Following the fantastic success of last year’s Miracle Ball, which raised more than £100,000 for the charity, we are delighted to announce that this year’s Ball will be on Tuesday 14^th October.

Please put the date in your diary and we very much look forward to you joining us for what will be a dazzling, glitzy evening-to-remember.

The Miracle Ball lived up to its name helping to raise more than £100,000 for the charity.  The ball, which was held at the Dorchester Hotel London on October 3rd 2007, proved to be a sparkling night, and saw more than 400 revellers enjoy a champagne reception, a delicious three-course dinner, a thrilling auction and dancing to the Dark Blues band, which went on into the small hours.  

Highlights of the night included the Gemstone Treasure Hunt which saw guests vie for the chance to win two magnificent jewels – a 4 carat sapphire and a 4 carat ruby - kindly donated by Richard Hilton.  

During the evening, our patron Natasha Kaplinsky and Professor Lesley Regan both made powerful speeches about the work of the charity. And then, Sir Matthew Pinsent introduced John Itsegwede – a very proud father – who moved the room to tears with his extraordinary tale of losing two children to stillbirth, before he and his wife Priscilla met Professor Regan and were successful graduates of the miscarriage clinic at St Mary’s Hospital, London!

The Silent auction during dinner caused much amusement and occasional panic as comedian Ben Miller – our Silent Auctioneer – exhorted guests to bid more and more wildly for the lots available. Work experience at eve magazine went for more than £2,500 and a holiday to Libya, £6,000.

After dinner, Andrew Mc Vinish our Christies Auctioneer really fired the room up as guests bid spectacular amounts for equally spectacular prizes. A Grand Prix experience opened the auction and was sold for £6,000. And stunning David Morris 18carat white gold rose cut diamomd earrings fetched the sum of £6,500.

The final excitement came when Natasha Kaplinsky drew two winning raffle tickets that rewarded 2 lucky guests with a holiday to the Ice hotel in Lapland and a tanzanite necklace respectively.

The evening was a huge success and raised the magnificent total of £100,000 for the Save the Baby Unit £1 million Appeal. Our thanks go to everyone who made it possible - the organising team, the sponsors and prize donors and all the guests and bidders whose goodwill and generosity ensured that we all enjoyed such a memorable and fun night out.

We now have the remaining £350,000 to raise. Please encourage your friends, family and colleagues to Buy a Brick in our wall and help us meet our end of year target.

You may click on the photo above to enlarge it.

From 12 o'clock clockwise: Sir Matthew Pinsent, Dr Francesca Cordeira (Mrs Persaud), Dr Raj Persaud, Professor Lesley Regan, Mr John Itsagwede, Ms Niki Tibbles, Mr Ben Miller, Dr Lizzie Owen, Mr David Cohen, Dr Deborah Cunningham, Professor John Summerfield, Miss Betty Jackson.

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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.