We'd like to give a huge festive THANK YOU to long term Baby Beat supporters Rachel and Jonathan Lees, who hosted their annual Christmas shopping event at Barton Village Hall on Wednesday! 🥰🎅🎁

The couple have organised their festive fair to raise much-needed funds in support of the babies, mums, and mums-to-be cared for here at @lancshospitals for a number of years, and it's always popular.

They have, mainly via their Just Giving page, raised an incredible amount of money over the years - well over £22,000! This year's event alone raised an amazing £2,930.65 👏🙌

They undertake their fundraising in memory of their baby son Joseph, who was stillborn in 2015, and the funds they raise have made - and will continue to make - a huge difference for the families we care for who are going through the same.

Thank you so much to the two of you (and everyone involved in this event) for your wonderful continued support in raising funds, and awareness of stillbirth, in honour of baby Joseph. 🙏🧡

#babybeat #royalprestonhospital #maternitycare #stillbirthawareness #charityfundraising ...

Today is #WorldPrematurityDay2021 💜

A day that raises awareness of premature birth and the hurdles babies and their families face, and overcome, every single day.

One in 13 babies born in UK are born premature. Last year, @lancshospitals Sharoe Green Maternity Unit admitted and cared for 197 preterm babies (less than 36 weeks). Our kind and hardworking staff on the unit play an important part of each neonatal journey and we can’t thank them enough for everything they do to support babies and their families.

So today we celebrate premature babies, the families of premature babies and the staff that care for those premature babies. If you’d like to share your premature neonatal journey with others who may have gone through similar or are going through their own journey, then please feel free to tell us your story below in the comments. 💜 ...

Thank you and WELL DONE to Jamie Heaton and Danny Davies, from Preston, who ran the @manchestermarathon for Baby Beat a couple of weeks ago! 👏🧡

The pair have been friends since the age of 11, and Danny is godfather to Jamie’s little boy, George. George was born in January and had to spend some time being cared for on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit here at @lancshospitals, so the pair decided to take on the 26.2 miles to say thanks for round-the-clock treatment he’d received. As well as completing their very first marathon, they have succeeded in raising over £500 in support of the babies, mums, and mums-to-be that our NHS colleagues care for here at the Trust and across the region! 🙏

#royalprestonhospital #nicu #neonatalcare #charitychallenge #charityfundraising #manchestermarathon ...