WaterWipes announces 2023 Pure Foundation winners

This year’s winners are Julia Cooper and June Adams from the UK and Maria Flannery O’Boyle and Mary Meade from Ireland who each receive a bursary of £5,000/€5,000 for their departments to continue to improve care for parents and babies.

Julia Cooper, a neonatal lead care coordinator from Ipswich, was nominated following a dedicated career of over 30 years in neonatal nursing. She was nominated by a colleague who praised Julia for demonstrating excellent collaborative leadership of her team/colleagues in relation to implementing various initiatives that have made a real difference to the support of parents.

June Adams, a nurse team leader from Rotherham, was nominated by a mother of two who spent three months in June’s care following the birth of her second child at 26 weeks.

Midwife Mary Meade, was nominated by a mother who, while pregnant with her second baby last year, was diagnosed with placenta previa that resulted in a hospital stay for four weeks prior to delivery.

Maria Flannery O’Boyle, a public health nurse from Ballina, was nominated by a total of twenty-two people. One nominator praised Maria for her wealth of knowledge and amazing support for mothers on their breastfeeding journeys.

WaterWipes received 395 nominations for this year’s Pure Foundation Fund. For more information about the winners and the WaterWipes Pure Foundation Fund, visit:

www.waterwipes.com/uk/en/community/parents/2023-pure-foundation-fund-winners