Tiny Tickers is delighted to have played a part in creating new guidelines for sonographers that will help thousands of expectant parents affected by pregnancy complications each year. Research led by the University of Leeds will for the first time provide sonographers with specific words and phrases to be used consistently when explaining miscarriages, foetal…

Three months ago the Tiny Tickers staff team met up for our annual pre-Christmas get together. In between silly party games and Christmas jumper selfies, the six of us discussed our plans for 2020 – setting objectives to continue the excellent growth the charity has seen, and to do even more to help families affected…

Okay, confession time. Some charities’ annual reports are dull. They don’t exactly entice you to curl up on the sofa with a cuppa and a few biscuits in eager anticipation of flicking through them. But ours isn’t like that. It really isn’t. As well as going through our accounts, it also talks about our main…

It’s a week on from the launch of our Test For Tommy appeal – and, thanks to the generosity of our supporters, in just seven days we’ve raised enough to add to the 70 pulse oximetry testing machines we’ve already funded in the UK. I’ve been moved by the donations, the messages of support, and…

‘Would you consider becoming a Trustee?’, I was asked. Pretty much on the spot I said yes. One of the best decisions I ever made, and one that led to my role at Tiny Tickers a few years later. Others might not find that volunteering for a charity has quite the same career-changing impact on…

Sonographers throughout Northern Ireland are to receive specialist fetal cardiac training to help detect babies with heart defects during pregnancy scans. Each year there are around 24,500 babies born in Northern Ireland. Around 200 babies will have a life-threatening heart condition. Early detection of these heart defects before birth means the babies’ delivery and care…