Our main aim for 2017 | 2018, is to Raise Funds & Awareness for Breastfeeding Mums in Neonatal
Objectives:
To co-ordinate a neonatal breastfeeding support project, bringing together maternity & neonatal units, breastfeeding charities, community breastfeeding support groups & individual breastfeeding specialists/counselors.
To provide optimal breastfeeding support to neonatal mums. Identifying individual needs from the moment their premature baby is born, throughout time at neonatal, on exit and back in the community.
Bridging the gap between maternity and neonatal units & community support.
Aims:
Supply essential breast pumps and bottle sterilisers for mums to use whilst at hospital.
Give feeding rooms a much-needed make-over and help set-up a donor milk hubs in association with the Hearts Milk Bank (now Human Milk Foundation), UK.
Provide mums with all the tools & equipment they need to make breastfeeding a relaxing and successful experience.
Help create a care pathway and support network for neonatal mums, from delivery back into the community.
With Your Help We will be able to:
PHASE 1 | FUNDRAISING June – December 2017 | Target: £5,000.00 | ONGOING PROJECT
Supply essential breast pumps and bottle sterilisers for mums to use whilst in hospital
PHASE 2 | FUNDRAISING January – June 2018 | Target: £20,000.00 | ONGOING PROJECT
Give feeding room in neonatal unit a much needed make-over and help set up donor milk hubs.
PHASE 3 | FUNDRAISING June – December 2018 | Target: | ONGOING PROJECT
Provide mums with all the tools and equipment they need to make breastfeeding a relaxing and successful experience
PHASE 4 | ONGOING PROJECT
Help create a care pathway and support network for neonatal mums from delivery, back into the community
To date we have:
- Donated Eight Breast Pumps to The William Harvey Hospital NICU & Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital SCBU
- Donated Eight Bottle Sterilisers to The William Harvey Hospital & Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
- Refurbished the Feeding Room at The William Harvey Hospital (read more about it https://thealexatrust.org/index.php/2019/01/22/the-milk-lounge/)
- Funded Kent’s First Donor Milk Hub at the Darent Valley Hospital in association with The Human Milk Foundation (including educational needs) (read more about it here https://thealexatrust.org/index.php/2019/05/29/kents-first-donor-milk-hub/ & https://thealexatrust.org/index.php/2019/12/28/kents-first-milk-hub-opening-soon/)
Cumulative Value: £14,846.32
If this is a cause close to your heart; whether you, a friend or a family member has had a premature baby, at some point have had to rely on donor milk or you are in favour of breastfeeding:
Please get in touch, we would love to hear from you. Any ideas for FUNDRAISING events welcome & for DONATIONS please