Flying Colours Appeal is fundraising for Yeovil District Hospital NHS FT Charitable Funds

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Yeovil Baby

Event: Yeovil District Hospital NHS FT Charitable Funds - Flying Colours Appeal for Women's Hospital on 31/03/2013

Flying Colours Appeal

Raised: 40%

$305,599.98 raised of $758,024.83 target

61 donations

My Target:

$758,024.83

$305,599.98 raised so far

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My story

Why we need a new Special Care Baby Unit

Very premature babies and babies born with serious health problems need immediate support. Our Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) in Yeovil Women’s Hospital provides this immediate support, but it is not big enough and does not give families the privacy and dignity that they deserve at this most challenging of times.

Around 200 babies every year are placed in the unit and many will stay for several weeks. It can be babies who are premature, babies who are not well and also babies who are born with a dependency caused by their mother using addictive drugs during pregnancy.

Babies who are dependent on a substance are usually distressed and cry for long periods of time. This can cause great distress to their families and other families using the facilities. For those people whose babies have been born early and have had difficulty breathing without assistance, it is important to have some privacy to deal with the situation and this is difficult when they are sitting right next to another family. The amount of specialist equipment needed in the unit is enormous and when a baby does become suddenly ill and equipment is needed, it fills all of the existing space, which again can cause distress and certainly reduces patient privacy and dignity.

Our solution

We want to build a new Special Care Baby Unit on an existing flat roof of the Women’s Hospital. The new unit will have lots of space between cots, more space for critical equipment, better security, more space for visitors and a small room for families to spend time while they are visiting. One of the worst things about having a baby in Special Care is that mother and baby are not able to stay together so having some comfortable space for families while they are visiting is absolutely essential.

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Yeovil District Hospital NHS FT Charitable Funds

Charity Registration No. 1057580

The Flying Colours Appeal for Yeovil Women’s Hospital is currently focused on raising £500,000 for a new Special Care Baby Unit with more space for families. This is the next step in our £2.4m campaign to improve the entire Women's Hospital, taking it way beyond our NHS responsibilities. Thank you.

Donations 61

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Donation by Jason Iles on 25/04/13

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

Donation by bryn phillips on 24/03/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 08/03/13

£20.00

Donation by Anonymous on 11/01/13

£10.00

Donation by Anonymous on 13/12/12

£1.00

Donation by Data-Path Office Network Services Limited on 12/12/12

£200.00

Donation by Anonymous on 11/12/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 03/12/12

£3.00

Donation by Anonymous on 28/11/12

£10.00

Donation by Anonymous on 24/10/12

£3.00

Donation by Craig Collins on 17/10/12

£115.00

We are very happy to donate towards the Special Care Baby Unit on behalf Luka Wood :)

Donation by Mercedes Buttgen on 11/10/12

£50.00

Donation by Helen Mills on 27/09/12

£404.50

+ £101.13 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 30/08/12

£5.00

Donation by Anonymous on 06/08/12

£1.00

Donation by Anonymous on 28/07/12

£10.00

Donation by Anonymous on 26/07/12

£5.00

Donation by Jessica Fothergill on 19/07/12

£1.00

+ £0.25 Gift Aid