Registered Charity Number 1202127
Improving Little Lives
New Promotional Video released 8th March 2023
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The Connie Medical Chair is designed to improve the quality of life, well-being and rehabilitation of young children in intensive and palliative care. The chair has been designed to be used in paediatric beds to offer sit up and play time for children aged 8 months to 4 years, supporting Early Mobilisation and Rehahbilitation (ERM)*. Born out of personal experience of losing a child in intensive care, Russ and Vikki Banner are fundraising to get several chairs into each paediatric hospital and hospice in the UK for free.
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The Need
Over 20,000 children are admitted into intensive care each year, and a large portion have life limiting conditions, one study puts it at 57%**. The majority are under the age of 1 (around 600 admissions per month), followed by under 2's (150 per month), followed by under 3's (75 per month). That's 9900 children aged 1-3. You can help us support parents and nursing staff by improving their quality of life and rehabilitation by donating. There is no current seat that works within the paediatric cot bed that allows children to sit up and play, as well as improve their recovery post-surgery. Please help us today.
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I am so sorry for your loss xxx What an amazing way to honour the memory of your beautiful little girl. My son was a newborn when he had his first heart surgery at the Evelina but I know he would benefit greatly from the Connie Chair in the period after his next surgery. This is truly an amazing idea, thank you for your hard work and dedication to helping other children in similar situations to Connie xxx
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"I know from personal experience how wonderful it would have been to have had a chair like this when my Emily was ill in hospital and unable to sit up unaided. Thank you for all that you do." Debbie
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"I think the design of your medical chair is great. I work clinically as an ECMO specialist in PICU and this design is really needed especially in the rehabilitation stage. Dr Lyn Palmer,PICANet Research Nurse, University of Leicester
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"Fantastic idea! There is a real need for an updated chair for babies on PICU/HDU and on wards across the hospital." Physio and OT Team, Bristol Children's Hospital
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Our Story
Read about how a family saw the need and decided to design a product.
"Fantastic idea!! There is a real need for an updated chair for babies on PICU/HDU and on wards across the hospital" (Physio and OT Team, Bristol Children's Hospital)
The hospitals we plan to support...
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Addenbrooke's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital Birmingham Children's Hospital Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Derbyshire Children's Hospital Evelina London Children's Hospital Great North Children's Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital John Radcliffe Hospital |
King's College Hospital
Leeds General Infirmary Nottingham Children's Hospital Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital Royal London Hospital Royal Manchester Children's Hospital St George's Hospital St Mary's Hospital Sheffield Children's Hospital Southampton Children's Hospital |
University Hospital Lewisham
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital Royal Hospital for Children Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales Staffordshire Children's Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital James Cook University Hospital Leicester Royal Infirmary |
The Hospices we want to support...
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Acorns Children's Hospice
Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice Blythe House Hospicecare & Helen’s Trust Brian House Children's Hospice (Trinity Hospice & Palliative Care Services Ltd) Butterwick Hospice Care (Butterwick House Children's Hospice) Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) Claire House Children's Hospice Demelza Hospice Care for Children Derian House Children's Hospice Dougie Mac Hospice |
East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)
Ellenor Forget Me Not Children's Hospice Francis House Children's Hospice Haven House Children's Hospice Havens Hospics (Little Havens) Helen & Douglas House Hospice Care for Children Hope House Children's Hospice James Hopkins Trust Jessie May Children's Hospice at Home Jigsaw Cumbria's Children's Hospice Julia's House Keech Hospice Care for Children and Young Adults Martin House Children's Hospice Naomi House & Jacks Place |
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice
Nortern Ireland Hospice Once Upon a Smile Rainbows Hospice Rebecca House Children's Hospice (Hospice Isle of Man) Rennie Grove Hospice care (Rennie House) Richard House Children's Hospice Shooting Star Children's Hospices (Christopher's) St Andrew's Hospice (Andy's) St Oswald's Children's Hospice The Donna Louise Children's Hospice Together for Short Lives Tŷ Hafan Zoe's Place Baby Hospice |
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* A 2022 report identifies the most significant barriers to ERM were insufficient resources and equipment, 69% and inadequate funding (61%). Participants provided examples of resources having to be shared across organisations or specially ordered to deliver ERM to patients. https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/6/1/e001300
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**Fraser LK, Parslow R Children with life-limiting conditions in paediatric intensive care units: a national cohort, data linkage study.Arch Dis Child 2018: 103: 540-547. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28705790/
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