The Peer Support Team

Sheffield’s Family Hubs have a dedicated Infant Feeding Peer Support Team who work closely with Midwives and Health Visitors to provide information and support during pregnancy and after baby is born.

The Peer Support Team offer support during pregnancy to chat through what to expect when baby arrives. This may include a conversation about the benefits of skin to skin and breastfeeding so that you can make an informed choice, responding to baby, such as feeding cues, and a chance for questions about any aspect of feeding and caring for a newborn baby.

Our Peer Support Service will then call within 48 hours of discharge, offering support, advice and reassurance regarding feeding and caring for the new baby.

The Infant Feeding Peer Support Team offer one-to-one support, both face to face and via telephone, for as long as the support is required for all Sheffield mums.

Support is offered to all mothers and families regardless of the way they feed their babies.

The service also offers weekly breastfeeding support drop-ins, in various venues across the city. Breastfeeding drop-ins offer a chance for ongoing breastfeeding support and encouragement, as well as a chance to make new friends with other mums and babies on a similar journey.

First Start Family Hub & Early Days Family Hub

Kayla Thompson

Jane Howe

Jess Crump

Kira Holmes

Liz Gourlay

Marisol Fernandez Correa

Melissa Wells 

Darnall Family Hub

Ali Eaton

Carla Armstrong

Charlotte Kerr

Joanna Hill

Katie Gregory

Lindsay Gibson

Shabana Sharif

Zoe Platts

Shortbrook Family Hub

Helen Sedgwick

Jo Knowles

Karen Chamberlain

Lindsay Gibson

Mandy Szczupak

Nicola King

Valley Park Family Hub

Deana Nolte

Gail Denton-Gelder

Karen Chamberlain

Karen Robinson

Kate Bingham

Sharrow Family Hub

Nadia Liaqat

Elizabeth Hardman

Helen Sedgwick

Jen Crepaldi

Karen Chamberlain

Mathilde Hutchings

Rosie Priestnall-Birkett

Primrose Family Hub

Donna Appleyard

Emma Pestereff

Kelly Newall

Millie Herbert

Sue Broomfield