The Duchess of Cambridge is to become a regular helper with junior Scout groups in London and north Wales after making the Scout Association one of the first voluntary organisations with which she will officially be associated. St James’s Palace said this means she will help to supervise games and other activities and probably go….Continue Reading …

  Jane Plumb, joint founder of charity Group B Strep Support, has been awarded an MBE in the 2012 New Year Honours List in recognition of her work to prevent potentially deadly group B Streptococcal infection in newborn babies.   Jane said: “I’m delighted to be awarded this honour by Her Majesty the Queen,” said….Continue Reading …

  This morning I had a conversation with Jane Plumb, Chief Executive of Group B Strep Support. I was shocked. I think you will be too. Group B Strep Support (GBSS) is a UK charity set up in 1996 to prevent Group B Strep infection in newborn babies. Group B Strep is a normal bacterium….Continue Reading …

  May of each year is Save a Baby Month. An annual fundraising event organised by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) – The UK’s leading Cot Death Charity. I donned my roller boots for the first time in 14 years and skated 120 miles from Bristol to London over 3 days….Continue Reading …