Early Life Nutrition in the UK

early life really matters

Our purpose is to help parents give their children the best possible start in life and contribute to a healthier future. We live this purpose every day by providing meaningful education, services and nutritious products to parents and healthcare professionals around the UK, so they can make informed choices about nutrition in early life.

It's not just what we do that's important but also how we do it; from sharing our knowledge responsibly to living our cause. In this way, we remain true to our values, ourselves and contribute to a healthier future for all.

Read our manifesto to find out more about our convictions, intentions and commitments ELN Manifesto

CARRIE'S role is to bring to life our scientific research with healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders, communicating the impact of nutrition on health.

We have a responsibility to share what we know about the importance of early life nutrition and we are privileged to be in that position.

Carrie and her team's unique insights help us to create innovative nutritional solutions and share our knowledge.

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EARLY LIFE SCIENCE

professional development

We are dedicated to supporting the work of healthcare professionals in caring for families with infants or young children. Our professional development programme builds understanding of early life science, common infant feeding problems and solutions. The practical resources are designed to help healthcare professionals give infant feeding advice and appropriate recommendations to parents.

The programme includes e-learning modules and factsheets on infant feeding, which count towards healthcare professionals' continued professional development (CPD).

The e-learning won Highly Commended in the Best Company Training category at the 2014 SMART Awards and, as of 2015, is accredited by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA).

As part of our professional development programme, we sponsor a wide range of educational events and offer sponsored spaces on courses to enable healthcare professionals to further their education on early life nutrition.

In 2015, we partnered with Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition to sponsor the annual conference of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI). BSACI aims to improve the management of allergies in the UK through education, training and research.

Delegates were able to attend symposiums on cow's milk allergy and the management of paediatric allergy, as well as speak to key opinion leaders, education providers and charities about their research and initiatives.

Find out more about our professional development programme at eln.nutricia.co.uk

We believe in doing the right thing for the right reasons. We set high standards, ensuring we always respect laws and regulations, as well as Danone policies.

Great quality, safety and compliance are absolutely core to what we do.

Watch our video to find out more about how we live this in the UK.

As part of the Human Resources team, HATTIE is driven by supporting all our employees to live our passion for health.

We inspire pride in our business with a direct link between what we stand for and what we do internally. We call this Living our Cause.

Hattie develops a range of programmes that enhance our company’s emotional and physical wellbeing, and that seek to find the crucial balance between work and family life.

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FAMILY MATTERS

danone work + family space

Our commitment to supporting families extends to our employees as well as our consumers. In 2012 we introduced Danone Work + Family Space, run by My Family Care. It’s specially designed for working parents and carers and provides access to backup and emergency care, specialist one-to one advice from experts, online resources, webinars and news updates.

While planning my return from maternity leave, I used Danone Work + Family space to explore care solutions for my children. The support, expertise and advice offered were invaluable.

Ann Evans, Social Innovation Manager

In November 2013 we won the Family Support award at the Working Mums Top Employer Awards in London, recognising us as a company that does all it can to help employees manage work and family life.

NUTRITIONAL EXPERTISE FOR PARENts

Our nutritionists and dietitians have a wealth of expertise and, as a business, we are constantly understanding more and more about the importance of early life nutrition and the role maternal nutrition can play in a child’s development. We want to share our knowledge and support all our new parents throughout this early life journey.

All of our employees in the UK and their partners who are expecting a baby can arrange 1:1 sessions with one of our nutritionists or dietitians. The sessions focus on discussing how to make the best nutritional choices during pregnancy and breastfeeding to help give their baby the best start in life.