Now in its eighth year, we're raising money once again for Whittington Babies, who support the neonatal and SCBU units at the Whittington Hospital in North London.

We lost our daughter Jasmin eight years ago. After a
traumatic birth at home, which wasn't the plan, she ended up spending the majority of her 18 weeks of life on the neonatal ward at the Whittington. She received wonderful care and treatment from the doctors and nurses there. 

The fight she showed to live for that long, when all hope seemed gone after she was born, inspired us to set up an annual ride in her memory. Whittington Babies do a wonderful job and, in short, we want to help them because they helped us. And they continue to help so many babies and parents that pass through there - whether it be for a few hours or weeks at a time.

Every baby deserves the best shot at life right at the start of life and this is what neonatal units up and down the country do. The sort of equipment needed isn't cheap.

Whittington Babies is a tiny little charity - income to March 2021 was £73k - so they're not swimming in money. All the money raised goes straight into equipment. They have no overheads as they’re all volunteers, parents of kids who’ve been on the ward. They do so much good.

They're a bit of a Cinderella charity because no-one knows what neonatal is (baby A&E, basically) until you need to use it. So, with that in mind, any spare change people have is very much appreciated. I realise times are a bit tight at the moment but it all helps.

Thanks very much.

David