DON’T LET RESEARCH STOP
“We were told, you won’t take your son home alive… without research, children like my little boy Jack may not be here.”
– Jenny, mum of Jack
When a baby is born prematurely their life can depend on a medical breakthrough. We’ve been funding medical research since 1952, but Covid-19 is hitting our income – putting vital projects in jeopardy. Please help.
In the UK 1,000 babies die each year due to premature birth. Globally, it’s the biggest killer of children under 5.
We’ve been funding life changing research to help sick babies and children since 1952 – searching for answers that have led to cures, treatments and medical breakthroughs, saving countless lives.
Research gives hope to families facing some of the toughest experiences life can deal you. And while these families wait for medical breakthroughs, vulnerable children are especially threatened by the current pandemic.
Our income is suffering because of Covid-19, putting research at risk. But right now, medical research has never been needed more. For families like Jack’s, research can be the only hope. We cannot stop searching for the breakthroughs that could save lives.
Jack was delivered by emergency caesarean section at 25 weeks, weighing just 1lb 15oz. He contracted the potentially deadly bowel disease, necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
After life-saving surgery in the middle of the night, Jack went on to endure many serious health problems and spent four and a half months in hospital before he was finally allowed home with his family.
There are children and babies that get NEC that don’t survive. We were one of the lucky ones.
Right now, medical breakthroughs have never been needed more. We cannot stop.