Useful Links and Organisations

Here is a list of websites to help you find any further information you need:

 
For babies born too soon, too small, too sick

Newlife Foundation Charity for Disabled Children provides action to help disabled and terminally ill children in the UK.

Born Too Soon is a registered charity established in 1985 by parents and staff to offer support to parents who had a baby or babies being cared for on the Neonatal Unit at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust.

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is a service which will enable potential clients to find a suitable counsellor with whom they feel comfortable, in their particular area.

Child Bereavement Trust (CBC) provides specialised support, information and training to all those affected when a baby or child dies, or when a child is bereaved.

Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) is an independent charity. Its mission is to improve the health of mothers, babies and children by carrying out confidential enquiries and other related work on a UK wide basis and widely disseminating the results. 

Contact a Family is a UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children.

Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) is the UK's leading baby charity aiming to prevent unexpected deaths in infancy and promote infant health.

Multiple Births Foundation is an independent charity based at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital in West London. A vital resource to professionals and families alike, it aims to improve the care and support of multiple birth families through the education of all relevant professionals.

NHS Direct is the the national healthline, providing expert health advice, information and reassurance, using our world class telephone service and website, and to be the NHS’ provider of choice for telephone and digitally delivered health services.

Twins and Multiple Births Association (Tamba) is a charity set up by parents of twins, triplets and higher multiples and interested professionals. It is the only UK wide organisation that directly helps tens of thousands of parents of twins, triplets and more and professionals to meet the unique challenges that multiple birth families face.

Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Association an informative and up to date resource for TTTS - aimed at both sufferers and medical professionals.

UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative is a worldwide programme of the of the World Health Organisation and UNICEF.  It was established in 1992 to encourage maternity hospitals to implement the 10 steps of Successful Breastfeeding and to practice in accordance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.

 
Mumsnet is a successful community website set up by mothers to give advice and support on parenting and family issues.