The Alexa Trust

25/08/2026

Supporting Neonatal Families, One Milestone at a Time

The Alexa Trust provides practical breastfeeding support and equipment for parents with babies in neonatal care units across the UK. Founded in 2015 in memory of premature baby Alexa James, we focus our breast pump donations on supporting mothers with premature or sick infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Here is how we provide funding and equipment directly to NHS hospital foundations and local community networks:

Hands-Free Portable Pumps: We recently funded a £5,000 donation of Elvie hands-free wearable breast pumps to the James Paget University Hospital Neonatal Unit. These wearable devices allow mothers to continue moving around or caring for their babies while expressing milk, reducing the stress of being tied down to static machines.

Take-Home Support: Unlike standard hospital pumps that must stay on the ward, these specific donations allow mothers to take the pumps home with them upon discharge. This ensures a seamless transition and helps protect their milk supply.

Donor Milk Hub Integration: Working alongside organisations like the Human Milk Foundation and groups like Lowestoft and Waveney Breastfeeding Support, we fund hubs where mothers can donate surplus milk for vulnerable infants.

Hospital Equipment Grants: The trust runs an active Breastfeeding Support Scheme where NHS neonatal units can directly apply for financial grants. These grants are used to purchase closed-system breast pumps, bottle warmers, and sterilizers.

How to Access or Support Pump Programs:

Hospital Staff: Neonatal units looking to procure equipment can submit an online request via The Alexa Trust Grant Applications page - https://thealexatrust.org/grant-applications/

Parents: Access to these specific donated pumps is managed directly by the local hospital neonatal and infant feeding teams based on clinical need.

Donors: The charity funds these purchases entirely through public fundraising (such as organised Channel swim challenges). Financial contributions can be made directly via our JustGiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/charity/alexatrust

Together, we can support vulnerable babies and the parents who love them.

18/08/2026

Our website's donation page is currently under construction.

For the time being you can make an donation directly through:

1. PayPal - [email protected], or

2. JustGiving - https://www.justgiving.com/charity/alexatrust

08/08/2026

29/09/2025

Jen Mugleston from The Hop Overs 2-persons relay team.

Old Malvernian Jen Mugleston (8.06-11) has achieved a lifelong ambition by swimming the English Channel in a two-person relay, raising more than £4,500 for The Alexa Trust, a charity that supports families with babies in neonatal care. Jen and her relay partner, Mike, began their challenge at Shake...

21/09/2025

Huge congrats to Jen and Mike, the dynamic duo who smashed the English Channel relay in an impressive 14 hours 16 minutes! 🙌💦 You two are absolute legends! 👏

21/08/2025

PRESS RELEASE

Anne-Marie
Communications & Digital Media Officer
James Paget University Hospital

We'd like to say a big thank you to The Alexa Trust who have generously funded breast pumps for our Neonatal Unit and for the Neonatal Outreach and Infant complex health team.

On Tuesday Dennis, Chairman of The Alexa Trust, Kaya, Chief Executive of Lowestoft and Waveney Breastfeeding Support and Shelly, our Infant Complex Health Liaison Sister, all gathered with some of our charity team and members of the Neonatal Breastfeeding team to formally hand over the four Ardo Calypso pump kits and 17 Elvie stride pumps that have been purchased with the money that was donated by the Trust.

The almost £5,000 donation will mean that many new mums will be able to benefit from one of the pumps, and will be supported to use them via the Neonatal and local breast feeding teams.

Shelly said; "I met Dennis a few weeks ago, when the Human Milk Foundation and Lowestoft and Waveney Breastfeeding Support launched their new donor milk hub at Water Lane Leisure Centre in Lowestoft, and asked if The Alexa Trust would consider supporting us. We are delighted that this has resulted in funding for the pumps as this will mean we are able to support more new mums with breastfeeding. These pumps are a real Godsend and will make such a difference. The Elvie pumps are hands free which means rather than having to stop and take time in one place to express, the pumps can be used while you continue to get on with other things. Pump expressing can protect breastfeeding by ensuring its more accessible, so these will really help."

The pumps will help new mums express milk for their young babies who are being cared for in the unit and they will then be able to take them home with them. This donation follows on from the success of work during World Breastfeeding Week to raise awareness of the support our hospital offers all parents to make an informed choice about infant feeding, while recognising the important benefits that breastfeeding provides for babies.

You can read more about Lowestoft and Waveney Breastfeeding Support here:
https://www.lowestoftandwaveneybreastfeeding.co.uk/

14/08/2025

English Channel Relays & Solos – To date

2017
1. New Dawn is Rising Relay

2018
2. Team A Relay
3. Team B Relay
4. Sumner Williams Solo

2019
5. Alexa Aquanuts Relay
6. Team Alexa Relay

2021
7. Splash of Orange Relay
8. Orca Bait Relay
9. Reasonable Excuses Relay
10. PHVI Relay

2022
11. Alexa Atlantic Alliance Relay
12. Oceans Six Relay
13. The Internationals Relay
14. Alexa Four Relay
15. Steve Sutton Solo
16. Sophie Gasson Solo

2023
17. Individual Medley Team Relay
18. Lucy Payne Solo
19. Sunny Mermaids Relay
20. Mark Pinder Solo
21. Fantastic Four Relay

2024
22. Five in Deep Relay
23. Petit Dauphins Relay
24. Tyler Sutton Solo

2025
25. The Chubmarines Relay
26. Tide Riders Relay

23/07/2025

Go Tide Riders!