This is Baby Loss Awareness Week (9 - 15 October) and throughout the week bereaved parents, family members and friends can commemorate the all-too-brief lives of their babies, knowing that thousands of other families elsewhere in the world will be doing the same. The week also provides a crucial opportunity for people to talk openly about the subject of baby loss and raise awareness of the impact of the death of a baby irrespective of the cause. The loss can ripple out to affect not only the parents and the immediate family but the wider family circle and friends and colleagues too. The death of a baby can touch so many but is a subject rarely talked about. To help break through this silence please consider sharing our Facebook note explaining about the week to your time line even for a short time - you never know it may reach someone who has felt alone until they read it. https://m.facebook/notes/sands-the-stillbirth-neonatal-death-charity/baby-loss-awareness-week/10152686579677114/ The week ends with Baby Loss Awareness Day on Wednesday 15th October. October 15th is recognised as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day across the world. Here in the UK, we would like to invite you to take part in the global Wave of Light. On this day, everyone is invited to take part in this global event to remember all the babies that have died during pregnancy, at, during or after birth. Simply light a candle at 7pm and leave it burning for at least 1 hour. This can be done individually or in a group, at home or in a communal space. Wherever you do this, you will be uniting with others across the world in honour of those babies who lit up our lives for such a short time. Please consider buying and wearing a pin from our online shop to show your support or simply donate by texting WAVE15 £5 to 70070 youll find our shop at shop-sands.org/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=29
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:21:12 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015