Help protect premature babies
Thank you - together, we've raised vital funds to help vulnerable babies combat life-threatening infections.
In the UK around 60,000 babies are born prematurely each year. So tiny and fragile, these vulnerable babies are highly susceptible to bacterial infections in their first few weeks of life that can cause life-threatening conditions such as sepsis and pneumonia.
Many preterm babies will sadly lose their lives to infection and those who survive are often left with life-changing disabilities. That's why we urgently needed to raise £85,000 to fund research that could help doctors to prevent and treat infections more effectively in preterm babies.
100% of donations to our Christmas appeal will support this research. Research that could be crucial to improving outcomes for babies born too soon.
Save and change the lives of preterm babies
If you'd like to support our Christmas appeal, there's still time! Simply donate below to support this vital research for babies born too soon. Thank you.
FIGHTING FOR BABIES BORN TOO SOON
Find out more about this crucial research to help premature babies fight dangerous infections.
Christmas miracle
Fletcher was born 16 weeks prematurely, on 27 December, weighing just 705 grams. He was so vulnerable that he was immediately whisked away to neonatal care and endured multiple life-threatening infections. He fought sepsis, pneumonia, E. coli and necrotising enterocolitis – a severe bowel disease – before he was finally allowed home 15 weeks after his birth.
We were quite naïve to what we’d have to go through. We were told to expect a rollercoaster, but it was hard to truly understand what our little Fletcher would be subjected to because he was born too early.