Where your money goes
When you fundraise for or donate to BURPS, this is where the amounts you raise/give go.
Tesco collection
Thank you very much to all the volunteers who came along to help at the Tesco Aylesbury Tring Road collection in May. We raised £152.51 in cash.
Summer fun day
Join us on the 23rd July at Aylesbury Rugby and Football Club for the BURPS Family Fun Day! The event will bring together those with a connection to the unit for food, music, games and fundraising.
London Marathon thank you
A massive thank you and well done to Mike Spencer for running the London marathon for Burps this year – he raised an amazing £3,085.25 including Gift Aid! Mike’s son was born at 33 weeks and spent 2 weeks on the unit in 2018. Mike said “It was an amazing day! I pushed a bit […]
Easter and Eid baskets
Burps made up gift baskets for babies on the unit at Easter and Eid this year.
Tug of war and cake sale
Thank you to everyone who came and supported the tug of war, raffle and cake sales in safe sleep week – we raised £539.90 in total across the 2 events! It was great fun with some special guest appearances from tug of war team captains Simon Thomas, whose daughter was on the unit last year, […]
Portable x-ray machine
Burps received a large charitable donation from the distribution of an estate last year, and we gave half of it to the Scannappeal as a contribution to their appeal for this X-ray machine. The remainder of the cost of the machine was raised by Scannappeal’s fundraising efforts. Scannappeal message: What a wonderful way to start […]
Welcome packs
Burps have recently purchased some useful items to be included as part of a welcome pack for new parents to the unit – a tote bag, an insulated non-spill drinks cup, and a notepad and pen. Hopefully these items will provide some practical support to parents while they are visiting the unit on a regular […]
Bloodbikes donation
On 18 November 2022 the neonatal unit received 24 care packs from the volunteer team at Bloodbikes. The Bloodbikes charity transports donor breast milk around a number of hospitals in the South West, and they had received a selection of donated items for new mothers who had an unexpected stay in hospital following a premature […]