Friday 17th November is world prematurity day in recognition of the 15 million babies born prematurely worldwide and of these approxamitely 60 thousand babies are born to UK mums. 1 in 10 babies are born preterm worldwide and according to the World Health Organisation preterm birth is classified as: extremely preterm (<28 weeks) very preterm Read More
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CALLING ALL HOSPITAL STAFF – East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Calling all staff at the William Harvey Hospital, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Buckland Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital to take part in the 2018 KM Charity Team Events to raise money and awareness for The Alexa Trust. Abseil TBC Assault Course TBC Big Charity Quiz TBC KM Read More
PLASTIC FREE FOOD CHALLENGE
Between yourselves as a family, give one penalty point for every food item purchased wrapped in plastic. From a bottle of coke, wrapped apples, bag of pasta, absolutely everything food related. Decide on a donation between £10-£20 and at the end of 10 days the culprit with the highest number of points will agree
FATHERS’ DAY FUNDRAISING RAFFLE – Lloyds Bank, Herne Bay
All this week Lloyds Bank Herne Bay is hosting a fundraising event for The Alexa Trust. Spot The Ball Competition Book Sale Not only to raise valuable funds to support parents, but also to bring more awareness for dads in neonatal. Thank you Donna for organising event. Total Raised: £18.70 Read More
KM COLOUR RUN 2017
Five Hundred individuals took part in the annual KM Colour Run yesterday, supporting 60 charities. And raising a grand total of £23,000.00. Three lovely lovely ladies, Diane Shadwell, Charlotte Harper & Julie Lees took part in support of The Alexa Trust and raised a total of £249 of which £74.70 goes towards the KM Charity Read More
IT MATTERS A GREAT DEAL! – We need your support
Any parent who has lost a child, regardless of the situation; miscarriage, stillbirth, infant, young or adult child death, will tell you that the physical ache in your heart never goes away. You learn to live with it, or should I say, keeping busy in life dulls it. Sometimes when you stop and think the Read More
ANNUAL BOOK | CD | DVD SALE 2016
Thanks you to everybody who donated generously. The next sale will take place end of 2017. If you would like to donate books/cds/dvds, please contact Esmari James on 07708406447 Total Raised: £146.92 Read More
HEARTFELT GESTURE – Kingsdown Beach Pebble Sale
During the summer holiday, five beautiful young ladies from Kingsdown, Walmer and Dover had an fundraising idea; to hand paint and sell stones on Kingsdown beach, to raise money for babies in neonatal. From left to right: Elena, Lucy, Libby & Ella (Camille not present whilst photo was Read More
ENGLISH CHANNEL SOLO SWIM – New Record by Howard James
Yesterday, 16th of May 2016, my husband and trustee, Howard James, successfully completed the English Channel swim and became the new world record holder for the earliest swim in the season, undefeated since 1990. An extraordinary achievement and a great feat of human endurance. With sea temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius and a distance of Read More
ST MARGARETS TO KINGSDOWN SWIM 2015 – Hosted by Pete Bailey
We would like to thank Pete Bailey for organising this year’s St Margarets to Kingsdown Swim and all of the swimmers who turned up in honour of Alexa’s epic battle in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Thank you for all your messages of support during this very tough time. Total Raised: £300 All money raised Read More