opened by one of the group's leaders Sue, Michelle, Lois, Katie or Efrat, and we all introduce ourselves and our little ones.
Teas, coffees, biscuits and healthy snacks are available. The group's library of books and leaflets about breastfeeding and parenting is on display for you to browse or borrow. We usually have our sling/carrier library available too. Sometimes mums ask to speak to a Leader (breastfeeding counsellor) privately to get help with breastfeeding problems. Many mums bring older toddlers along too—all children are welcome.
During the meeting mums often move around while taking care of their children's needs. We do ask that you encourage your little ones to settle to quieter activities during the discussion part of the meeting so that everyone can hear.
Although we offer memberships you don't have to join to come along to meetings. Becoming a member is a way of supporting your local group and the national charity financially. Your subscription brings you copies of our bimonthly magazine, Breastfeeding Matters—an LLL meeting in a handy A5 format—plus free borrowing of our group library books. Your support helps us continue to help mothers with breastfeeding both locally and nationally. If you decide not to subscribe, you might consider giving a small donation or something for the refreshments table when you come to a meeting.
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