Oxford Sling Meet in December will take place on THURSDAY December 4th
at St. Lukes Church on Canning Cresent (OX1 4XB).

Click here for a map.

The meeting will open at 10am and finish at 11.30am.

We are really pleased that the last couple of meets have been so
successful, we’re delighted to have so many of you attending and it’s
great to see lots of new faces. In order to meet everybody’s needs, we
are making some changes to the
way the meeting is run. There are so many people coming now, and so
many library hires to deal with, that we need to structure the
meetings a little more. Instead of helping many of you on a one to one
basis, we will do a few group demos.

10:00 – Doors open
10:30 – Group Demo – Structured Carrier
10:45 – Group Demo – Stretchy Wrap
11:00 – Group Demo – Ring Sling
- Library hires start
11:15 – Other Demo (more on that below!)
11:30 – Meeting finishes

It would be very helpful if you could return any borrowed library
items before 10:30 so that we can make sure they are available for
someone else to hire, and complete the necessary paperwork. There will
be a table where you can put them.

There is a little bit of spare time at 11:15 for an extra demo or
group discussion. This can be something completely different – let us
know if there is something of particular interest to you! If there are
lots of suggestions then we will run a poll. Or, if you have something
that you would like to demonstrate, then let us know!
For example:-
- Using a podaegi
- Rebozo carries with a short wrap
- Babywearing coats
- Sewing your own sling

We are also reducing the room hire donation to £1 per person starting
in December.

We are planning a little Sling Meet Christmas Party too! But we will
send a separate email about that in the next couple of days.

We look forward to seeing you in December!

International Babywearing Week is upon us already!

The dance class on Wednesday was a great success and everyone had a lot of fun. Thanks so much to Chloe for leading the class. Pics will be posted after the weekend!

On Sunday 16th November at 2.00 pm we have Oxford Babywearing Parade – it’ll be a walk in the park! We meet at the North Lodge entrance to Oxford University Parks (corner of Parks Road and Norham Gardens, approx 15 minute walk from town centre). We will walk from there through some of the more scenic bits of Oxford, then head up the Cowley Road to Magdalen Road Church for tea and cakes from about 3.15 until 4.30. We will be walking whatever the weather – umbrellas at the ready!

Everyone is welcome, especially dads, and it is free of charge. Everyone who joins us will also be entered into a national sling meet prize draw – there are some great prizes up for grabs!