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Safer Sleep Week 2025

Safer Sleep Week 2025 takes place from 10th-16th March.

Safer Sleep Week is The Lullaby Trust’s national awareness campaign targeting anyone looking after a young baby. It aims to raise awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the simple advice that reduces the risk of it occurring.

Safer sleep experts say greater awareness of safer sleep leads to a decrease in the numbers of babies dying.

Sadly around 3 babies a week still die from SIDS and if all parents were aware of safer sleep advice many lives could be saved. Around 700,000 babies are born every year in the UK and the Lullaby Trust needs to continue to reach out to all new parents with its life-saving messages.

Safer Sleep Week 2025 will focus on what baby sleep should look like, versus when you may want to seek advice. It will also bust the common myths that are seen online surrounding baby sleep, and support you with ways to help when you’re feeling sleep deprived.

The Lullaby Trust would love you to get involved with Safer Sleep Week! Here are some of the common ways people join in:

  • Displaying their posters to raise awareness
  • Fundraising
  • ‘Liking’ and sharing their social media content
  • Posting about #SaferSleepWeek on social media
  • Signing up to be a Lullaby GEM (Gives Every Month), to help them reach as many families as possible with their life-saving safer sleep advice
  • Hold a Pyjama Day in your local nursery or childcare group

For more information visit the Safer Sleep Week website. 

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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-19 years called Parentline. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 4.30pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a public health practitioner within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens.

  • Parents and carers of children aged 0-19:

    text

    07520619919

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

This page was last reviewed on 12-02-2025

This page will be next reviewed on 12-02-2028