Our purpose is:

To reduce the incidence of SIDS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
To reduce and prevent where possible the unexpected deaths of babies and young children.
To continue to fund and instigate research into both the causes and prevention of SIDS and unexpected deaths of babies and young children
To provide evidence based advice to parents to maximise the life chances and health of their babies and young children
To provide evidence based knowledge to professionals, policy makers and the media to reduce the rate of unexpected deaths of babies and young children and promote child health