York Register Office celebrates ten years supporting the Special Care Baby Unit

Over the past ten years York Register Office has raised more than £37,000 to help fund specialist training and additional equipment for York Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit.

The unit provides high quality nursing care to babies that are born prematurely or are unwell and after hearing directly of their amazing work by parents coming to register a birth, the registrars in the office opened a collection for York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity.

They celebrated this milestone with a recent donation of £5,000 and praised the generosity of local parents.

Cllr Nigel Ayre of City of York Council said: “I’m delighted that our generous customers have donated £5,000 over the past 12 months to our collection to support York Hospital’s SCBU. This has been raised by parents who kindly make a donation when they buy their child’s birth certificate.

“Our registrars are often told of SCBU’s amazing work by parents coming to register a birth. Some know of a child who has been treated in the unit, some have a child who has needed SCBU’s care, and some parents have a child who is still in the unit when they come to register. 

“Hearing these stories and knowing the impact of SCBU motivates our team to continue this fundraising which, after ten years, now totals £37,000. I’m proud of their fundraising and want to thank everyone who has contributed to it.”

Emma Sargent, community fundraiser at the charity, said: “Thank you so much to the team at York Register Office and to all the generous parents who have donated.

“It will continue to make a real difference to improving the facilities for families using SCBU. We are incredibly grateful for the ongoing support of York Register Office.”

If you are interested in fundraising for the charity, you can find out more here.