My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.

We have decided to raise money for Special Care Baby Unit at West Suffolk Hospital as in June 2011 Bobs’ daughter Ava was born 6 weeks early and spent some time in the unit.

During her time there the care she received from the staff was fantastic and they really made a difficult time much easier for Bobs & Nikki, so Bobs wanted to do something to try to repay them. So that is why he decided to enter the 2012 Edinburgh Marathon to raise much needed funds for the unit. Stacey, who had already entered, kindly agreed to raise money for them too.

If you are lucky enough to have never had to spend time in SCBU, you have probably never considered the costs involved in keeping it running. Did you know one incubator costs £30,000?

West Suffolk Hospital SCBU has 12 cots and they look after 385 babies per year. The average cost per day to look after one baby is around £1000. Ava spent 7 days in there so the care she received cost the hospital £7000.

They provide breast pumps so mums are able to express milk if their babies are too small to feed and need to be tube fed - one pump costs £1500.

The unit also use their money to provide nappies, formula milk, bedding, blankets, clothes and all the other comforts a new born baby needs.

So the money raised could be used to buy new equipment, fund staff training or even to buy new sheets, blankets and clothes for the babies in their care.

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So please dig deep and donate now.

My charity

West Suffolk Hospital

West Suffolk Hospital

Charity Registration No. 1049223

West Suffolk Hospitals Charitable Trust is the registered charity for West Suffolk Hospital. Its objective is to support the work of the hospital for the benefit of its patients and staff, by raising funds to enhance services and facilities.

Donations 24

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Good luck to both of you x

Donation by kerry bareham on 24/05/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck to you and your nipples!

Donation by Cindy Skinner on 24/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 24/05/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck to you both!!! Great cause.... Nicki xx

Donation by Nichola Isteed on 24/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Best of luck super Bobs!!! Great cause - good on ya love Lisa, Ian and Lucy xxxx

Donation by Lisa Kidd on 24/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Wishing u lots of energy and luck well done for all the training x

Donation by Lesley Anderson on 23/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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good luck guys! great cause especially as they helped our lovely friend Ava... love Emma and Ben xx

Donation by Emma Cranwell on 21/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Run Bobs, run!

Donation by Anna Page on 21/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Bobs! Say yes I can! Its all in the head........and legs and maybe arms a bit I suppose and....

Donation by Adam Dean and Monika Figarska on 03/05/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Run like the wind......

Donation by Russell Clark on 01/05/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Bobs. Best wishes Debbis and Jo x

Donation by Jo Kimber on 27/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Bob's!!

Donation by Aimee & Simon on 24/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Best of luck! Xxx

Donation by Jody Vallance on 22/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Money raised by Roly Yoga ladies :-)

Donation by Robert Dean on 10/03/12

£110.00

+ £27.50 Gift Aid

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With our very best wishes.

Donation by Geraldine & Stewart Camfield on 10/03/12

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck :o) x

Donation by Anonymous on 05/03/12

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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What a worthwile cause. Good luck to you both. Allison and Klaus.

Donation by Allison Hohnbaum on 02/03/12

Donation by ron dean on 27/01/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck, train hard and tell wee Ava that you need undisturbed nights between now & end of May xxx

Donation by David and Mum on 27/01/12

£100.00

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Go Bobs and Stacey!!! Xxx

Donation by Hayley Camfield on 26/01/12

£35.00

+ £8.75 Gift Aid

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Best of luck to you both. What an excellent cause.

Donation by Neil Macehiter on 26/01/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck both of you!!

Donation by Nick and Lena Lane on 26/01/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck!!

Donation by Jeanette Almond on 19/01/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Stacey (and Bob) xxxxx

Donation by Clair Giles on 19/01/12

£10.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£570.00
  • Offline donations£541.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£1,111.00
  • Gift Aid£112.50

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