Forthcoming antenatal courses in Nottingham

Long Eaton Antenatal Courses
Thursday evenings - 6 May to 24 June 2010 - Places available
Saturday mornings - 8 May to 29 May 2010 - Fully booked

Cotgrave Antenatal Courses
Sundays, intensive - 16 and 23 May 2010 - Fully booked
Saturdays, intensive - 5 and 12 June 2010 - Places available

Beeston Antenatal Courses
Saturday afternoons - 5 June to 17 July 2010 - Places available
Wednesday evenings - 9 June to 28 July 2010 - Fully booked

Course prices vary from £97.20 to £152.80. Please check the NCT website for more information about each course.

Reduced price options

We would like to make sure every parent can benefit from our courses. We therefore have lower prices for parents on lower incomes or in receipt of certain benefits. These concessions vary, from small discounts of 5% to a maximum reduction of 90% off the full course fee.

Please ask the booking administrator for more details. She will be delighted to help you. ; [original article]

Nearby Nearly New Sales this weekend and next

If you're looking for good quality bargains for your baby, you could do worse than checking out this weekend's NCT Nearly New Sales in Worksop and Chellaston.

Worksop
Date: Saturday 17th April
Opening times: 10am-12pm
Venue: Chellaston Foundation School and Technology College, Swarkestone Road, Chellaston, Derby


Chellaston
Date: Saturday 17th April
Opening times: 10am-12pm
Venue: Chellaston Foundation School and Technology College, Swarkestone Road, Chellaston, Derby


Next weekend is Loughborough's sale

Date: Saturday 24th April 2010
Opening times: 10.30 - 12.30
Venue: Burleigh Community College, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ (main hall and gymnasium) GATE 4


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Cotgrave - Antenatal Class places available

We've had a huge demand for classes recently on the West Bridgford side of town and as a result are running the following courses:

15 April - Eight Thursday evening sessions - £152.80* - 4 places available
17 April - Two consecutive Saturdays - SOLD OUT
18 April - Two consecutive Sundays - £127* - 4 places available

*Discounts of up to 90% are available on courses as NCT standard policy. More information is available here.

If you have been looking for a class or have a friend who is looking and would like to join either of the courses with spaces, please contact Claire Thorpe, our bookings co-ordinator on bookings6b@nct.org.uk or 0844 2436875. Alternatively, please complete the request form on the NCT website which you can reach by clicking on the course dates above.; [original article]

Mapperley Nearly New Sale - Saturday 10 July

The next NCT Nottingham Nearly New Sale will take place in Mapperley on Saturday 10 July in 2010.

More information will follow as soon as we have it - please check our website regularly for more information.

We are looking for people to make up a Nearly New Team to help spread the load since our former Sale Organiser resigned earlier this year. The impact of losing a key figure put all our sales in jeopardy so we are aiming to spread the load to ensure the safety of future sales.

Details of how to volunteer can be found on our website or you can speak to your antenatal teacher, Bumps and Babies host or come along to an NCT volunteer meeting. The next one will be held on Tuesday 20 April, at 10am to 12noon Long Eaton.; [original article]

Eczema Research - participants wanted

Are you pregnant? Does someone in your immediate family have (or had in the past) eczema, asthma or hay-fever? Then you may be eligible to take part in the NHS-funded BEEP (Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention) study to look at preventing eczema in newborn babies.

The University of Nottingham Department of Dermatology is looking for particpants for this study.

You can download more information from the Nottingham NCT website or visit BEEP study.

New from Nottingham NCT - Breastpump hire through our breastfeeding counsellor

You can now hire breastpumps from a local representative who can help you work out exactly what you need to suit your circumstances.

Hire rate per day £1.20 (5 days' hire is the minimum)
Discounted rates are available for special circumstances e.g. baby in hospital, in receipt of certain benefits

30 days' hire including one collection set £44.00

30 days' hire including 2 collection sets £48.00

Subsequent 30 days £26.00

Local breastfeeding counsellor, Deborah, explains:

"A 'collection set' is the bit that you attach onto your breast and the bottle that the milk goes into (imagine a hand pump without the squeezy pumping bit). Each Mum buys her own one of these to avoid cross contamination. You need two if you want to pump from both breasts at the same time. You can also buy a little device that turns these ito a hand pump so you can keep it and use it after you've finished with the electric pump."

For more information give Deborah a call on 07900 81602.

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Nearly New Sale in Long Eaton

The sale in Long Eaton yesterday went really smoothly from the organisers' point of view and we managed to clear the hall by about 2 o'clock and get home for an afternoon with our families.

We're really grateful to everyone who helped make the sale a success - the buyers, the sellers and the volunteers. THANK YOU for everything you did, for all your hard work and the effort you put in.

At the moment there are no definite plans for future sales, although there are tentative plans for one in Mapperley in the autumn. We need a few people to help with key parts of the organisation, so if you are willing and able please get in touch with us.

Details of future sales, and other events that we run, will be published on here, and on our website NCT Nottingham.

We also welcome feedback and comments, which you can leave here or contact us on nearlynew@nctnottingham.org; [original article]