Breastfeeding Manifesto

In October 2006, every MP in the UK received a hard copy of the Breastfeeding Manifesto and has been invited to add their support to it.

714 Parliamentary Supporters have already added their support to the Manifesto.

HELP REDUCE INEQUALITIES IN CHILD HEALTH ACROSS THE UK

Increasing breastfeeding rates is the single most effective way of reducing inequalities in infant mortality across the UK.

Please help make this a reality by contacting your local MP by selecting them from the list below and sending them the email calling for their support.

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU ADD THEIR NAME AT THE TOP AND ADD YOUR NAME AT THE BOTTOM.

Please choose your MP from this list:



Dear (WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR MP HERE), I am writing to ask you, as my MP, to support the Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition. The Breastfeeding Manifesto is supported by a Coalition of 42 organisations including UNICEF UK, Save the Children, the NCT, Best Beginnings, the five Royal Colleges. In addition over 9,000 people like me have already added our support. In the UK 9 out of 10 women who had stopped breastfeeding by six weeks wished they could have breastfed for longer. That means that every year approximately 300,000 women stopped breastfeeding before they wished to. There are also huge health inequalities around breastfeeding with mothers from lower socio-economic groups being significantly less likely to initiate and sustain breastfeeding. The Breastfeeding Manifesto outlines seven objectives that, if implemented, could result in a dramatic uplift in the number of UK mothers who are able to make fully informed choices about how to feed their babies and receive proper support. As far as I am aware you have not, as yet, added your support to the Breastfeeding Manifesto. I am writing to ask you to add your support to the list of over 300 elected representatives who support the Breastfeeding Manifesto. Please add your name by emailing info@breastfeedingmanifesto.org.uk To read the Manifesto and find out more about its importance please visit: www.breastfeedingmanifesto.org.uk To help reduce inequalities in child health across the UK, I urge you to add you support to the Manifesto. Together, with your fellow parliamentarians you can make a real and lasting difference, for future generations. I look forward to hearing from you with your thoughts and feedback about the Manifesto and to learning whether you intend to add your support to it. Yours sincerely, (PLEASE ADD YOUR FULL NAME HERE)

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