Grateful parents Paul Casey and Rachel Slade along with their son Rory, from Southampton, presented the Southampton General Hospital’s P.I.C.U unit with a life-saving piece of equipment on Thursday 4th December.

The Apnoea Alarm which is used to assess the breathing patterns of small babies on the unit once they have been taken off a ventilator machine, is being presented by the couple to say thank-you to the staff who cared for their son Rory.

We've had 28 runners taking part in the Great South Run, raising much needed funds for Friends of PICU.

We've raised in excess of five thousand pounds already and not all money is in yet.

A huge thank you to all those who took part on our behalf and thanks to all those who were kind enough to sponsor them.

Matthew Wragg from Matchtech ran the New York City Marathon on Sunday 2nd November on behalf on Friends of PICU. He completed the route in 3 hours and forty minutes, despite struggling to complete the last 9 miles.

Matthew had set himself a fund-raising target of £1500 but has exceed that and the total on his Just Giving Page stands at a staggering £1734.20. If you're able to help add to this total, he'd really appreciate it!!

You can sponsor him via his Just Giving Page at

www.justgiving.com/matthewwragg

Many thanks

WE ARE NOW SIGNED UP FOR JUSTGIVING FUNDRAISING SITE SO PLEASE TELL EVERYONE TO USE IT WHEN SUPPORTING YOU. THANK YOU

www.justgiving.com/friendsofpicu

if you use the websites below to search the web Friends of PICU will get a donation for each search or a donation from the company.

www.easyfundraising.org.uk
http://picusouthampton.easysearch.org.uk

So why not earn money for us whilst searching for your presents etc

Please feel free to browse the site, register and post in our forums.

Our Latest Project is to refurbish the parents rooms situated on the unit for parents to stay in overnight to be close to their children.