Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal - Cots For Tots

Another very important mention which I want to make is for the Wallace and Gromit Cots For Tots appeal. If it wasn’t for all the amazing work which has been done to raise money to provide new incubators for NICU and family accommodation for parents of NICU who come from outside Bristol I don’t think my boys would have been able to be together at St Micheal's. Here is some info about this fantastic charity! They are so nearly there on reaching the 1 million they set out to raise. Their next event is the Bristol 10k Run on the 20th of May.

“The Cots for Tots Appeal is raising £1 million to provide four life-saving cots and a new intensive care suite at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St Michael’s Hospital Bristol and a 12 bedroom Family Accommodation Suite across the road so parents can stay close to their babies.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a very special place.  The Unit cares for more than 600 babies every year from Bristol and all over the South West of England. It is the only unit in the South West equipped and able to provide life-saving treatment, care and surgery at the highest level. Tiny babies, some born as early as 20 weeks, are cared for on the Unit – their little arms and legs are often no bigger than your little finger. Huge recent advances in the care of premature and newborn babies enable the unit is able to care for more and more babies creating an ever increasing demand for the specialist and life-saving neonatal care they provide.

To meet this demand, The Cots for Tots Appeal is asking for your help to provide new state of the art equipment and facilities to support premature and newborn babies from Bristol and throughout the South West of England and South Wales.”

Here are some further links
Cots For Tots Website
Cots For Tots Twitter Page