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LAST South of the River Babywearing Meet of 2023

  • Baby Wearers Western Australia Inc. Riverton Libarary, 67 Riley Road Riverton, WA, 6148 Australia (map)

Join your local Baby Wearers Western Australia Inc. Volunteer Peer Educators for the South of the River Babywearing Meet.

BWWA Inc Meets are free to attend. Our December meets are for demonstrations of carriers, and fit checks of your own carriers, borrowing from our lending library will not be available.

Our volunteer Peer Educators, together with the Committee, have reflected on the evolution of BWWA Inc. meets over the past few years and as a collective we would like to re-orientate the meets to the purpose of building community and supporting safe babywearing through group education and encouraging peer-to-peer learning and support.

To facilitate this we will be adjusting the flow of meets to focus on group demonstrations guided by our volunteer Peer Educators and shifting away from individual 'consults' within the meet setting. This is how meets used to be run pre-pandemic and we would like to work towards re-establishing a community and collaborative feel at meets.

SOR meets are guided by the below structure:

09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and Library Loan Returns

09:45 - 10:30 Group Demonstrations of Carriers

10:30 - 11:15 Fit Checks

11:15 - 11:30 Pack up and Close

Some considerations:

  • Please ensure that you return any library items on loan within the first half hour of the meets. This is to allow everyone an opportunity to learn about the various carriers within BWWA Inc. Library and to share the library resources fairly.

  • Walk-ins are very welcome! We encourage you to be there from the start of the meet for maximum benefit.

  • Please make use of the Attendance Register by scanning the QR code upon entrance.

  • You can still bring your own carriers to a meet for help with fit and adjustments.

  • Our volunteers are unlikely to be able to help anyone who arrives after 11:00. Meets will be finishing at 11:30 sharp.

BWWA Inc. events are facilitated by a small group of volunteers who give their time, skills and knowledge freely and willingly to support and promote safe babywearing within the community. We would love to welcome more volunteers to help support BWWA Inc. If you're interested, please get in touch or speak with one of the volunteers at a meet.