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After two years leading Harry’s HAT as Chair of Trustees Teri, has stepped down and Harri Mead takes up the reigns. On Monday the 6th of March which appropriately is the start of Hydrocephalus Awareness Week, Harri took on the role of Chair. Harri said “It’s impossible to adequately summarise how much Teri has achieved […]
GET-A-HEAD campaign calls for improved baby health care
Absolute Radio On the 21st February 2023 we launched the second phase of our Get-a-head campaign. This phase is calling for an improved set of standards across the UK so that babies showing signs of hydrocephalus do not slip through the net. The GET-A-HEAD campaign was originally launched to raise awareness of the importance of head circumference measurements […]
Hannah’s Story
Looking back at photos of Lennox gives me one of those horrible lumps in the back of my throat; my eyes start welling up and I feel an overwhelming sense of guilt. This photo in particular brings back all the memories. Lennox was just 10 months old here and it was his first day of […]
Caroline Coates appointed as CEO
Harry’s HAT is delighted to announce the appointment of Caroline Coates as the charity’s first Chief Executive Officer. The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded Harry’s HAT three years of funding for this vital role. Caroline and her husband Matt founded the charity in 2017 after their son, Harry, was born with hydrocephalus. Since then, […]
Rebecca’s story
Alasdair is our first born, he came into the world very quickly at 38 weeks, four days after my maternity leave started which was a bit of a shock at the time. I always wanted to breastfeed so with lots of encouragement and support this is something I was able to achieve, however in the […]
Natalie’s story
Laura was born during winter lockdown and was a happy, breastfed baby for the first couple of months of life. Then everything changed. Laura began to be sick, a lot.“Every feed would result in a complete change of clothing and frightening, projectile vomit of rust coloured watery sick.” Laura’s mum, Natalie, contacted her health visitor […]
Lauren’s Story
“Liam was born at 33 weeks he cried straight away, was lovely and pink and at just over 5lb was considered a decent weight for a preemie. Liam is my 3rd son and I have unfortunately experienced a very traumatic premature birth, resuscitation and extended NICU stay previously. Liam’s weight, and colour at birth had […]
Southwest Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2022
Thanks to an extremely generous donation from the Yateley and District Lions Club we now have 10,000 NHS approved tape measures to give away. The aim is encouraged health professionals to measure infants’ heads at routine appointments or whenever there are concerns about a baby’s health. We launched the giveaway at the Southwest 2022 Maternity […]
House of Commons
I was absolutely delighted and honoured to host the parliamentary reception for Harry’s Hat at the House of Commons earlier this week. Harry’s Hat is a hugely important charity, which is providing vital support for children and their families who are affected by Hydrocephalus. c
Why measure…. how it helped Jethro
Just before 6 weeks of age he had a six week check with his health visitor to do the all of the usual baby checks, and this thankfully included a head circumference measurement. This measurement showed that Jethro’s head had increased rapidly from 25% at birth to 75% six weeks later.