London’s literary community gave the Save the Baby Unit £1million Appeal a huge boost, when an auction of signed books and fabulous prizes, hosted by radio presenter and journalist Alan Coren, raised £20,000 on June 12^th  2007. 

More than 100 friends and supporters, including newsreaders Natasha Kaplinsky and Kate Garraway, City high flyers and a plethora of doctors, packed into Stephen Carey’s Mayfair salon snapping up signed first editions of more than 100 books. Top sellers included Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine, John Julius Norwich’s A History of Venice, and Ian McEwan’s Chesil Beach.

A fast and exciting auction – presided over by Lesley Regan and Alan Coren – saw tennis games with Raj Persaud, vintage wine donated by Roy Hattersley, dancing lessons with Esther Rantzen and television studio tours being snapped up for hundreds of pounds. One of the biggest sellers on the night was 10 bottles of the now legendary Boots anti-ageing serum which raised £700.

Afterwards, Prof Regan thanked the evening’s sponsors for providing a Champagne Bar, Stephen Carey and Ian Denson for hosting us in Mount Street, Caroline Goldston for the delicious canapes and Nikki Tibbles at Wild at Heart for stunning flower displays.

If you would like more information about the Save the Baby Unit  Appeal  please contact Mary Stanton – marystanton2412@aol.com

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"For these patients every month counts as their fertility declines with time. That is why rebuilding these clinical and research facilities is so important. It makes all the difference between giving our patients the promise of a live take home baby or condemning them to childlessness forever. This project just cannot wait."
Prof Lesley Regan is head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary's Hospital, Director of the St Mary's RMC and Visiting Professor to the Harvard Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.