We’ve Expanded!

We are delighted to announce that from April 2025, we will be supporting the families and staff at Bassetlaw Special Care Baby Unit in Worksop, alongside our continued support of King’s Mill Neonatal Unit in Mansfield. This is an exciting step for the charity as we seek to make life a little easier for more families finding themselves with a baby or babies needing additional support after birth. Our Foundation Manager, Clare, has been meeting with the staff at Bassetlaw for a few weeks and they are excited to be working with us and receiving our support. Clare took the first batch of Welcome Packs, Sibling Boxes, Snacks and other goodies this week and we look forward to finding more ways to offer our help. Thank you to all our generous supporters who have enabled us to grow in this way.

Race Night – Saturday 16th November 2024

Tickets are now on sale for our next Race Night which is taking place on Saturday 16th November 2024 at Abbey Primary School, Forest Town, Mansfield. Doors open at 6:30pm with the first race at 7pm. Tickets are priced £6 for adults and £3 for children and include your choice of Hot Dog or Burger (dietary needs can be catered for). Ahead of the Race Night, we are also looking for businesses and/or individuals to sponsor the races. Sponsorship costs £30 and we will advertise your business/event on the night, in the programme and by putting literature on the tables. We will also be selling the horses in advance for £3 each – with a prize for the winning horse owner in each race! If you want to purchase tickets, sponsor a race or buy a horse, please email Clare – admin@emilyharrisfoundation.org

We look forward to seeing you there!

Christmas Cards 2024 Range – On Sale Now!

Our 2024 range of Christmas Cards are now available to buy! Bought direct from us, each pack costs £4 or any 3 packs for £10. You can also purchase through our on-line shop where the price includes postage.

Coffee Morning – Teversal – Saturday 12th October 2024

We are hosting another Coffee Morning at Teversal Village Hall on Saturday 12th October from 10:30 until 12 and all are invited. We will be selling refreshments, have a bric-a-brac stall and will have all our merchandise, including our brand new range of Christmas Cards! We look forward to seeing you there!

Buy Me A Coffee

We are now registered with Buy Me a Coffee!  A new way you can support us!  For a £3 donation (the price of a coffee), you can support us in making life a little easier for families who have a baby or babies on the Neonatal Unit.  Scan the QR code, or click the link to visit our page!  Thank you.

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EmilyHarrisFoundation

East Midlands Today

We were delighted to receive a visit from Emily Anderson from East Midlands Today who put together a great feature celebrating our milestone of raising over £250,000.  The feature was shown throughout the day on Friday 3rd February.  If you missed it, you can view the evening showing here!

Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards achieving such an incredible amount of money – we couldn’t do any of what we do without you all and we are so grateful for every donation received.  

New Fundraising Platform

Following the announcement of the closure of Virgin Money Giving, we are excited to share with you that we are now fully registered with People’s Fundraising.  This is a great platform that allows people to set up individual and team fundraising pages, as well as ‘in memory’ pages, raffles, auctions and events.  If you are thinking about doing a fundraising event for us, we would love you to set up a page with People’s Fundraising and enable us to receive directly the money raised along with any eligible gift aid.  For more information and to set up a page, visit our page on the People’s Fundraising website here!

Alternative Gifts & On-Line Shop Now Live!

We are delighted to announce that we now have an on-line shop where you can browse and purchase our range of Alternative Gifts and merchandise!  Check out the shop here and share it with your friends and family!  Our range of Alternative Gifts will make great Christmas presents for those “difficult to buy for” folk or as an alternative to sending Christmas Cards to everyone!

Here is a sneak preview of some of what is in the range – there are more options in the shop:

Brave folk Skydive for Charity!

On Sunday 22nd September, four brave supporters will be taking to the heights and undertaking a tandem skydive to raise money for us!  Lauren Booker and her partner Zak Flint have much experience of the neonatal unit with their children and they were keen to give something back so initiated this idea of a skydive!  They will be joined by Charity Supporter, Paul Tibble, and Charlotte Godber who works on the neonatal unit.  If you would like to support these daredevils, they would really appreciate sponsorship to make the daring challenge worthwhile!  Follow the link to our event page on Virgin Money Giving and click on the person you wish to sponsor!

Thank you!

Business Wanted to Sponsor vCreate!

Some of our regular followers may remember that the neo-natal unit launched the use of vCreate in May last year and it has proved to be a resounding success for families who find themselves with a baby on the unit.

vCreate is a secure video messaging service that allows staff to send video updates to parents for those times when they’re unable to be with their child.  Upon discharge, all the videos can be downloaded by parents to keep and they are then wiped from the system at the unit.  Over the past 12 months, the feedback from parents who have benefitted from this technology has been overwhelming. 

We would love to be able to continue to provide vCreate.  It costs £4320 for the year for enough licences to ensure all parents can benefit.  If you own a business or know someone who does, you could elect to sponsor vCreate for the unit and have your company logo displayed on all the videos that are sent to parents. 

For more information, or to discuss this further, please contact Clare – admin@emilyharrisfoundation.org