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Martin Jackson is raising money for Leo's
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As most of you know Geri’s waters broke at 32 weeks and Suki came early. This was a very upsetting and worrying time for all of us, Suki was in neonatal for 23 days.
We were told about Leo's charity by Geri’s friend Emily and we reached out for support. Katie from Leo’s called a couple of times a week with support. We received peer support from other parents of neonatal babies, swimming sessions, home visits, baby massage sessions, New Born Behavioural Observations and sensory sessions. We are still doing sessions now and Suki loves them. Leo’s do so much for families and we would like to give something back as they have done so much for us and which will forever be appreciated, you can read more about Leo’s below.
To try and entice some of your hard earned cash away from you I will be attempting to run 70 miles from Carlisle to Newcastle on the 17th of June this year. I have been training since the start of the year and have covered over 400 miles so far which has included a run to Saltburn from Darlington (32miles) and a 36 Mile run along part of the route which will be covered on 17thJune.
Leo's covers the North East of England, and their provision costs in excess of £100,000 a year to run, but they cannot do that without the support of fundraisers, the local community and funders. They are the only charity in the region offering this level of in depth support to the neonatal community. Each year more than 60,000 babies are born early and requireneonatal care, but it's not just the babies who need caring for, it's theparents, the siblings and the grandparents too.
So please if you can support it would be massively
appreciated.
Leo's
We are a parent-led charity with extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of neonatal care, neonatal bereavement and paediatric care. Our board of trustees combines neonatal parents with NHS professionals and lay members to ensure we offer well-rounded provisions for families.We offer an array of support for neonatal mental health and neonatal child development including counselling, peer support, EMDR, occupational therapy, neonatal yoga, baby massage, attachment, swimming, messy play, sensory play sessions and more.