The Team

Meet the Baby Week Team

We now have a national steering group with partners leading Baby Week from across the UK. We will be sharing the wider team very soon! For now have a look at the original Baby Week team that founded the initiative here in Leeds.

Lucy Potter

Lucy Potter

Founder of Baby Week Leeds | Winston Churchill Fellow and Family Outreach Worker

I brought the idea of celebrating all things babies from Brazil (Semana Do Bebe) here in Leeds. Since then I have various roles with Womens Health Matters and am the former Maternity Voice Partnership Chair and now working with Refugee Council. 

Sadiya Salim

Sadiya Salim

Baby Week Trustee | Operational Director for Baby Week Leeds and working as a Child Friendly Leeds Officer at Leeds City Council

From the communication to leading the national stakeholders group, I have a real passion that one connection and one experience can change a life! I graduated from Psychology and a trained health, wellness and business development coach. 

Sally Goodwin-Mills

Sally Goodwin-Mills

Baby Week Trustee | Advanced Health Improvement Specialist in Infant Feeding and Maternity in the Children and Families Public Health Team

I am a qualified Children’s Nurse, Health Visitor (SCPHN), Baby Friendly Qualified Leader and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).

John May

John May

Baby Week Trustee | Resettlement Project Leader, Communities, Housing & Environment

Leeds City Council and former officer in the teenage pregnancy team. My passion was to connect young people to support services.

Debra Gedge

Debra Gedge

Baby Week Trustee | Children's Centre Manager at Leeds City Council

I have been working in Children Centres supporting babies, toddlers and families for many years. I work with colleagues and our children centre and nursery managers to promote Baby Week city-wide.

Chloe Stevenson

Chloe Stevenson

Workforce and Learning Manager at Better Start Bradford

Bradford were the second city in the UK to adopt Baby Week in 2018. Since then as the former Maternal and Child Health Development Lead, I have been leading on the week.

Baby Week also has a steering group that has had key representatives from various organisations including Liz Wigley, from the former Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group, Rachel Ingle-Teare from Leeds Libraries, Laura Walton from Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Leeds Maternity Care, Amanda Ashe from Children and Families, Leeds City Council. Lynne Farr from Infant Mental Health, Amanda Jackson from the 0-19 Service at Leeds Community Healthcare and Deborah Page from the Perinatal Mental Health Service. Without their support, Baby Week wouldn’t be able to achieve what it has today.

Where is Baby Week?

Many regions have just joined the Baby Week National Partnership? Get in touch to join us for the 2024 celebrations!

Leeds

Baby Week was born in Leeds in 2016 promoting the best start in life, bringing sectors together and celebrating babies! As a child friendly city, Leeds has a vision to make it the best city to grow up in.

Bradford

An opportunity to highlight what’s on offer in Bradford for expectant families and families with babies and toddlers, develop best practice, give families the opportunity to celebrate babies at some seriously fun-packed events.

Calderdale

In 2023, Calderdale will be celebrating its first ever Baby Week, with the theme of ‘play’ showcasing activities and support available for parents and their babies across the borough.

Cheshire & Merseyside

Began here in 2019, Baby Week brings together cross-sector organisations, families and caregivers to promote the importance of women’s health and giving all our babies the best possible start in life.

Coventry

In Coventry we want every baby in to have the best start for life. This year will be our first Start for Life Baby Week celebration.

Redcar & Cleveland

Baby Week was celebrated in 2023 in Redcar & Cleveland where our local Family Hubs are launched a new best start in life offer for our expectant parents, parents and carers, professionals, and the public. 

Nottinghamshire

On behalf of the Best Start Partnership in Nottinghamshire, we are really excited to be joining in with Baby Week for the first time in 2023.

Newcastle

We’re really excited as 2023 will be the first year Newcastle will be celebrating and participating in Baby Week.

Torbay

We want to ensure that every child has the best start in life. That’s why we’ve joined the National Baby Week Partnership to highlight the importance of the first 1001 days of a baby’s life. 

Baby Week York

York

Jointly organised initiative working with Raise York (York’s Family Hub Network) and Health Services! We are excited to put together a programme filled with events that show the amazing range of services available to young children and their families in and around our city. 

Baby Week Durham

Durham

We want all children in County Durham to have the best start for life and are excited to be celebrating Baby Week for the first time in 2024.

Baby Week Hull

Hull

On behalf of the Early Help Partnership in Hull, we are excited to be joining in with Baby Week for the first time in 2024. We are proud to work together with our parents/carers and committed team and Partners to ensure all children get the best start in life. 

Baby Week Bucks

Buckinghamshire

In 2024, we are excited to be celebrating our first ever Baby Week Bucks, bringing together partners to promote the importance of giving children the best start in life.

Baby Week Sunderland<br />

Sunderland

Lead by Sunderland Family hubs, we are excited to bring Baby Week here. We want to ensure that every child in Sunderland has the best start in life through shining a spotlight on the first 1001 critical days with our partners, families and professionals.

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Interested?

Want to be the next city to host baby week? 

The success in 2023 meant that over 1000 events were advertised between 14 – 20 November! We’re on our journey to make this a national week for every city and region to be a part of. 

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