About Bliss

• - Bliss Scotland
  • - Supporting families in Scotland
  • - Special care in Scotland
  • - Family support groups in Scotland
  • - Fundraising in Scotland
  • - Campaigning for Bliss Scotland
  • - Get involved with Bliss Scotland
• - Bliss across the UK
  • - Promoting new developments in care
  • - Campaigning for change
  • - Raising vital funds
  • - Our mission
  • - Diversity
• - Bliss' purpose
• - Future strategy
• - Celebrating 30 years
• - Who's who
  • - Board of Trustees
  • - Bliss Staff
    • - Andy Cole
    • - Caley Eldred
    • - Jane Abbott
  • - Bliss Ambassadors
• - Work or volunteer for Bliss
  • - Social media and web volunteer
• - Our finances
• - Our partners
• - Privacy policy
• - Contact us

Supporting families

• - Family support services
  • - Helpline
  • - Counselling service
  • - Messageboard
  • - Parents 4 Parents
  • - Becoming a service user
• - Find out more . . .
  • - Before your baby is born
    • - If your baby comes early
      • - Steroids
      • - In utero transfers
    • - Looking after yourself
    • - About neonatal care
    • - Finance
      • - Health in Pregnancy Grant
    • - Fathers to be
    • - Young parents
    • - The next pregnancy
    • - FAQ
  • - On the unit
    • - Understanding your baby
      • - Getting to know your baby
      • - Comfort holding and Kangaroo Care
    • - Understanding equipment
      • - Incubators and monitors
      • - Intravenous lines and catheters
      • - Ventilators and breathing support
    • - Tests, and procedures
      • - Blood tests
      • - Cooling HIE
      • - Neonatal jaundice
      • - Scans
      • - Treatments for infections
      • - Sight and hearing tests
      • - Immunisations
      • - Other medical issues
      • - Sick and premature baby transfers
      • - Clinical research trials
    • - Feeding
      • - Reflux
      • - Breastfeeding
      • - Total Parenteral Nutrition
      • - Fortifiers
      • - Tube feeding
      • - Supplementary feeding
      • - Bottle feeding
      • - Weaning
    • - Fathers
    • - Finance
    • - Medical conditions in newborn babies
    • - FAQ
    • - Making critical care decisions for your baby
      • - Valerie's story
    • - Palliative care
    • - Bereavement
      • - Saying goodbye
      • - How Bliss can help
      • - Mrunal's story
  • - At home
    • - Going home
      • - Parent pack
    • - Common winter illnesses
    • - Feeding
    • - Weaning
    • - Fathers
    • - Young parents
    • - FAQ
  • - Older children
    • - Finance
    • - Deferring or delaying school entry
      • - Assessing your child's capabilities
      • - Timescales
      • - Research evidence
      • - Special educational needs and poor growth
      • - Checklist for application process
• - Support groups and Champions
  • - Start a Bliss support group
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  • - Find a local support group
    • - North West
    • - North East
    • - Yorkshire and the Humber
    • - East Midlands
    • - West Midlands
    • - East Anglia
    • - South East
    • - South West
    • - Greater London
    • - Scotland
    • - Northern Ireland
    • - Wales
    • - Channel Islands
  • - What's on near you?
• - Publications
  • - Download or order Bliss publications
    • - Bliss Family Handbook
      • - Bengali version
      • - Scotland version
      • - Polish version
      • - Portuguese version
  • - Bliss Parent Pack
  • - Little bliss magazine
    • - In the current issue
    • - Subcribe
    • - Real life
      • - Alleashia's story
      • - Eva's story
      • - Helen Rains' story
      • - Rod's story - Part one
      • - Jamie's story - Part one
      • - Helen's story
      • - Anne's story
      • - Jeanette's story
      • - Helen's story
      • - Georgia's story
      • - Donna's story
      • - Tessa's Story
      • - Kate's Story
      • - Colleen's Story
      • - Rachel's Story
    • - Reviews
      • - Book reviews
        • - Previous reviews
          • - Autumn 2011
      • - Film reviews
        • - Previous reviews
          • - Autumn 2011
          • - Summer 2011
          • - Spring 2011
    • - Competitions
    • - Kids stuff
      • - Winter 2011
      • - Autumn 2011
    • - Ten minute treats
      • - Autumn 2011
      • - Summer 2011
    • - Previous issues
      • - 2011
      • - 2010
      • - 2009
      • - 2008
    • - Feedback
• - FAQ
  • - Why did my baby come early?
  • - Visiting your baby in hospital
  • - Home oxygen and CLD
  • - RSV
  • - Immunisations
  • - Finance
  • - Glossary of terms
• - Useful organisations
• - Young parents
• - Parent stories
  • - Chris and Nicola's Story
  • - Liz and Anthony's Story
  • - Rebecca and Sean's Story
  • - Camille and David's Story
  • - Robert's Story
  • - Mrunal's story
  • - Sue Mortimer's story

News and media

• - Media centre
  • - Bliss in the media
  • - Press releases
  • - Case histories
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Health professionals

• - Study Days
  • - Study Day bookings
  • - Previous Bliss Study Days
• - Bliss Voices
• - Developmental care
• - Involving parents
• - Health professional development
  • - Bliss Quality Improvement Programme
  • - Community Health Professionals
  • - Other training & development opportunities
• - Innovation fund
  • - Recently funded projects
  • - The decision making process
  • - Getting Involved - Review Panel vacancies
• - Support on the unit
  • - POPPY
  • - National Parents Survey
  • - FAB Project
  • - Counselling for parents
  • - Breastfeeding and expressing survey report
• - Baby Charter
• - Publications
  • - Community Health Professionals' Information Guide
• - NICE quality standard

Campaigning

• - Take Action for Bliss
• - How you can help
• - Our campaigning work
  • - SOS campaign
  • - Still a long way to go
  • - The chance of a lifetime?
    • - Three Decades and Counting
      • - English briefing
      • - Welsh briefing
      • - Scottish briefing
      • - Northern Ireland briefing
    • - Baby Steps to Better Care
      • - Baby Steps to Better Care - England
      • - Baby Steps to Better Care - Scotland
      • - Baby Steps to Better Care - Wales
      • - Baby Steps to Better Care - Northern Ireland
    • - Too little, too late?
    • - Weigh less, worth less?
    • - Special care for sick babies
  • - Toolkit for High Quality Neonatal Services
  • - Election 2011
    • - Scotland
      • - Parties' policies
    • - Wales
      • - Parties' policies
  • - Neonatal Expert Advisory Group
  • - One to one nursing campaign
    • - Why do we need more nurses?
    • - What is the minimum standard?
    • - Who is supporting the campaign?
    • - Official responses to the campaign
    • - Who has taken part in the campaign?
      • - In England
        • - Greater London
        • - East of England
        • - South East
        • - South West
        • - East Midlands
        • - West Midlands
        • - North East
        • - North West
        • - Yorkshire and the Humber
      • - In Scotland
      • - In Wales
      • - In Northern Ireland
    • - What are people saying about the campaign?
  • - Nursing
  • - Financial cost
  • - Starting school
  • - Maternity and paternity leave
• - Information
  • - Premature babies
  • - Low birthweight babies
  • - Neonatal care and standards
  • - Infant mortality
  • - Document library
  • - Useful links
• - Campaign news
  • - 2010 news
  • - 2009 news

Support us

• - Events
  • - Runs and Walks
    • - Walks
    • - 5k Fun Runs
    • - 10k runs
    • - Half Marathons
    • - Marathons
      • - Virgin London Marathon
    • - Triathlons and other challenges
    • - Blissters running club
    • - Join the Bliss cheering team
  • - Challenges
    • - UK Challenges
      • - Great North Swim
    • - Gold Challenge
    • - Overseas challenges
    • - Cycling
      • - London to Paris Cycle
    • - Skydiving
    • - Organise your own Challenge
  • - Community fundraising events
    • - Cake A Difference
      • - Give a Kiss for Bliss special offers
  • - Schools and nurseries
  • - Bliss Buggy Push
  • - What's on
  • - Big Heart Awards
  • - Event Enquiry
• - Donate
  • - Cash gift
  • - Lottery
  • - Bliss Nurses
  • - Direct debit
  • - In memory
  • - In celebration
    • - Emily's Christening
    • - Shane's Birthday
  • - Legacies
  • - Donate through your pay
    • - Payroll FAQ
  • - Tax Return
  • - Donor Charter
• - Individual fundraising
  • - In memory
    • - Precious Star Funds
    • - Precious Memories Walk
  • - In celebration
  • - Community fundraising
  • - Everyday choices
    • - Everyclick
    • - Recycling
    • - eBay for Bliss
    • - Amazon
• - Companies
  • - Charity of the Year
    • - Choose us
      • - COTY case studies
  • - Corporate case studies
    • - Central Medical Supplies
    • - DHL
    • - Distinct Partners
    • - Foresters Friendly Society
    • - Great Portland Estates
    • - Hardenberg and Co
    • - iCandy
    • - John Lewis Corporate
    • - Merino Kids
    • - Plum
    • - WaterWipes
    • - Candis
  • - Staff fundraising
    • - Corporate donations
  • - Sponsorship
  • - Gifts in kind
  • - Trusts and Foundations
    • - Case studies
    • - Clubs and organisations
  • - Cause related marketing
    • - Bliss 2010 calendar

Get Involved

• - Give your time for Bliss
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• - Campaign for Bliss
• - Donate to Bliss
• - Knit or sew for Bliss
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  • - Get crafty!
    • - Summer competition
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• - Start a Bliss Support Group
• - Be a media case study
• - Fundraise for Bliss
• - Become a parent rep
  • - Networks and units

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• - Little bliss magazine

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