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Ickle Pickles launches Virtual Balloon Race

Sponsored by Langmead Group you can win £100 to help sick & prem babies

Successful Morrisons Foundation Grant

Morrisons Foundation funds Phototherapy unit

Individual Fundraiser of the Year 2023

Our top individual fundraiser of 2023 is…

Inspiration Healthcare donates over £12,000 to Ickle Pickles

Vital donation funds a Phototherapy blanket and hot cot

Why volunteering is a great New Year’s resolution

Become a NeoHero in 2024

Global consulting firm KPS donates over £8,500 to Ickle Pickles

Princess Anne Hospital’s successful hot cot appeal

Ickle Pickles Hampshire Incubator Ball raises over £6500

Black-tie event raised essential funds for sick and premature babies across Hampshire

Ickle Pickles awarded Blue Light Card Foundation grant

£4k grant to refurbish rooms at Croydon Hospital’s Neonatal Unit

School raises over £2,300 for Ickle Pickles

Cams Hill Secondary School donates two reclining chairs to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth

November is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month

NICU Dads speaking out

Heart-warming video raises awareness on World Prematurity Day

Ickle Pickles’ campaign highlights the importance of neonatal care

Having a premature baby

Ickle Pickles shares advice with Early Years Alliance

World Prematurity Month Partnership with Basking Babies

Baby massage classes raise awareness of prematurity in November

Ickle Pickles awarded Aviva Broker Community Fund

Ickle Pickles awarded £2,500 to fund NICU support across Hampshire

Great South Run 2023

Ickle Pickles’ runners raise over £1600

Baby Loss Awareness Week

Baby Loss Awareness Week runs from the 9th-15th of October

Raise funds for sick and prem babies at Hampshire Incubator Ball

Ickle Pickles is hosting the Hampshire Incubator Ball on November 18th

Ickle Pickles donates Saturation Monitors to Southampton’s Princess Anne Hospital

Thanks to major donors, the Ickle Pickles has reached the target of funding specialist equipment

Making room for mental health on the neonatal unit

Raising awareness for Neonatal Mental Health Awareness Week

Charity Golf Day

Innovation Broking raises over £4000 for prem babies

TV Weather Presenter, Laura Tobin visits Croydon Hospital's neonatal unit

Laura Tobin teams up with Mama Bamboo to support its partnership with Ickle Pickles

Over £2000 raised at Brighton and Hove Triathlon

Connor broke the 2000 mark!

September is Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Awareness Month

Ickle Pickles provides NICU Peer Support

A successful Charity of the Year partnership with Comserv - Property Services

Havant-based local business Comserv voted to support Ickle Pickles as their Charity of the Year and sponsors Hampshire Incubator Ball

World Breastfeeding Week 2023

Breastfeeding a premature baby can look and feel very different

NHS’ 75th Anniversary

Making an impact to improve neonatal care

Ickle Pickles enters new charity partnership with Mama Bamboo Nappies

Ickle Pickles have teamed up with Mama Bamboo to donate sustainable bamboo nappies to four neonatal units.

Father’s Day Competition

Ickle Pickles is celebrating all dads who are spending Father’s Day on a neonatal unit.

RideLondon 2023

Ickle Pickles’ cyclists raise £4300

Ickle Pickles celebrates 14th anniversary and launches fundraising pledge

The Ickle Pickles Pledge commits vital funds to our Pledge Partners

London Marathon 2023

Ickle Pickles’ London Marathon runners raise nearly £13k

Tesco Community Grant

Ickle Pickles receives funding for neonatal gift boxes

Baby Transport Pod donated to Embrace Transport Team

Baby Transport Pod donated to Embrace Transport Service thanks to generous donors

Ickle Pickles awarded Openwork Foundation grant

Close to 15k grant to help fund the Ickle Pickles & Princess Anne Hospital

Ickle Pickles' London Incubator Ball raises over 80k

Funding equipment for sick & premature babies including a CritiCool Mini for the London Neonatal Transport Service

Celebrating Mother’s Day early

Celebrating Mother’s Day as a Premmie Mum

Lifestart Resuscitaire donated to St George's Hospital

Thanks to your help this equipment will help future mums and babies.

Individual Fundraiser of the year

Our top individual fundraiser of 2022 is...

Dublin Marathon 2022

Runners raise over £1200 for St Helier and Epsom Hospitals

Happy World Prematurity Day

We've partnered with Ocura Healthcare Furniture to provide much-needed reclining chairs.

World Prematurity Month Collaboration with Ickle Bubba Nursery Brand

Play our charity raffle to raise vital funds for a baby transport pod

Great South Run 2022

Portsmouth

1,000 mile Rollerskating Challenge

Over £2500 raised

Mount Snowdon Challenge

£1,500 raised

Ride London 2022

Over £4,500 raised

Danceathon raises over £800

Croydon Hospital

Accuvein arrival

Lewisham Hospital

Southampton Marathon

Over £1,200 raised

Baby Nest Donation

Embrace Neonatal Transfer Team

The Incubator Ball

Royal Automobile Club, London

Cuski Developmental Care Bundle Competition

Winner announced

Breast Pump Donation

QA Hospital

World Prematurity Day 2021

Raising awareness

Cuski

Brand collaboration

Tiny Tatty Teddy

Brand collaboration

London Marathon 2021

Over £11k raised

The Ickle Pub Quiz

Join us!

5km Fun Walk

Croydon NNU

Fundraising

Great North Run

Marathon season

Fundraisers

Surgical Head Lamps

Kings College Hospital

New Corporate Partner

Straight up Solutions

Sound Ear Technology

Lewisham Hospital

Eliza Southwood Art Print for sale

Sudocrem Cycle More Challenge

Croydon Bake Sale

Croydon

Cycle More Challenge with Sudocrem

Fundraiser

Kit Donation

Lewisham Hospital

Developmental Care Donations

Bristol Southmeads Hospital

Breastfeeding cover donation

QA Hospital

Sponsored Bounce

Half term fun

Manual Breast Pump Donation

Medway Hospital

Ickle Pickles Xmas Gift Boxes

Winchester

World Prematurity Day 2020

Various Neonatal Units

Opthalmascope

Scunthorpe Hospital

Weighing Scales

Kings College Hospital

Exciting new partnership

My Little Food Critic

Staff goodies & washable scrub bags

Whipps Cross Hospital

My Ickle Sudocrem

Partnership with Sudocrem

Wellbeing donation for NICU Mums

Croydon University Hospital

Giraffe Incubator - Donated by Morrisons Foundation

Kings College Hospital

New official donor

Sent Technology

Ipads during Covid-19

Various Hospitals

The 2.6 Cracker Challenge

Stuff 2.6 Crackers in your mouth and say the tongue twister

The 2.6 Challenge

What's your 2.6?

Covid-19

Thank you to the NHS

Handcream donations

QA Hospital

Plaque delivery

Various Hospitals

Coffee Morning

Kings College Hospital

Ickle Pickles Gift Boxes

On Sale Now

Asda Trolley Dash for Bake Sale

Portsmouth

All Stars Dog Training Club

Portsmouth

Hays Travel Havant West

Charity of the Year

Phototherapy Light donated

James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough

Christmas Bake Sale & Raffle

Portsmouth

Asda Cheque Presentation

Waterlooville

Mums of Mayfair donate Xmas Gift Bags

Royal London Hospital

IAC Recruitment Bake Sale

London

Hambry Family Donation

QA Hospital

Blitz Cheque Presentation

Portsmouth

Christmas Party

Portsmouth

Christmas Cards - on sale now!

On sale now

Cheque presentation

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

WPD Bake Sale

Queen Elizabeth Hospital £377 raised

World Prematurity Day Cake Sale

Kings College Hospital £322 raised

Bake Sale for WPD

Lewisham £331 raised

Norton Rose Fulbright runners

Richmond Half Marathon - £9235 raised

Ickle Pub Quiz 2019

Balham - £2160 raised!

Christmas Cards - 4 new designs

On Sale now!

Great South Run - 2019

Southsea

Golf Day

£2,200 raised so far

QE Bake Sale

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Urban Tough Mudder

London

Mint Financial Services offer to NICU parents

25% Discount available to NICU parents

Ickle Pickles Palliative Care Nurses - Merseyside & Chester

Meet Fiona & Zoe

Ironman Wales

£5767 raised

Golden Wedding Anniversary

Charlie's Grandparents raise funds

Great North Run 2019

Newcastle

Hampshire Calendars

Blitz Photography

Rolls Royce Motor Cars

Charity of the Year

Incubator Ball

Portsmouth

Ride London

Over £4,000 raised!

Recliner Chair donation

Kings College Hospital

Mongol Rally

Prague to Mongolia

Broadgate Tower Climb

London

Life in Full Swing Appeal

£121,675 raised!

Ickle Pickles Water Bottles

Now available!

Donation from the Charles Dickens Lodge

Hampshire

Oh what a fun night!

Comedy Night, Balham

1,000 mile challenge

John O'Groats to Lands End

Skydive

Salisbury Plains

Ambulance Cards

London Neonatal Transfer Service

We are 10 years old!

Charity Anniversary

London Marathon

London

Peanut Pillows Donation

Queen Elizabeth & Lewisham Hospitals

Asda Donation

Hampshire

Neonatal Mental Health Awareness Week - Bake Sale

Kings College Hospital

Mums of Mayfair donate Mother's Day Goodie Bags

Whipps Cross Hospital

Waitrose Donations

QA Hospital

The Meghan Markle Sparkle

London

Christy's Half Marathon

Colchester

Get Out and Grow

London

QA Bake Sale

Hampshire

On track for a World Record

London Marathon Training

Phototherapy Lights for the London Neonatal Transfer Service

London

Token Chocolate Gift for Mother's Day

Hampshire

Rochford Hundred Golf Club Donation

Southend

Music Gig & Bake Sale

Kings College Hospital

1000 mile run

John O'Groats to Lands End

Winter Walk - 20km

London

Christmas Tree Festival at St Cuthbert's with St Aidan's

Hampshire

Christmas Calendar Donation - Blitz Photography

Hampshire

Acro Policing Donation

Hampshire

Hampshire Christmas Party

Portsmouth

Turtle Tots Swimming School Donation

Hampshire

Bake Sale

QA Hospital

Dress Wild like a Child for World Prematurity Day

Hampshire

The Co-operative supporting Good Causes

Hampshire

Broadgate Tower Run

London

The Nifty Fifty Challenge

Hampshire

World Prematurity Day Bake Sale

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

World Prematurity Bake Sale

Kings College Hospital

World Prematurity Day

Global Awareness Day

Ickle Pub Quiz

Balham - £1982 raised!

Screaming Queens for Halloween

Portsmouth - £2500 raised!

Donation from Asda

Basingstoke

Charity Xmas Cards

3 new designs for 2018

Dramathon

Speyside

Great South Run

Well done to all our runners

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Over £16,000 raised!

Glow in the Park

Looked like fun!

Hawkestock Family Festival

Thanks to Steph & Joe Dolan

Family Festival at Rolls-Royce Cars

A music festival for employees of Rolls-Royce Cars

Rolls-Royce Cars Exclusive Evening

A behind the scenes tour for a select few

Charity Christmas Cards

3 new designs for 2018

Crown Chambers Charity of the Year

2018 & 2019

Great North Run

Well done to all our runners

Life in Full Swing

Raising £250,000 in memory of Katie Harvey

Platelet donation

What even is a platelet?

London Incubator Ball

We raised £18,500 on the night!

Rolls-Royce Cars

Charity of the Year

Kangaroo Chairs presented to Kings College Hospital by parents & babies

Money raised by parents treated at the Neonatal Unit

Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Race 2019

30 teams race across the Atlantic - 1 of them for us!

Uni mates cycle across water & land

3 Lakes Cycle or Sink | Nationwide

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