Baby Lifeline was founded in 1981 and is a unique national charity offering loving care and support to pregnant mothers and newborn babies all over the UK. Even with today’s advances in medical care more than 8500 babies still die at or around the time of birth. Baby lifeline raises funds to supply hospitals with equipment ranging for digital weighing scales to major pieces of technology such as incubators and scanners. The charity is equally proud of the support it gives to training and education programmes for doctors, midwifes and other associated health professionals.

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust was established in 1983, offering a network of care to life-limited children and support for their families across the heart of England. Acorns has 3 hospices in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester and a Community Team that offers practical and emotional support to families in their homes 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Tommy’s funds research into pregnancy problems and provides information to parents, we want to give every baby the best chance of being born healthy. When a pregnancy fails or a baby dies, the families affected can be devastated and often have a desperate need to know why. Frustrated by the lack of research that meant they could rarely answer this question, two obstetricians working in the maternity unit at St Thomas’s Hospital in London were inspired to start fundraising for more research into pregnancy problems.

CLICSargent was formed in 2005 after a merger between CLIC and Sargent Cancer Carefor Children. Every day 10 families are told that their child has cancer. CLICSargent aims to ease the burden of childhood cancer on children, young peopleand their families by helping with the trauma of diagnosis, the often longjourney through treatment and continue to support them afterwards.

The foundation for the study of infant deaths is the UK’s leading baby charity aiming to prevent unexpected deaths in infancy and promote infant health. FSID fulfils these aims by funding research; supporting families whose babies have died suddenly and unexpectedly; disseminating information on infant health, baby care and sudden infant deaths to health professionals to improve investigations when a baby dies.

Lifeboats
National Autistic Society
Cerebra
Age Concern
British Red Cross
British Lung Foundation
Mencap
Leukaemia
Macmillan
RSPB

Motability
RNID
PDSA
The Stroke Association
Action For Children
Parkinsons
St Mungos
Railway Children
NSPCC
Action for the Blind

Stop It Now
UNICEF
Alzheimers Society
Children England
Child Line
Global Angels Foundation
WWF
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Cancer Research UK
Samaritans

British Heart Foundation
Variety Club
Help for Heroes
WaterAid
Arthritis Research Campaign
RSPCA
Refuge
Warwickshire Northamptonshire Air Ambulance