While we're shut, there are lots of resources on common breastfeeding concerns on our website, as well links to other sources of support: oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/bfinfo/paren...
22.12.2025 17:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
While we're shut, there are lots of resources on common breastfeeding concerns on our website, as well links to other sources of support: oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/bfinfo/paren...
22.12.2025 17:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sessions can be booked as normal during the winter closure. Bookings for in person sessions open 10 days in advance, and requests for 1:1 virtual appointments will be responded to when we re-open.
22.12.2025 17:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️ OBS WINTER CLOSURE 2025 ❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️
All our services will be closed from Wednesday December 24th - Thursday Jan 1st inclusive. They will re-open as normal on Friday, January 2nd.
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THANK YOU! You’ve just raised another £25 in FREE donations for us by using Give as you Live!
If you haven’t signed up yet, get started today and you could raise FREE donations as you shop the Black Friday sales and get ready for the holidays: www.giveasyoulive.com/join/obs
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We're looking for people who are passionate about supporting breastfeeding in Oxfordshire to volunteer a few hours a month to help OBS thrive!
You can find out more here: oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/about/recrui...
Did you know that you can attend a free online baby first aid course tomorrow as part of #babyweek2025?
www.tickettailor.com/events/babyw...
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The @biggive.bsky.social Women & Girls Match fund is over and WOW: you've raised £5,081 for breastfeeding in Oxfordshire in just one week!
Over 100 families can receive free, friendly, and clinically-informed breastfeeding support, all thanks to you, our wonderful, generous supporters. 🤩
#wgmf
A picture of a smiling baby with text reading "just 1.5 hours to go!" and a ticker showing that £5081 has been raised against a target of £5000 = 102%
🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Just one and a half hours to go before the end of the Big Give! You guys have been amazing and have already used up all our match funds from the Women & Girls Match Fund.
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🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
WOW! Thank you so much to our fab OBS community, who have already exceeded our target the day before the end of our @biggive.bsky.social #WGMF campaign, raising enough to pay for 101 families to receive support at one of our sessions!
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🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Less than 4 hours ago, we asked if you could help us reach £4,000 in our Big Give Women & Girls Match Fund campaign and WOW, thank you so much! 🤩 We're now up to £4320 - enough to support nearly 90 families at our sessions and 86% of the way to our target.
Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated to our Big Give campaign! We've already raised £3760 thanks to the generosity of our amazing OBS community - enough to support over 75 families at our sessions.
13.10.2025 09:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Could your donation help us reach £4000 today? Until we reach our £5k target, all donations will be doubled with funds from the Big Give's Women & Girls Match Fund. That means we need just £120 in donations to reach £4000.
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🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Thank you so much to everyone who donated today - we're now up to £3,090! That's enough to pay for over 60 families to receive breastfeeding support at one of our in person sessions.
If you haven't had a chance to support our campaign yet, why not end the week by sharing one of our posts with friends and family, or making a donation? With match funding from the @biggive.bsky.social #WGMF, even small donations are doubled and can go twice as far!
10.10.2025 09:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Thank you so much to everyone who donated who donated overnight! We're now up to £2,800 - that's enough to give 56 families free, friendly, clinically-informed breastfeeding support at one of our in person sessions!
#WGMF
A tracker showing that £2760 out of £5000 has been raised so far - 55% of the campaign goal. In the background, a breastfeeding mother kisses her baby's hand. The logos for OBS and the Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund are at the bottom.
🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Thank you so much to everyone who donated today! We're now 55% of the way to our target.
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🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
Please help us to keep helping families across Oxfordshire by donating or sharing our campaign this week!
A picture of a breastfeeding dyad. The purple Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund upside down triangle outline is behind them. The caption says "8 out of 10 new mums in the UK stop breastfeeding before they want to" and "donate and have it doubled 8-15th October" The logos for Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support and the Women and Girls Match Fund are at the bottom.
🌟 Donate at: bit.ly/OBSBigGive 🌟
It's day 2 of our Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund campaign and we're already at 50% of our target! Until we hit our £5000 target, all donations will be doubled from match funds, so it can go twice as far!
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Have you been thinking about donating to OBS?
Next week, donations made as part of our @biggive.bsky.social Women & Girls Match Fund campaign will be DOUBLED up to £2,500!
So a £25 donation would become £50, enough to pay for a family to receive support at one of our sessions.
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Making a donation to OBS just got even easier - the teams at our sessions can now accept donations via Tap to Pay on mobile!
19.09.2025 10:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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01.09.2025 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For feeding support while we're fully closed, please contact your midwifery or health visiting team, or see bit.ly/OBSresources, which lists other sources of feeding support.
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It's our second summer closure next week (August 25th-31st) 😎
All of our services, including our Facebook group, will be closed, re-opening on Monday 1st September.
During August, OBS will be running at reduced capacity and we will be fully closed for the weeks of August 11-17th and 25-31st.
For feeding support while we're fully closed, please contact your midwifery or health visiting team, or see bit.ly/OBSresources.
During August, OBS will be running at reduced capacity and we will be fully closed for the weeks of August 11-17th and 25-31st.
For feeding support while we're fully closed, please contact your midwifery or health visiting team, or see bit.ly/OBSresources.
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THANK YOU! You’ve just raised another £25 in FREE donations for us by using @giveasyoulive.
I f you haven’t signed up yet, get started today at www.giveasyoulive.com/join/obs
Looking to book a session for after the closure? Booking opens 10 days in advance of the session: www.oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/services/inp...
11.04.2025 10:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support Spring Closure. All our services including our Facebook group will be closed 12th-21st April
Our spring closure starts tomorrow! 🌷
While we're shut, there's lots of information on common breastfeeding concerns and other sources of support under the 'Resources' tab on our website: www.oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/bfinfo
Sessions can be booked as normal during the closure, with bookings opening 10 days in advance of the session.
While we're shut, there's lots of information on common breastfeeding concerns and other sources of support under the 'Resources' tab on our website: www.oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/bfinfo
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Our spring closure is coming up soon! 🌷
All of our services, including our Facebook group, will be closed from Saturday 12th - Monday 21st April inclusive, reopening as normal on Tuesday, 22nd April.