Our January Charity is Tommy’s

Each month we select a charity to donate 1% of our months turnover and for January we have picked Tommy’s. Tommy’s saves babies lives by funding research and providing information on the causes and prevention of Miscarriage, premature birth and still birth. Tommy’s aim is to give every baby the best chance to be born healthy.

Some of the recent research funded by Tommy’s has allowed  the development of MRI techniques for studying the placenta,  identified factors that affect placental blood flow, identified why preterm birth is increasing in Scotland, found that risk of preterm labour can be inherited and developed a simple saliva test for predicting preterm labour. They have also set up the UK’s first placenta clinic to treat women with placental complications allow scientists to further study placental function.

Tommy’s also runs a pregnancy information service for mums to be, there partners, family members and friends. The telephone line is staffed by midwives who are available to give advice and answer questions on weekdays. They also provide free pregnancy and pre pregnancy guides (pictured above).