Winner in the Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards 2019
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and support goes national during Our monthly feature on one of the winners of this year’s Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards continues with our focus this month on Yorkshire Born Yorkshire Fed, which offers weaning information workshops, ideal for parents of babies aged three to eight months Sessions are run in community venues across Yorkshire. Workshops for groups of mums can also be delivered from the comfort of your own home, ideal for a group of mummy friends. Our Goole chatted to Sophie Ross-Briggs from Yorkshire Born Yorkshire Fed, which was crowned the winner of Innovative Business of the Year. The winner of this award had to have the best overall business product or service demonstrating creativity and innovation. When was the business set up? The business launched on Yorkshire Day (August 1st) 2018, and was initially set up as a baby food business, providing fresh meals with local Yorkshire food to support busy parents. It
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soon became clear that many new parents were bamboozled with weaning and all the conflicting information available online. This is where our weaning workshops began; sharing years of expertise and knowledge on how best to wean your baby, making the process as simple and enjoyable as possible. What services do you provide? We provide weaning advice and support for parents, teaching them everything they need to know about introducing solid food to their little ones. We offer this in groups sessions from public venues, i.e. soft plays and child-friendly coffee shops, and we also deliver sessions for groups of mummy (and daddy) friends, as well as follow-up support via our private Facebook group.
