BIBS (Babies in Buscot Support)

02/09/2026

💜 September Buscot Wishlist 💜

We’re stocking up the family room for September, and this month we need a bit of everything! ☕🍪

Breakfast cereals, oaty bars, tea, coffee and plenty of biscuits are all on the list, along with fruit bars for siblings visiting their baby brothers and sisters. Just the sort of everyday things that can make a long day on the ward that little bit easier.

If you’d like to help keep the family room stocked, you can donate via our Amazon Wishlist here 👉 https://amzn.eu/5T9ijc6

Or, if you’d prefer to give directly, you can support us through our JustGiving page 👉 https://www.justgiving.com/bibsbabies/donate/

Thank you, as always, for supporting Buscot families 💜

28/08/2026

💜 BIG THANK YOU 💜

Thank you to everyone who donated items to the Buscot Family Room this month, both through our Amazon Wishlist and in person ☕️🍪

Every donation is gratefully received and helps make a real difference to our families and their days on Buscot 😊

If you’d still like to help, you can donate an item through our Amazon Wishlist here 👉 https://amzn.eu/5T9ijc6

Or, if you’d prefer to give directly, you can support BIBS through our JustGiving page 👉 https://www.justgiving.com/bibsbabies/donate/

Thank you for supporting our Buscot families 💜

25/08/2026

💜 Could your vCreate NICU Diary be an award winner? 🏆

Monday 14th September is , and the vCreate NICU Diaries Awards are now open! 🎉

If you used vCreate during your baby’s time on Buscot, you can nominate your favourite video, photo or even title for:

🏆 Video of the Year
🏆 Photo of the Year
🏆 Title of the Year

Whether it’s a tiny milestone, a precious moment, a funny face or something that helped you feel connected to your baby during your Buscot journey, we’d love to see your entries 💜

To enter, email [email protected] with your vCreate video or photo, your Buscot graduate’s name, Royal Berkshire Hospital and what these visual updates meant to you 🤗 (Please ensure you have permission to share any videos or photos you submit.) Entries close Friday 4th September.

And as a bonus, there are some brilliant prizes up for grabs for both families and clinical teams, including Amazon vouchers, trophies and edible goodies! 🎉

We’d love to see some Buscot families represented in this year’s awards! 💜

It's on Monday 14th September, and we're thrilled to announce that our annual vCreate NICU Diaries Awards are now open! 📽️

We can’t wait to celebrate all your little wonders and the incredible teams behind the camera. You can send us your vCreate video and photo entries for:

🏆Video of the Year

🏆Photo of the Year

🏆Title of the Year

Entering is easy! Simply email us at [email protected] with your vCreate video or photo, your little one's name, the hospital's name, and what the visual updates meant to you by Friday 4th September.

There are awesome prizes up for grabs for both parents and clinical teams, including Amazon vouchers, trophies, and edible goodies! 🎉

Please note that you must have permission to share videos/images. We ask that only parents and carers submit nominations or seek express permission from caregivers.

Keep an eye on our social channels on Video Diaries Day, Monday 14th September, to catch the winning announcements. We can't wait to see your precious photos and videos!

20/08/2026

Congratulations & love from BIBS 💜to all the Buscot Graduates receiving their GCSE results today! You've all come so far since those early days on Buscot and, whatever the grades, have your whole futures ahead of you!Do share your own photos and stories in the comments ⬇️

Here's Buscot Graduate Haiden celebrating his nine GCSE's today! Born at 30+4 he spent 4 weeks 2 days in Buscot in 2010. He's now going to study A level History, Sociology and Politics

19/08/2026

🏊‍♀️ Our BIBS Swimathon team is almost full, but we still have a few places available for anyone who'd like to get involved and help save tiny lives 💜

Join us 10am on Sunday 20 September at Nuffield Health, Wokingham for the Wokingham Lions Club Swimathon and help raise vital funds for Buscot Ward.

💦 You'll be part of a friendly 50-minute relay, sharing the swimming with your BIBS teammates. There are no winners or losers, no pressure to be a fast swimmer, and no minimum distance to complete. Just lots of fun, teamwork and community spirit.

🏊 All abilities are welcome, whether you're in the pool every week or can't remember the last time you put on a swimsuit!

✨ Open to ages 8-108*.

📧 To claim one of the remaining spaces, email [email protected] today.

Every length swum will help BIBS continue supporting Buscot babies giving them the best possible start to life 💜

15/08/2026

💜 Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day! 💜

Today is all about celebrating the incredible nurses who care for some of the tiniest and most vulnerable babies, and the families beside them.

Being a neonatal nurse is so much more than the clinical care they provide. It’s knowing the tiny details that make each baby unique, getting to know their routines and what helps them feel settled. It’s supporting families as they find their feet, listening, reassuring and being there through the good days, the difficult days and all the uncertainty in between.

And, of course, it’s doing all of this while juggling the clinical skills, knowledge and expertise needed to care for babies who need such specialist care. Neonatal nursing takes an incredible combination of compassion, patience, resilience and skill - and we are so lucky to have such an amazing team caring for our Buscot and Transitional Care families💜

So today, we simply want to say thank you.

Thank you for everything you do, for every baby you care for, every parent you support and every family you help through their neonatal journey. You make a huge difference, often in ways you’ll never fully know 💜

And we’re not stopping at today! Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful BIBS supporters, we’ll be celebrating with a tea party and gifts for the team next week 🥳☕🎁

Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day to our brilliant neonatal nurses - we hope you know just how appreciated you are! 💜

14/08/2026

This week we were delighted to welcome Kat from Hartbeeps East Berkshire to our Family Support Group in Earley 🐥🥳🪇 We had such a brilliant turnout, and there was plenty of singing, dancing, playing and, of course, lots of smiles! 🥰

A huge thank you to Kat and Hartbeeps Berkshire for bringing so much fun to our group and giving our families such a lovely morning. We had a great time! 💜

Our Family Support Groups are a great place to share experiences, connect, and enjoy a relaxed chat with other Buscot and Transitional Care families 🥰

Led by our Family Support Worker, Sammy, our sessions are free to attend and include complimentary hot drinks, sweet treats, and toys for babies and toddlers. During the summer holidays, siblings are very welcome too (just let us know) ☕️🤗🍪

Our groups run on alternate weeks at accessible venues in Tilehurst and Earley. Both venues are on popular bus routes and have large car parks, making them easy to get to by car or public transport. 🚗🚌

📲 Join our closed Facebook group for all the information, including dates, venues and updates: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/15s9TD7IXX/?mibextid=wwXlfr 💜

12/08/2026

💜 This International Neonatal Nurses Day, help us say thank you to our incredible Buscot nurses. 💜

BIBS support neonatal staff too. This could be funding training, helping with improvements to staff spaces, treating staff to gifts to show our appreciation or supporting staff-led initiatives and more.

This International Neonatal Nurses Day, we'd love to give something back to the nurses who have cared for so many Buscot babies.

✨ Please donate what you can and help us provide gifts of thanks for our amazing Buscot neonatal team via this link https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/internationalneonatalnurses2026

💜 Donate today and help us say thank you.