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My name is Claire Bailey, I'm a qualified Nurse, Midwife, and Health Visitor with a strong background in family and community health. I’m currently working as a Health Visitor, where I support families with a focus on early intervention, child development, and parental wellbeing. As a mother of three and stepmother to two, I bring both professional expertise and personal understanding to my role. I’m passionate about helping families thrive and making a positive difference in the early years of a child’s life.

Hi, I’m Naomi Saunders. I’m a Feeding Consultant, Breastfeeding Support Mentor, and Infant Massage Consultant. I’ve spent many years supporting families with feeding advice, guidance, and encouragement, and I’m really looking forward to chatting with parents and families at the Baby Show.

Zoe is a registered midwife, IBCLC, and mum of three with 13 years’ experience in hospital and community care. She’s passionate about inclusive, person-centred support for all feeding choices and blends professional expertise with real-life parenting experience to help families feel informed, confident, and supported.

Gemma’s background in primary school teaching, long haul cabin crew, as well as an ambulance service community first responder, equipped her with many experiences of dealing with varied first aid situations over the years. As a new Mum, Gemma initially joined Mini First Aid in 2016, keen to share her first aid knowledge with the other families of her community, to ensure they would also know how to handle any urgent situations with their little ones. Gemma has also had a role within Mini First Aid head office since 2017, supporting our nationwide team of trainers in their initial training as well as their continued professional development.

Hi, I’m Julia. I am an experienced Trainer with a background in Retail Pharmacy & Healthcare. I am mum to two boys, who are my world, and the reason I run Mini First Aid Salford, Bury & Bolton. My eldest took ill the day after he was born and it was so frightening because I was clueless about how to help him. I wanted to make sure that if it ever happened again I would know what to do. So I asked my Midwife and she recommended MFA. The class was great, I learned so much in just a couple of hours and felt much more competent and confident about what to do in a First Aid situation. Now I’m really proud that I’m part of the MFA family, and can put all my experience to good use by empowering anyone that cares for little ones, or even little ones themselves, to potentially save their life.

Lesley began her Midwifery career working in large teaching hospitals rotating through all clinical areas with particular emphasis on antenatal and intrapartum care. Lesley qualified as a mentor of students and developed a passion for education specialising as a Clinical Educator teaching the maternity multidisciplinary team. Her role within My Expert Midwife focuses on educating the general population, retail partners and healthcare professionals about our products and services and maintaining strong professional links with event and charity partners.

Charlotte began her career as a staff nurse in orthopaedics before starting her midwifery training in 2008 in Leeds. Throughout her career, Charlotte has worked in several teaching hospitals rotating from maternity assessment, home birth teams, postnatal care to coordinating delivery suite. She is also qualified to prescribe medication in pregnancies and has worked in various GP surgeries.

Lisa Joyce is the Founder of Folk and Thread and one of the UK’s leading baby sleep bag designers. With a 27-year career dedicated to designing for families, she is recognized as an expert in safe infant sleep and has served on both the British Standards and EU safety standard committees for baby sleep bags. Over her career, Lisa has won more than 50 design awards, reflecting her commitment to combining safety, innovation, and beautiful design. She is passionate about helping families sleep better by sharing knowledge on safe product use and what to expect. Through Folk and Thread and her charitable work, she continues to support families by creating products that help babies – and parents – rest more easily.