National Weaning Week is coming up soon 4th – 11th May 2022.
The Public Health Dietitians Group are hoping that this week can become a memorable date for your diaries in the coming years.
We are here to equip you with resources that can be used to promote accurate, evidence based advice for parents as they begin the journey of introducing their baby to solid food.
Attached are a range of resources and suggested promotion materials for use during the week and beyond.
- Weaning week materials 2022 PDF: explaining how you might use and share the attached infographics – Download
- Introduction to Solids Webinar (5 May 2022) – Download Flyer
- Nutrition Matters for the Early Years Training – Download Flyer
- NEW Infographics: produced by PHDG to promote accurate, evidence based advice for introducing solids – these were produced based on feedback from parents/careers who have been through the weaning journey.
- Weaning week activity ideas: some ideas of activities and ways you could promote accurate, evidence based advice for introducing solids during Weaning Week and beyond – Download
- Weaning week email banner 2022: add this to your signature to promote weaning week. Simply go into your email signature and copy and paste the image to your ‘edit signature’’ box – Download
Small grant – For tutors trained in any of our community nutrition education programmes, a small grant is available to help support any resources need to help promote healthy weaning advice and education. Please contact the team to find out more. Email: PHdietitians@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Please get in touch with the team if there are any ways we as a team can help support your organisation to promote accurate, evidence based advice for introducing solids during Weaning Week and beyond. Email: PHdietitians@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Let’s promote good weaning practices together! Be sure to share widely, take photos and hashtag #introducingsolids #weaningweek2022