A 'Vegan' Food Label does not mean it is Allergen SAFE.

Please share - if it is labelled as VEGAN, it does NOT mean it is safe for people with food allergies.

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Meet our 3 New Ambassadors

Meet our new ambassadors and find out what inspires them to support Natasha's Foundation. We feel very lucky to have them on board!

Food allergies and asthma can go hand-in-hand.

Before she was one, Natasha had 2 anaphylactic reactions. A few months later, she experienced breathing difficulties that hospitalised her - doctors were unsure if it was asthma as she was so young. She took her first steps in the hospital corridor.

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The horror of losing your child to anaphylaxis is something we understand.

The coroner told the inquest that her "overwhelming view", since James' case was referred to her, was "Why do we not have a mandatory requirement for specific dietary information on all of our menus?"

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Administering an Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI) for the First Time

She seemed so tiny and precious, I didn’t want to hurt her with this ‘scary pen’, but something takes over you in that moment and you do what you have to do.

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Our Anaphylaxis Experience on Holiday

I have spoken to a couple of medical professionals since who said “Well done” for using the Jext but quite honestly, I didn’t hesitate, it felt powerful to have something I could use to stop the reaction.

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Finding a Nursery for Jonah Has Been A Team Effort

The nursery staff right from the start listened. They were compassionate, caring and meticulous in their approach to Jonah's allergies.

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Jill shares why she and her son Ahron climbed Kilimanjaro for Natasha's Foundation

Over the years I had planned this trip, but for one reason or another never actually booked it. So here I was about to embark on my dream. I wanted to make this the ultimate climb and raise money for The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation.

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The Heavy Burden of Responsibility on Young Shoulders

Knowing it didn’t belong to her, she politely refused explaining it wasn’t hers but unfortunately her teacher became angry and insisted. “I only let it touch my lips mummy, I just pretended I was drinking.” she told me later that night after we had returned home from A&E.

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It’s World Allergy Week!

Tesco are donating 10p to Natasha’s Foundation, for every own brand ‘Free From’ food sold, to help us to fund allergy research this World Allergy Week!

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To Give Hope, Real Hope.

So when years later I was asked the question, “What would you personally like to come out of everything that you have been through in the last few years? ”My answer was ‘HOPE’.

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Why Medical Research Matters; Why Hope Matters

So when asked the question, “What would you personally like to come out of everything that you have been through in the last few years?” my answer was for hope. Hope for people living lives that are dictated and led by food allergies as our had been. Hope for a safer future for our children, a future where food is not to be feared, where accidentally eating an allergen isn’t the stuff of nightmares.

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