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I’m donating my milk – what do I need to know about Covid-19? 12 Mar 2020

Firstly, thank you so much! Demand for donor milk has been increasing all year, and we are working hard to [...]
Covid-19, a developing situation for human milk banks 29 Feb 2020

Since we last posted about the novel coronavirus outbreak in January, there has been significant spread of this virus across [...]
Can scientists grow breastmilk in a lab? 28 Feb 2020

Can scientists grow breastmilk in a bioreactor? Multiple companies globally are now starting to receive millions of dollars to try. [...]
Meet the fantastic Nikki – running the London Marathon! 14 Feb 2020

After our recent appeal for someone to run the London Marathon and raise funds for us along the way we [...]
Our statement on Covid-19 27 Jan 2020

Given the increasing concern around the new Coronavirus developing in China (called nCov-2019), the HMB team consulted the consultant microbiologist [...]
Could you run the Royal Parks Half Marathon to support us? 12 Jan 2020

Last year this incredible bunch raised over £5000 to support The Hearts Milk Bank and some amazing new projects later [...]
An amazing night at The Funding Network London 11 Dec 2019

On Thursday last week, Natalie and Flic presented the work of the Human Milk Foundation to over 100 members and [...]
Having donor milk was an amazing gift. 2 Dec 2019

Mum Natalie wrote to us last night about her experience of being in hospital with a premature baby. “I received [...]
Our first year as a charity – what have we done? 2 Dec 2019

Please watch our video on our first year as a charity, and get in touch if you’d like to support [...]
The importance of safety and training 9 Nov 2019

As the clinical and scientific evidence for the importance of supporting mums to breastfeeding and protect vulnerable babies from non-human [...]

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