Breastfeeding Manifesto

36 MSP Supporters have already added their support to the Manifesto.

In July 2007 every MSP in Scotland received a letter on behalf of the Breastfeeding Manifesto and has been invited to add their support.

With your help and with the help of your friends and family we can ensure that all MSPs add their support.

From this page you can identify your MSP and then send them a personalised email about the Manifesto.

But please only do this if your MSP has not yet added their support to the Manifesto. To check to see if your MSP has already added their support please click here

MSPs are extremely busy people but their primary concern is to be responsive to you, their constituent. The more individuals who lobby their MSPs, the more MSPs will add their support. So, once you've sent your email to your MSP you can email friends, colleagues and family and encourage them to do the same.

With your help we can achieve mass cross-party support for the Manifesto.

Together we can really make this happen.

Please choose your MSP from this list:



Dear (WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR MSP HERE THEN DELETE THIS TEXT IN CAPS) I am writing as a constiuent to ask you to support the Breastfeeding Manifesto which is supported by a Coalition of over 35 organisations including UNICEF, Save the Children, the National Childbirth Trust, the Breastfeeding Network, Best Beginnings, The Royal College of Midwives The Royal College of Nursing and the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association. 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 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. Scotland leads the way on supporting breastfeeding mothers but much more needs to be done. Please add your name by emailing info@breastfeedingmanifesto.org.uk. You can read the Manifesto and find out more about its importance by visiting: www.breastfeedingmanifesto.org.uk I therefore urge you again to add you support. 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 AND ADDRESS HERE AND DELETE THIS TEXT IN CAPS)

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