Empowering critical care for every child.
STORKS is a UK charity improving neonatal and paediatric care through specialist training, research and transport services.
Founded by a multi-disciplinary team, we empower clinicians with world-class education, fund targeted innovation, and support the safe transfer of babies and children to specialist centres – giving every young life the best start.
Education & Training
STAN - Stabilisation & Transfer of the Acutely Unwell Neonate
An intensive two-day course that fuses focussed teaching with hands-on workshops and immersive, high-fidelity simulations. Delegates rehearse the full referral-to-stabilisation-to-handover pathway, so they can move any newborn infant by road.
STAN-AIR
This one-day add-on drills into the physiological stresses of flight, civil aviation safety regulations and cabin-specific kit. Scenario-based sessions in aircraft mock-ups and inside a plane let delegates practise stabilising babies and children throughout the transfer episode, ensuring they are mission-ready for aeromedical retrieval.
Pre-Hospital STAN
Designed for ambulance crews and multi-disciplinary clinicians who care for newborn infants, this focused programme teaches focussed resuscitation, stabilisation and transport when a baby is born outside the hospital setting.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation & Monitoring
This course pairs resuscitation algorithms with cutting-edge monitoring technologies. Delegates rotate through skill stations and data-driven debriefs to embed interventions and interpret physiology in real time.
International NHS Observerships
We facilitate bespoke placements for overseas clinicians within leading NHS Hospitals. Observers gain supervised exposure to all elements of clinical care in their chosen specialty. Observerships are available throughout the year.
Grants & Fellowships
Nest Egg
Seed grant providing initial funding for promising, innovative projects that could improve the care of neonates and children.
Goal: Kick-start groundbreaking ideas with potential for lasting change.
Peck & Patch
Small-scale grants for high-impact initiatives. These might fund quality improvement projects or new interventions that enhance patient care.
Goal: Support practical projects that make an immediate difference.
Wingspan Fellowship
A fellowship grant supporting healthcare professionals to pursue postgraduate degrees focused on neonatal or paediatric medicine.
Goal: Foster academic excellence and train the next generation of leaders.
Specialist Patient Transport
Team
Neonatal nurse with more than 20 years of experience and Professional Nurse Advocate.
Senior neonatologist specialising in patient transport and pioneer of the UK’s first neonatal transport training course (STAN).
Data insights and business development analyst with a MSc in Actuarial Science.
Consultant neonatologist, researcher and programme director of the MSc Advanced Neonatal Practice at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and co-lead of the MSc Advanced Neonatal Practice at QMUL with over two decades of clinical and educational experience.
Get Involved
Donate
Make a one-off gift, set up a regular donation or direct your support to a specific project.
Fundraise
Rally your community and fundraise for STORKS! Whether you run a marathon, host a bake sale or start an online campaign, we have a toolkit to help you get started. Share your efforts on social media and tag us to spread the word.
Merchandise Store
Support us by purchasing STORKS-branded merchandise. We plan to launch an online store where you can buy apparel, accessories and more – with all proceeds benefiting the charity’s work.
We'd love to hear from you. Email us at info@storks.org.uk. We are always open to enquiries, support and new partnerships.
Empowering critical care for every child.