Start For Life funded breastfeeding grants
This funding programme is closed to new applications. View our current funding opportunities.
We invited businesses and organisations across Kent to apply for a small grant to help make them more welcoming to breastfeeding mums.
The law protects women from being asked to leave a public space while breastfeeding and many businesses in Kent have signed up to support breastfeeding.
Grants of up to £1,000 were available to businesses or not for profit organisations.
You could use the grant to:
- train staff to support mothers
- offer a family friendly area where mothers can feed her baby
- install ramps for easy access for pushchairs and buggies
- introduce hands-free technology
- promote breastfeeding resources and NHS websites, such as Beside You and NHS Better Health Start for Life.
The grant could not be used to fund:
- activity organised for party political, religious or charity fundraising purposes
- activity that promotes unhealthy behaviours or illegal activity (such as smoking, drinking or gambling)
- higher education courses or the costs of attending training courses
- projects where the activity is not open to the public (or schools)
- capital schemes, though we may fund equipment purchase as part of a wider project
- activity which has already taken place or is funded via other sources
- anything which conflicts with Kent County Council’s policies
- activities delivered by organisations that are not a legal entity.
Apply
Applications closed on 31 January 2024.
Resources and support
For more information, download our grant prospectus (PDF, 211.8 KB).