We know the expressing rooms on the NNU and SCBU are more than simply a facility for mums to express their precious”liquid gold”. These rooms are a place where mums can sit and decompress and where enduring friendships are formed. First Touch was delighted to support SCBU Ward Manager, Cathie Wells in a recent refurbishment of their expressing room. The …

We are very grateful to everyone at Anytime Fitness in Sutton for their recent support. Elaine Crossley, the Club’s Manager told us: At Anytime Fitness Sutton, working with the community is very important to us and a few times a year we hold Fundraising Events.  One of our members, Francesca, suggested First Touch as she already donates and is very …

We’d like to share this lovely letter we recently received from the Chapman family:   Dear First Touch/NNU We just want to thank you and all your staff for all the amazing work you do day in, day out. After giving birth at St George’s and spending 10 weeks In the neonatal unit, we finally made it home last week. …

This year, because of current restrictions, we are sadly unable to meet 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 the love they left behind.   “The smallest feet leave the biggest footprints in our hearts” …

The Annual Neonatal Memorial Service is a very important event for the families of babies who have died and for the neonatal staff who cared for them. Although this year we sadly cannot meet in person, we are planning an online service which everyone will be able to join from home to remember and to celebrate the precious babies who …

Baby Harrison Chapman has so far spent over 8 weeks with us on the nnu and his mum,  Paige and dad, Wesley have been staying in the hospital to be as close to him as possible. Grateful for all the support her brother and sister in law have received, Harrison’s lovely auntie Natasha King decided to climb the O2 with …

When Emma Laney Smith was given a charity place in a 10k race from GOSH she kindly decided that First Touch would benefit too.  Emma says “After the excellent care you gave our daughter Grace, and all the babies who we know need continued help and care going forward, I pledged to match the GOSH donation with the same amount …

We are incredibly grateful to Conor Leahy and his wonderful friends for the cycle ride they organised in memory of Conor’s son, Logan, to raise money for First Touch. Conor tells their story here: We’ve very proudly completed our charity cycle of 70 miles in total from London to Camber Sands and raised over £4,000 with Gift Aid in memory …

First Touch’s current major fundraising campaign is for an excellent new form of ventilation for our babies; 3 ground-breaking Maquet Servo-N ventilators, at a total cost of £90,000. The nnu’s Dr Donovan Duffy explains the need for the fundraising and the devices: ‘’At the beginning of 2020 the neonatal unit took delivery of 14 new Maquet Servo-N devices which St …

One of the things we are very proud to have been part of during the nnu’s reaction to the pandemic is the provision of the vCreate remote video system. This enables families to see their baby on screen via photos and videos at the nursery at St George’s Hospital while the family are at home. This has been particularly important …