The NCT is delighted to announce it has teamed up with The British Red Cross to provide parents and parents-to-be with invaluable first aid training.
The course will cover:
- unconscious baby or child (breathing and not breathing)
- choking
- bleeding
- burns
- raised temperatures
The next course will be on Friday 9th March from 10.00am - 12.00pm and will be held at the following venue:
Rushcliffe Arena
Rugby Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7HY
The venue offers free parking, refreshements to purchase and baby changing facilities.
Babes in arms are welcome, but no toddlers please.
The course costs £25 per person or £45 per couple. Concessionary rates are available.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
To book your place or for more information please email nottsnctfirstaid@yahoo.co.uk
NCT Nottingham
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Monday 30 January 2012
NCT Antenatal Courses - making friends for life?
I was speaking to a mum this week who had just been to the 18th birthday party of the eldest child born to her NCT antenatal group. The families have kept in touch for all this time, although they are now spread right across the UK, having met in London where they all worked 18 years ago and found themselves pregnant and needing information and support.
As an antenatal teacher, I love hearing that the groups I have taught go on to meet up after their babies have been born. Those early days can be quite a challenge and it's useful to have a friendly voice at the end at the phone who can reassure you that they are going through exactly the same thing, because their baby is almost exactly the same age as yours.
Sometimes groups go further than meeting for coffee - camping trips en masse, or weekends at Center Parcs, where the dads can all look after the babies whilst the mums go to the spa, or the mums babysit whilst the dads go off for a while.
Of course not all groups gel perfectly and whether you continue to meet up as a class group or not, you're welcome to come along to our Bumps and Babies in Beeston, Long Eaton, Hucknall and our soon-to-be-launched Stapleford Young Mums' group. That's how I made friends when I moved to Nottingham in 1998 with my 18 month old daughter - and I'm still in touch with several of the families I met there all those years ago, although we now tend to meet without the children who have very much developed busy teenage lives of their own.
To find out more about NCT courses and what's available use the NCT course finder. We look forward to meeting you.
Sue
NCT Antenatal Teacher and Branch Co-Chair
[Course Finder]
As an antenatal teacher, I love hearing that the groups I have taught go on to meet up after their babies have been born. Those early days can be quite a challenge and it's useful to have a friendly voice at the end at the phone who can reassure you that they are going through exactly the same thing, because their baby is almost exactly the same age as yours.
Sometimes groups go further than meeting for coffee - camping trips en masse, or weekends at Center Parcs, where the dads can all look after the babies whilst the mums go to the spa, or the mums babysit whilst the dads go off for a while.
Of course not all groups gel perfectly and whether you continue to meet up as a class group or not, you're welcome to come along to our Bumps and Babies in Beeston, Long Eaton, Hucknall and our soon-to-be-launched Stapleford Young Mums' group. That's how I made friends when I moved to Nottingham in 1998 with my 18 month old daughter - and I'm still in touch with several of the families I met there all those years ago, although we now tend to meet without the children who have very much developed busy teenage lives of their own.
To find out more about NCT courses and what's available use the NCT course finder. We look forward to meeting you.
Sue
NCT Antenatal Teacher and Branch Co-Chair
[Course Finder]
Monday 23 January 2012
Swish Event
On the 24th February 2012 we are organising a Swish in aid of our local baby cafe at Chilwell Road Methodist Church, Beeston, NG9 1EH.
The Swish event will begin at 6:30pm until 7.30pm when you are invited to drop off your items, please make sure all your items are labeled clearly with the size. You can bring up to ten items to be swapped, you will be given a token for ever item you bring. While you are waiting for the browsing to begin there will be plenty of tea, coffee and cakes. And arrange of stalls for you to browse and sample and don't forget our raffle.
At 7:45pm the browsing will begin, you are invited to have a look at the items, try them on in our back room but make sure you return them to the rails as you are not allowed to claim anything until the Swish begins.
At 8pm a whistle will be blown and the Swish will begin, and you can quickly grab which ever items you fancy. But no fighting if more than one of you want an item maybe you should toss a coin to decide.
Then it's over to the tills to cash your items out.
At the end of the Swish all remaining items will be donated to the NCT and sold for £2 with the money going to the baby cafe, if you do not wish your items to be sold you can collect items before this take place.
Don't forget to stay and see if you've won anything in our raffle.
Tickets on sale via Beeston and Long Eaton Bumps, Babies and Beyond co-ordinators at the baby cafe or by email at nctnottingham@yahoo.com; [original article]
The Swish event will begin at 6:30pm until 7.30pm when you are invited to drop off your items, please make sure all your items are labeled clearly with the size. You can bring up to ten items to be swapped, you will be given a token for ever item you bring. While you are waiting for the browsing to begin there will be plenty of tea, coffee and cakes. And arrange of stalls for you to browse and sample and don't forget our raffle.
At 7:45pm the browsing will begin, you are invited to have a look at the items, try them on in our back room but make sure you return them to the rails as you are not allowed to claim anything until the Swish begins.
At 8pm a whistle will be blown and the Swish will begin, and you can quickly grab which ever items you fancy. But no fighting if more than one of you want an item maybe you should toss a coin to decide.
Then it's over to the tills to cash your items out.
At the end of the Swish all remaining items will be donated to the NCT and sold for £2 with the money going to the baby cafe, if you do not wish your items to be sold you can collect items before this take place.
Don't forget to stay and see if you've won anything in our raffle.
Tickets on sale via Beeston and Long Eaton Bumps, Babies and Beyond co-ordinators at the baby cafe or by email at nctnottingham@yahoo.com; [original article]
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Have you booked your NCT course yet?
The NCT has been offering antenatal classes in Nottingham for many, many years but recently the options available have expanded.
As well as the "traditional" evening courses, usually held as eight 2-hour classes, you can now book courses that take place at weekends e.g two consecutive Saturdays or Sundays, six Saturday afternoons or Sunday evenings.
Most of our antenatal courses are attended by couples expecting their first baby but sometimes we have couples who are expecting their second or subsequent child and didn't do classes the first time around and whilst they are very welcome on these courses, there's another option - refresher courses. Lasting just one day, these are aimed at parents who have been through labour and/or birth at least once already and want to use their experience to help with their next labour.
We are now also able to offer postnatal courses, which are held on weekdays and attended by parent and baby. These courses give you the opportunity to explore different approaches to important parenting issues with a qualified group leader and other new parents in your area.
Coming soon - look out for our Baby First Aid courses which we are running in conjunction with British Red Cross. These are designed to build your confidence as a parent or carer in dealing with emergency situations.
Our Facebook page is updated regularly with infomation about Nottingham NCT and the services we offer including our Nearly New Sales, Bumps and Babies groups, BabyCafe breastfeeding support and social and fundraising events, such as the forthcoming Swish, which will give you the opportunity to update your wardrobe by swapping your unwanted clothes and accessories with someone else. "Like" us if you are on Facebook, and if you aren't, bookmark it so you can check it regularly; it's open to public viewing. You can find out what courses are available on our website.
I hope we will see you at one of our courses or events during 2012. If you'd like to know more, please feel free to drop me a line or call/text me on 07711 956779.
Sue Woollett
Branch co-chair
[NCT Courses]
As well as the "traditional" evening courses, usually held as eight 2-hour classes, you can now book courses that take place at weekends e.g two consecutive Saturdays or Sundays, six Saturday afternoons or Sunday evenings.
Most of our antenatal courses are attended by couples expecting their first baby but sometimes we have couples who are expecting their second or subsequent child and didn't do classes the first time around and whilst they are very welcome on these courses, there's another option - refresher courses. Lasting just one day, these are aimed at parents who have been through labour and/or birth at least once already and want to use their experience to help with their next labour.
We are now also able to offer postnatal courses, which are held on weekdays and attended by parent and baby. These courses give you the opportunity to explore different approaches to important parenting issues with a qualified group leader and other new parents in your area.
Coming soon - look out for our Baby First Aid courses which we are running in conjunction with British Red Cross. These are designed to build your confidence as a parent or carer in dealing with emergency situations.
Our Facebook page is updated regularly with infomation about Nottingham NCT and the services we offer including our Nearly New Sales, Bumps and Babies groups, BabyCafe breastfeeding support and social and fundraising events, such as the forthcoming Swish, which will give you the opportunity to update your wardrobe by swapping your unwanted clothes and accessories with someone else. "Like" us if you are on Facebook, and if you aren't, bookmark it so you can check it regularly; it's open to public viewing. You can find out what courses are available on our website.
I hope we will see you at one of our courses or events during 2012. If you'd like to know more, please feel free to drop me a line or call/text me on 07711 956779.
Sue Woollett
Branch co-chair
[NCT Courses]
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