National Premmie Foundation

L’il Aussie Prems is a sponsor of the National Premmie Foundation which is being launched in October at the Pregnancy, Babies & Children’s Expo here in Victoria. I am apart of the foundation as i am a committee member for Lifes Little Treasures who are just a beautiful group of women. I am creating the foundations website as we speak and having alot of fun doing so. A representative from each of the 6 founding groups were flown up to Sydney overnight back in August to attend a two day meeting on how we were going to progress with starting the foundation. We had a fantastic time and spoke to great lengths about the foundation, rules, aims, visions and we all walked away feeling very overloaded with information.

We have all been working together really well and i am so proud to say that through me L’il Aussie Prems is a sponsor of the foundation. I represent Lifes Little Treasures when it comes to foundation tasks.

The foundation is made up from 6 groups, Loddon Mallee Kids, Lifes Little Treasures, PIPA, NICCUPS, Little Wonders & NNPSNS which is a new group formed on the NSW Central Coast.

Our aims are;

To act as a parent body, guiding and assisting prem support groups by helping to:

• - Raise the profile of all groups
• - Attract members and volunteers

• - Share ‘best practice’, information and resources

• - Raise money for family support and information, hospital equipment, education, and awareness.

• To be a central point of communication and publicity, proving information to families, hospitals, health professionals, relevant health authorities and the wider community.

• Represent the interests of parents of prems in terms of hospital policy, Australia wide.

• Raise the profile and awareness of the plight of NICU/SCU infants and their families, and issues surrounding their care and long term development.

• Assist with research into causes of pre-term birth and the treatment of premature infants.

This is a fantastic new journey we are all excited to be on and i wish the NPF all the success in the world.

www.prembaby.org.au