An item on ITV Meridian local news raised awareness of the dangers of drinking when pregnant. Reporter Stacey Poole interviewed a birth mum, Tracey, detailing the problems experienced by her son, who has FAS. Stacey then went on to report that he is not the only child affected by this syndrome and the report then featured Simon & Julia Brown and their adopted daughter. The work of The Trust was also highlighted and the helpline number was given out at the end of the report.  

 

Since then, ITV Meridian / Thames Valley featured our balloon release on their Local Events segment on Monday 10 September 2007. 

Two articles by Amanda Williams have now appeared in the Oxford Journal highlighting the dangers of drinking when pregnant, as well detailing the problems experienced by those with FASD.  The first article featured the work of The FASD Trust, its support groups and ended by giving the helpline number.  The second article was in response to the Government's change of guidelines to pregnant woman not to drink any alcohol at all. It again detailed the work of The Trust and our support for this new guidance.

 

For those of you who were up early enough, you may have seen Julia Brown of The FASD Trust on BBC Breakfast News on Friday 25th May 207 at 6:20am. This was in response to the Government's announcement that they have changed the guidelines for consuming of alcohol in pregnancy to nil, down from the previous recommended limit of 1-2 units once or twice a week.  If you are pregnant and want more information either contact us or take a look at our Pregnancy Pause page.

 

In the Spring edition of The Primary Times (Oxfordshire) there was an article about The FASD Trust.