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Rachael Marsh

Co-Founder, The Ickle Pickles Children's Charity

The Ickle Pickles Children's Charity is based in Islington South and Finsbury (London) — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

2

1 linkable below

Topic

1

Maternity & neonatal

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Rachael Marsh: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Co-Founder
Organisation
The Ickle Pickles Children's Charity
Organisation based in
Islington South and Finsbury
Quoted on
Maternity & neonatal
Tracked press citations
2 (1 with a linkable article)
Most recently quoted
12 Aug 2026

Who Rachael Marsh is

Rachael Marsh is co-founder of the Ickle Pickles Children's Charity, which she established with her husband Andy in 2009 after their son Charlie was born at 28 weeks gestation and spent 86 days in a neonatal unit. She oversees the charity's daily operations across a range of roles. The charity raises funds to purchase specialist neonatal equipment — including incubators, ventilators and transport incubators — for NHS neonatal units and transport services across England and Wales. Since 2009 it has raised more than £4 million and donated over 900 pieces of equipment to more than 50 neonatal units and three neonatal transport services. Marsh has argued publicly that sustained NHS budget pressure leaves all neonatal units with urgent unmet equipment needs, and that community-based charitable fundraising is essential to fill the gap. She has also written for the British Journal of Midwifery on the charity's work supporting premature babies.

“Virtual tours enable families to see the environment where their infant will be cared for. This may be useful in the weeks leading up to birth, after delivery, or as part of a transfer from another hospital. In all these circumstances it is hoped that being able to look at the environment will reduce any anxiety associated with entering somewhere unfamiliar.”

References for this biography

  1. 1.About Ickle Pickles Charity for Neonatal Care — Ickle Pickles — Confirms Rachael Marsh's co-founder role and her oversight of daily operations
  2. 2.Charlie's Story — Ickle Pickles — Rachael Marsh's own account of founding the charity following her son's premature birth in 2008; confirms 900+ pieces of equipment donated
  3. 3.Our Work — Ickle Pickles — Confirms £4 million raised, 900+ equipment pieces donated, 50+ neonatal units and 3 transport services supported since 2009
  4. 4.UK charity launches video to raise awareness of neonatal care on World Prematurity Day — Pressat — Direct press quote from Rachael Marsh on NHS budget pressure and neonatal equipment needs
  5. 5.Giving every newborn a chance — British Journal of Midwifery — Confirms Rachael Marsh authored/featured content in the British Journal of Midwifery on Ickle Pickles' neonatal work
  6. 6.Ickle Pickles — Morrisons Foundation — Confirms Rachael Marsh's title as Co-Founder and the £25,000 Morrisons Foundation grant for a King's College Hospital incubator
  7. 7.Contact information — THE ICKLE PICKLE PARTNERSHIP LTD, Charity Commission — Confirms registered charity head-office address (128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX), phone and general email
  8. 8.Why Ickle Pickles Children's Charity is so close to our hearts — HIPPO Waste — Confirms charity founded by Rachael and Andy Marsh; £1 million raised by end of 2014 across multiple NNU wards

Notable achievements

  • Co-founded Ickle Pickles in 2009 and grew it to raise more than £4 million, donating over 900 pieces of equipment to more than 50 neonatal units and three neonatal transport services across England and Wales. Source ↗
  • By end of 2014 the charity had raised £1 million and donated neonatal equipment to units in London, Tunbridge Wells, Worthing, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds, Ormskirk, Barnsley and Portsmouth. Source ↗
  • Raised over £500,000 in 2025 alone, donating 111 pieces of life-saving equipment to neonatal units across the country. Source ↗
  • Secured a £25,000 grant from the Morrisons Foundation to fund a specialist incubator for the neonatal unit at King's College Hospital, London. Source ↗

Where Rachael Marsh has been quoted

  1. Virtual 3D Tour of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at King’skch.nhs.uk · 12 Aug 2026

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