Raising money for Rockinghorse this Christmas - Infinity Jewellery by Velvet Parsnips

Velvet Parsnips Infinity Jewellery

£11,100 raised and counting!

Thanks to a huge amount of amazing people, from NYC to Tasmania, we've raised an incredible £11,100 in 11 months of fundraising! The funds so far have been split like this:

• £7,500 for the RETCAM for the Trevor Mann Unit (NICU Brighton) helping to scan premature baby's retinas
• £2,000 for the Trevor Mann Unit parents area refurb
• £1,500 for the Special Care Baby Unit at Haywards Heath

£1,900 alone has been raised through the sale of the above stunning infinity jewellery, and Clare's lovely shop is open for Christmas and taking orders now. Help us get to £12,000 in 12 months - how amazing would that be. If you are looking for Christmas present inspiration then please consider an Infinity Necklace or Bracelet for you, your friends, or your little ones (minis available too!) - available here!

Please also check out the rest of Clare's incredible jewellery. She is a very hard working mum and she designs & makes absolutely everything herself. She has been so generous to give her time and energy to raising money for Rockinghorse - we are eternally grateful.

A huge thank you to all of our supporters especially all of the lovely ladies posting their amazing photos of their jewellery. Please join in too on Instagram or Facebook with #angelalice or #alicearmy

Or if you'd like to make a donation directly please do so here.

Raising money for Rockinghorse

Rockinghorse is the main charitable organisation that provide extra support to the Trevor Mann Baby Unit and the Alexandra children's hospital in Brighton.

When organising the celebration of Alice's life we decided to not have flowers and encouraged donation to Rockinghorse instead. We set up a Just Giving page on the Thursday, when we announced details of the ceremony, and by the following Saturday we had raised £3,000. Unbelievably the donations have kept coming and we are currently at £6,919, which is just so incredible to us. The generosity of family, friends and complete strangers all over the world is going to make such a huge difference to so many precious babies. 

We recently met with two lovely ladies from the Rockinghorse charity. They explained that the NHS provide a basic level of equipment to Brighton hospital. However they only fund what they see as life saving, or a necessity. This is why the money raised through the Rockinghorse is used to provide very crucial equipment or services that is not deemed 'life saving' but is as critical to the care of the children in the hospital. Key members of staff sit on the charity board and they meet regularly to discuss what projects will be funded and the progress of those projects. It is important to know that all projects are conceived of and implemented by the key members of the hospital team. That means that every project is truly needed. 

We have decided to use the money to fund a very needed Retcam digital imaging camera for the Trevor Mann Baby Unit. This will be used to help diagnose Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a eye condition which can cause blindness in premature babies. This can be used by the nurses on a daily basis once an issue is diagnosed the baby can be given laser eye surgery which has a 98% success rate of normal eye sight. The £7,000 we have helped raise is being used to top up the fund meaning Rockinghorse have now reached their goal and the machine is on order. 

So, thank you so much to everyone who donated to this amazing charity. Everyone is so grateful to your generosity and it really will make a great difference to the little premature babies and their families in the future.