Today we say the fondest of farewells to Charity Director, Sarah Collins who is stepping down from First Touch after 20 years of service. Sarah joined the charity in its early days. She first became a volunteer in 2001 after her daughter, Isabel was cared for at the nnu and in 2004 Sarah was asked to run the charity. There …

This year is First Touch’s 25th anniversary. Over those years we have raised several million pounds and helped over 15,000 babies and their families and we think that’s something to celebrate! As part of our celebrations, on 10th June we are holding a party for nnu graduates and their families. This will be a wonderful occasion for families and staff …

We are delighted to fund the Parent Team peer supporter programme on the nnu at St George’s. We know what an amazing job this group of graduates’ parents do supporting parents on the nnu and we were delighted that the wider community recognised the importance of this scheme when the Neonatal Peer Supporter team were honoured with a community award …

There are two great ways to support our charity and the nnu this festive season. Our charity Christmas cards are available to buy via our Just Giving page here.  We have 6 lovely designs available and every penny of the proceeds goes directly to supporting our work on the nnu. You can also spread a little Yuletide joy to all …

Starting the year as we mean to go on, we’ve had a busy month! Here is a list of everything we bought for the nnu in January. As you can see, your donations have funded a huge range of items and projects: VCreate Video system for the month £750 Complete refurbishment of Expressing Room £15,700 3 Etsy prints for Expressing …

Again this year,  because of Covid restrictions, we are sadly unable to meet in person at St George’s for our Annual Neonatal Memorial Service. However, we can all still come together via our online service to remember the too-brief lives of these precious babies and to celebrate all the love they left behind. The service will be available online from …

Every year we come together for our Annual Neonatal Memorial Service to remember and honour all the cherished babies who have died. This event is very important to the babies’ families and to the neonatal staff who cared for them. Again this year we are sadly unable to meet in person and so the unit has arranged an online service …

Channel 4’s new three part series, Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles, highlights the amazing skill and sensitivity of the Fetal Medicine Unit at St George’s.  We see the surgeons perform life-saving surgery before babies are even born and support their parents through some very difficult choices. Episodes two and three, which feature appearances by nnu staff including Dr Anay Kulkarni and …

First Touch is very proud to be supporting a fantastic new initiative on the nnu to introduce parent peer supporters who will help mums and dads with their neonatal unit journey. The unit’s staff are hoping to recruit parents who have completed their own journeys, to offer help and support to current families. Full training will be given. If you …

The First Touch St George’s NNu Graduates’ Christmas Zoom party is happening today, Sunday 13th Decmeber, at 3pm We may not all be able to meet at St George’s but we can bring you 45 minutes of fab Christmas fun from the brilliant Dantastic Productions straight to your homes live via Zoom. If you were at last year’s party you’ll …