Massive Congratulations to Will & Jack our First Touch Marathon runners this year!! The sun was shining and London was in high spirits cheering all the incredible people taking part in this epic challenge! Well done both of you – we hope you get a well deserved rest this week!!  

Pupils from our local Primary school – St Boniface have been knitting beautiful blankets for the babies on our Neonatal Unit. Six budding neonatologists delivered them in person and enjoyed a quick tour of the unit, with a bit of insight into what happens here from our Superstar Sheila! Thank you for your hard work.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our First ever Incubator Push – in collaboration with “Ickle Pickles”. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and our Incubator managed the full 28k thanks to all our incredible participants! All of the wonderful families who joined us made for a memorable event!! A special shout out …

This April we are hosting the “Tooting Incubator Push” a family-friendly event to walk 28km with a Roadworthy decommissioned Incubator! You can help us raise £28k for much-needed neonatal equipment.    When: 18th April from 10am-4pm   Where: Tooting Common, the Tooting Triangle   Join this family-friendly event to walk 28km or take on a lap of 2.5km – you choose! You can help us raise £28k …

The neonatal unit at St George’s celebrated World Book Day (March 5th) with the launch of their very own sibling book! Megan O’Hanlon, big sister to neonatal patient Sian has written and illustrated “Sian’s Big Swim”. This book is a lovely way for parents to help little siblings of neonatal babies understand their sibling’s journey. The Book Launch also marks …

The Ventilation Team on the Neonatal unit were awarded the “Better Health Award 2025” thanks to their pioneering work and dedication to all things breathing! First Touch and our supporters directly assisted in helping the team achieve the award with Fundraising for the NAVA Ventilators! Separately, Renee was awarded the 2025 Quality Improvement Award 2025 for all her dedication in …

Merry Christmas to all our past & present Neonatal Christmas residents – we hope you can enjoy a little bit of Christmas Magic in 2025!

A huge thank you to Clare & Ben Gasson – who recently undertook some Incredible Fundraising events for First Touch! Pippa, their daughter was born on the unit in 2023 and was very poorly  – she was able to come home after 29 days and so mum & dad ran 29 “Miles for Pippa” along with a Quiz night with …

  We had an incredible 12 Runners in this years Royal Parks Half!! The weather was beautiful and our very own Preemie Plodders Team of NNU Consultants – managed to make it all the way to the finish line and raise funds for First Touch!! A special Thank you to Team Louise, Jon & Jess Purton, Alex Mafi & Hollie …