Blogs

New – Professional Panel

After launching our Parent Panel last year, we are now planning a new Professional Panel to run along side. We’re using the term “professional” in a broad sense, to cover […] ...

Up, up and away!

Can you believe that we’re getting ready to celebrate our 4th birthday here at Peeps! We’ll be sharing more with you over the coming weeks as to how you can […] ...

Parent Voice Opportunities

We just wanted to share with you some of the current ways in which HIE parents/carers, can get involved in research projects, ensuring that all our voices are heard. If […] ...

Geronimo – free festival tickets for Peeps!

Geronimo Fest have kindly donated some family tickets for our Peeps families to enjoy! There really is something for everyone at this family event, and the organisers are committed to ensuring […] ...

Have your say…

Researchers at the UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health have approached Peeps as they are looking for volunteers to participate in a study exploring parental experiences of having a baby admitted […] ...

Your voice matters

Here at Peeps we always try and make sure that the parent voice is heard – our journeys, backgrounds, and feelings can all vary so much, and all are important. […] ...

Can you help the National Research Priority Setting Partnership?

This is a national project to prioritise research questions to attract funding for practice-changing neonatal trials. They are particularly interested in the viewpoints of parents, families and former neonatal patients […] ...

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place 9-15 May 2022. The theme this year is loneliness. “Part of the reason we set Peeps up was because we knew how lonely and […] ...

Can you help?

Following feedback and discussions with a neonatal transport team, we’re looking to add bonding hearts to our free parent packs, for those families at the start of their HIE journey. […] ...

Ride London – limited places!

Fancy taking part in the popular RideLondon event on the 29th May for Team Peeps? If so, we would love to hear from you! We have limited places available, so […] ...

New – Journaling course

Have you ever felt that your head is just too full? Or you have too many ideas and too many thoughts and can’t make sense of it all. Do you […] ...

Welcome to the team!

We’re delighted to welcome two new Trustees to the team; Dr Ela Chakkarapani, and Hannah Adams. Both bring with them such valuable, varied experience, and a huge insight to the […] ...

We mentioned a little while back that we were working on an exciting project, which is now ready to launch. Our very own #HeardofHIE song*.   We’re happy to be […] ...

Mother’s Day Wishes

For all you are, and all you do, we’re sending our Mother’s Day love to you (with a little extra love to anyone who might find today a bit wobbly). […] ...

£10,000 for HIE Mental Health Support – thank you!

We’d like to start the week off by saying a great big THANK YOU to The National Lottery Community Fund (@TNLCommunityFund), for awarding Peeps with a £10,000 grant for HIE […] ...

We need you!

4th April is HIE Awareness Day. We’d love you to be part of it, by sharing photos of: Your HIEro (child who has experienced an HIE event) doing what they love […] ...

Online Trauma Information Session

Peeps’ Charity Coordinator – Liz Cockram will be running free online sessions looking at how going through a traumatic event (such as witnessing your child’s HIE event) affects the brain/body […] ...

Heidi’s Headgear Challenge – 15th Feb to 15th March – are you in?

Some of you may know Heidi, or have heard a little about her. If not, she’s the driving force behind Peeps! Her mum and dad, Sarah & Steve, set up […] ...

HIE Awareness Day – a date for your diary!

HIE Awareness Day takes place on the 4th April each year. We set this up at Peeps, in 2019, to raise awareness and make sure as many people as possible […] ...

Could it be you?

Do you have experience of HIE (Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy), preferably in a clinical setting (neonatal/paediatrics)?  Are you keen to use your experience to make a difference to others?  Have you a […] ...