DON’T LET RESEARCH STOP
"The pain doesn’t go away but funding research gives hope to other families."
– Jenny, mum of Elijah, who was born prematurely and died at just 37 days.
We fund medical research searching for ways to save premature babies like Elijah — but the Covid-19 crisis is hitting our income and 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 Elijah’s, research is hope. We cannot stop searching for the breakthroughs that could save lives.
Elijah was born extremely prematurely at just 25 weeks and three days, weighing less than 2lbs. Tragically, he lived for just 37 days after contracting the devastating bowel infection necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
Elijah led a very traumatic little life. He died sleeping on my chest in the small hours – that’s when I joined the fight to stop premature birth.
Right now, medical breakthroughs have never been needed more. We cannot stop.