Opening of the Breastfeeding Support Desk at the Alpignano Library
Date of the event:
On 17 November 2026, at 4pm, the Alpignano municipal library, in via Matteotti 2, hosts the opening of the Sportello Allattamento («Breastfeeding Support Desk»), a new space offering welcome and support for mothers and their children. The initiative takes place during National Nati per Leggere Week and is run by the UMAP association [1].
The support desk
The desk is conceived as a place for listening and discussion among mothers, staffed by trained volunteers who offer informational support based on shared experience and on guidelines for breastfeeding and post-partum wellbeing [1]. After the opening, the space remains available at the library every Tuesday from 3 to 5pm as a meeting point for families [1].
Statements
The councillor for equal opportunities and the library, Chiara Priante, notes that falling birth rates are often discussed when Istat data come out, but there is little talk of concrete support for women, recalling the phrase «great transformation» used by journalist and writer Nina Gigante [1]. Priante adds that the desk is set up in respect of every woman's freedom, so that no choice about breastfeeding is experienced as an imposition or a source of anxiety, but as a shared and untroubled path [1].
Other activities
Following the opening of the support desk, on Tuesday 17 November the "Letture Piccine" ("Little Readings") sessions are offered for children aged 0 to 3, as part of the Nati per Leggere programme, with books selected by the Nati per Leggere Piemonte coordination body. The activity aims to strengthen the bond between parents and children through shared reading from the first months of life [1]. To take part in the readings, booking is required by contacting the Alpignano municipal library [1].
Sources
- Nasce alla biblioteca di Alpignano lo Sportello Allattamento, uno spazio di ascolto e sostegno per le mamme — TorinoOggi, 11 November 2026