The Premature Baby Charity for Northern Ireland
- Company No: NIO37799
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- Charity No: NIC101869.
Thank you Thank you to everyone who submitted a response to the consultation around the deferred school starting age. There has been overwhelming support for a move to allow some children to delay starting school for a year. Listen to our CEO Alison McNulty discuss the outcome of the report on U105 below. The change […]
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What’s Happening? School starting age in Northern Ireland currently depends on when a child’s 4th birthday falls. Children who turn 4 on or before 1st July start school at the beginning of September that same year. Children turning 4 on or after 2nd July start school the following year when they are 5 years old. […]
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Family Fun in the sun for TinyLife! A Saturday afternoon in July saw lots of fun in the sun as TinyLife hosted their first live fundraising event in over a year. Meeting outside at V36 Playpark in Newtownabbey, families came dressed as unicorns to meet real life unicorns Tully and Chip and also Tiny, the […]
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Inflexible and unjustified – the description of Northern Ireland’s legislation on the school starting age by a High Court Judge. He said ‘the system doesn’t allow the authorities to act in the best interests of every child. To read the full article, click here We hope the ruling will put pressure on the Education Minister, […]
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Save the Date – Monday 11th October 2021 from 9 am – 1pm TinyLife’s CEO will be speaking at the Policy Forum for Northern Ireland Meeting – […]
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The Board of Trustees and staff of TinyLife are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our esteemed President and founding member of TinyLife, Professor James Dornan, his inspirational and ground breaking work has impacted the lives of babies and families worldwide. Professor Dornan will be remembered fondly as a warm hearted, fun loving […]
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TinyLife Welcomes Delayed School Starting Northern Ireland’s premature baby charity, TinyLife welcomes Education Minster, Peter Weir’s announcement that he intends to bring forward a draft bill to legislate for some children born prematurely, especially those who are ‘summer born’, to benefit from delayed school starting. Being born prematurely could mean that some children may actually […]
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Carers NI invites you to their first online engagement event with Mervyn Storey MLA on his proposed Private Members Bill to enhance the Carers and Direct Payments Act (2002) : Wednesday 20th January 2021 at 10am – 11.30 am. To register your interest please contact geraldine.green@carersni.org
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Are you a parent of a sick or preterm baby that was born during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic? Are you a parent of a sick or preterm baby that was born during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic? Then we kindly ask you to participate in our survey, which is available in multiple languages: https://de.surveymonkey.com/r/NewbornCov19 The global study […]
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TinyLife CEO Alison McNulty shares her experience of leading the TinyLife team and the challenges the charity faces due to Covid 19. The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is currently in the process of talking to leadership figures from across the nation in an attempt to understand this universal trait and what […]
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If you are parent who has used TinyLife Services in the past or presently, we want to hear from you! With the unexpected events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent ‘lockdown’, TinyLife had to suspend all face to face services and change the way support to families of premature and sick babies was provided […]
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We are looking for Volunteer Car drivers across Northern Ireland to transport medical equipment for mums of premature babies. TinyLife operates a Breast Pump loan service with a fleet of around 120 hospital grade breast pumps that can be loaned to mums of premature and sick babies in neonatal units across Northern Ireland. These pumps […]
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Thanks to Henderson Spar who held an online vote for the opportunity to win a Community Cashback Grant – our devoted supporters helped TinyLife scoop the first prize of £2,000. The funds will be used to purchase 100 breast pump kits allowing us to support 50 families who have had a premature baby.
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Premature Baby 15 weeks early inspires Head Shave for TinyLife Baby Michael Mac Hugh from Derry/L’derry shocked his mum Sara & dad Conall by arriving 15 weeks early. Michael on the day he was born and now at 21 weeks old. Mum Sara explains ‘ Our son Michael Douglas Mac Hugh was born on 16th January 2020 at 25 […]
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Preemie PAPAs Project: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: The University of Queensland in Australia is seeking preemie DADS for the Preemie PAPAs Project! If you are the DAD of a preemie who is now 0-18 years old, please share your experiences to help understand the wellbeing and parenting experiences of fathers following preterm birth: https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/preemiepapas. If you are interested […]
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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: The University of Queensland in Australia is seeking preemie PARENTS for the FAB Study! If you are the parent of a preemie who is now 0-18 years old, please share your experiences to help understand the factors that promote resilience to stress in family units following preterm birth: https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/fab. If you are interested in […]
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Congratulations to the 69 employees from Dowds Group who took part in their lock down 555 mile challenge, covering the distance between their Ballymoney, Belfast and London offices. Dowds employees were split into teams of 4, they raced to the finish line by walking, running or cycling. As the miles clocked up, so did the donations. This […]
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For the past few years TinyLife has enjoyed the support of the Longbridge Drinks Company, they had planned to support our Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea event in Parliament Buildings but sadly Covid 19 restrictions forced us to cancel the event. However, big hearted Wayne spotted our appeal for support in the Sunday Life Newspaper and […]
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TinyLife wishes to recruit a team of parents who have had a premature baby or their baby has required special or intensive care at birth to set up a Regional Parent Advisory Group (PAG). What will the PAG do? Parents will help us to; Review our current services Develop new services; Have an input into research […]
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TinyLife & Bliss Call to Action – Have your say on the Government consultation on Neonatal Leave & pay entitlements for parents. Help shape Neonatal Leave and Pay entitlement for parents We are one step closer to parents having more flexibility when their baby or babies are born needing neonatal care. The Government is considering […]
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