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SEEKING TRUSTEE NOMINATIONS

LCGB is at a stage in its journey where it is imperative that the Board represents the families that we are ultimately supporting through those that we are educating. We have a lot of work to do in this area.
It is really important that we have a diverse voice - those who can bring lived experiences, different skills and expertise, who are from different parts of the workforce and those who are from the families that we are seeking to support with breastfeeding and giving their babies human milk.
To continue our work in this area, we are seeking nominations for a minimum of four new Trustees and this is where you might come in. The timetable is set out below.
We are particularly welcoming nominations from individuals: 
  • from marginalised communities whose lived experiences are that they may have been excluded from opportunities or found that organisations have not felt welcoming, OR 
  • who support families as peer supporters/breastfeeding counsellors. OR
  • under 35, OR
  • who are male, OR
  • with backgrounds in governance, finance, education, grant applications, law, healthcare (e.g. GP/paediatrician) and marketing. 

Having been on a board of Trustees in the past is not a requirement. If you are passionate and could bring a new voice to the board with a different outlook, ideas and life experience, we really want to hear from you.

We hope that LCGB can offer you the opportunity to be involved in shaping the future direction of the organisation and to develop new transferrable skills. Trustees will always be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses.

We have tried to make this process as easy as possible with a short form for those nominating to complete, however we will also accept nominations by email at recruitment@lcgb.org. Please contact us for further support in this area.
Trustees are required to be a Member of LCGB. That does not preclude non members from being nominated and we will reach out to those non members who wish to pursue Trusteeship to arrange membership. It is vital that the opportunity to join our Board is as straight forward and supported as possible.
Those nominated will be invited to a conversation with the Chair and one other Trustee. Those who would like to pursue the role will be asked to prepare a short bio and information for the members so that they can reach a decision about who they would like to vote for. We can support you with this so please don't let this put you off putting forward a nomination.
New trustees will be supported with induction and ongoing training/support to ensure they are equipped to carry out the role effectively.
You will also be linked up with an existing Trustee until you find your feet. The great news is we are recruiting a number of Trustees so you would not be the only new person!
Becoming a Trustee is a serious commitment but also an opportunity to really shape the progress of the organisation to achieve its objects. We wish to foster a diverse and inclusive board and we are committed to undertake a formal review of our progress with the support of external parties with relevant experience.

Timetable

Nominations accepted 12/07/2024 - 31/07/2024

Conversation/information preparation 12/07/2024 - 16/08/2024

Membership voting 19/08/2024 - 20/09/2024

New Trustees announced 30/09/2024

Do email either recruitment@lcgb.org or our Chair, Linda Brownlie at lbrownlie@lcgb.org us if you need support with any of the process or the timetable poses you any challenges.

For additional information about becoming a Trustee, see Become a Trustee

Nomination Form

Supporting Autistic People to Breastfeed with Dr Aimee Grant

LCGB are delighted to announce an open access conversation with #ActuallyAutistic researcher Dr Aimee Grant. We will be celebrating and supporting neurodiverse families, communities and lactation supporters.
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LCGB Chair news

It is with great gratitude for her leadership, and warm wishes for the future, that LCGB announces the retirement of Zoe Faulkner IBCLC as Chair.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Linda Brownlie FCCA IBCLC as our Chair-elect.

Zoe Faulkner IBCLC was appointed Chair of LCGB in 2015, after serving for several years as Chair of the Communications Team, and has led LCGB through a period of growth, professionalisation and transformation.  Under her vision and leadership, LCGB became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in 2020. Our membership has grown 50%, as LCGB developed more professional resources for IBCLCs in the UK and continued to advocate for skilled and specialist breastfeeding care, and LCGB has flourished through the challenges of recent years.

Zoe currently chairs the Breastfeeding Alliance joint working group developing the Infant Feeding Core Competencies framework, and she will continue to serve in that and numerous other projects. She has recently been elected to the Board of the International Lactation Consultant Association where she will be able to take her passion for providing families with access to skilled IBCLC support to an international level.

Linda Brownlie has served as LCGB’s Treasurer since 2019

Linda brings strong skills to LCGB as a qualified accountant, with almost 30 years of financial, governance and project management experience. She qualified as an IBCLC in 2016, having supported many vulnerable families in Hull with the award-winning Goodwin Development Trust volunteer doula and peer support project since 2010; a project that was replicated in other cities in the UK. Linda also successfully campaigned with fellow volunteers to save the project in 2017.

Advocacy for families and the organisations that support them is Linda’s passion. She is also dedicated to supporting aspiring IBCLCs and helping to open the doors to accreditation to a diverse community of future IBCLCs.

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The New LCGB Website & Membership System Update

At the end of December, LCGB began the process of going 'live’ with our newly built LCGB website and membership system... We took a deep breath and the new website and membership system went live. Almost immediately members started logging on which was so exciting.
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LCGB Members Volunteering During COVID Pandemic

Some LCGB members have been letting us know what they have been doing during COVID to help support the families who may have been affected by changes to services.
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LCGB joins pilot of support app for isolated new parents during COVID-19

Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB), along with partners Peppy and NCT, is delighted to announce our involvement in an innovative new digital platform to support new parents through an app. This project has been successful in winning funding from the government sponsored TechForce19, with their partners PUBLIC and the AHSN Network, an NHSX initiative to trial digital solutions to support vulnerable and isolated people during the coronavirus crisis.
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Supporting mothers who breastfeed: A guide for trainee and qualified doctors, by Associate LCGB member Patricia Wise

See the article to access the pdf of this new book, to share with medical students and qualified doctors
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NBAW 2019 – Round Up

National Breastfeeding Week 2019
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NBAW 2019 – Update from our Equity and Diversity Team

For #CelebrateBreastfeeding Week, the LCGB Equality and Diversity team would like to share some of our work.

Supporting skilled breastfeeding support which incorporates cultural competency, is an essential part of the Code of Professional Conduct for all IBCLCs.

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Breastfeeding Weeks 2018

There are two separate National Breastfeeding Weeks in 2018: from the 18th to the 22nd we are celebrating with colleagues in Wales and Scotland; and from the 25th to the 29th we will be celebrating with colleagues in England. We’ll be adding to this page throughout the weeks...
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World Aids Day 2017 – My Health, My Right Campaign

Women represent 52% of all people affected by HIV: in this document, published in recognition of 2017’s World Aids Day, WABA  draws attention to the role of the protection, promotion and support of optimal breastfeeding as a way of ensuring women’s rights.
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Equality & Diversity Report

It was wonderful to see the standing ovation that the delegates at this year’s Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative conference gave to breastfeeding peer supporter ZamZam Elmi, after her articulate and emotional description of how she became a breastfeeding peer supporter, and the struggles she faced through lack of support with her first baby, and her ensuing depression. Zamzam’s story is all too familiar, and one that Mammas, a Leicester-based breastfeeding peer support programme in a very diverse community, hear all too often among the mothers we meet.
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Maternity Action Launch Report in Westminster

LCGB Deputy Chair Sally Etheridge represented our organisation and members at the Maternity Action Launch of Report on unfair redundancies for pregnant and new mothers. Speakers included Ros Bragg, Director of Maternity Action, MP Jo Swinson, and mothers affected by unfair redundancy. Several of those attending also shared their stories.
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IBLCE Exam Board Role for UK IBCLC

LCGB is delighted to announce on IBCLC day that LCGB member, Jane Graves IBCLC, has been selected to serve on the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) Certification Committee.
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Breastfeeding and HIV

LCGB welcome the new World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) documents and statement including the latest recommendations for breastfeeding in the context of HIV as part of the celebration of World AIDS Day. As IBCLCs it’s important to keep up to date with current evidence for practice, this is especially pertinent in the context of HIV.
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The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative

The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK report was launched on Tuesday 15th November at the Houses of Parliament, hosted by MP Alison Thewliss. As well as civil servants, representatives of the main breastfeeding support organisations, researchers and MPs from all parties attended.
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Attending the WABA 25th Anniversary Global Partners Forum

Report by Pamela Morrison IBCLC
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E)

An LCGB hosted workshop:

Infant Feeding in Emergencies: working with refugee families in Europe 2016

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All Party Parliamentary Group News

Lactation Consultants of Great Britain was well represented at the last All Party Parliamentary Group on Infant Feeding and Inequalities on 6th September, 2016.
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Update on the first World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative in the UK March 2016

The WBTI team gave a presentation at the House of Commons at the first meeting to organise the All Party Parliamentary Group on Infant Feeding and Inequalities in early January, chaired by Alison Thewliss MP for Glasgow. The APPG was formally launched shortly thereafter; Ms Thewliss’ office will serve as the secretariat and have given assurances that the APPG will not accept any funding from the baby feeding industry.
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World AIDS Day 2015

World AIDS Day is on Tuesday, 1 December this year. The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) 2015 World AIDS Day Statement can be found on the WABA website.
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Breastfeeding Welcome at Airports?

The results, needless to say, were very interesting. Take a look at our summary of airport facilities according to their responses, and discover exactly what we found out.
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Jane Graves and Suzanne Tobin, the first LCGB Conference Scholarship Winners!

We are thrilled that Jane and Suzanne will be attending their first LCGB Conference and wish them well on their journey to become IBCLCs.
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World Aids Day 2014

The LCGB is pleased to announce that member Pamela Morrison IBCLC has recently produced several important new articles and resources on breastfeeding and HIV. Pamela’s background includes ten years as a La Leche League Leader in Zimbabwe (1987 – 1997) and twenty-four years as an IBCLC (1990 to date) in Zimbabwe, Australia and England
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Preventing Disease and Saving Resources

Preventing Disease and Saving Resources – the potential contribution of increasing breastfeeding rates in the UK.
You may have seen the coverage in the media of this UNICEF commissioned work highlighting the cost of NOT breastfeeding.

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Six months of exclusive breastfeeding: how good is the evidence?

This article published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) is being reported in the media as questioning whether exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is appropriate for UK babies. This article is not based on new evidence but rather a re-analysis of older evidence, much of which is the same as that used as the basis for weaning recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UK’s Departments of Health (DH).
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National Breastfeeding Week 2010 at Westminster

On Monday 21st June a parliamentary reception was held at the House of Commons, Westminster, hosted by the Member of Parliament, Emily Thornberry, to celebrate National Breastfeeding Week 2010 and 3 years since the launch of the Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition (BMC).
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