COVID19 update 24th August 2020 - 

In light of the recent Government recommendations that the UK population should wherever possible avoid social contact and that all non-essential travel and meetings are avoided, we have made the decision to suspend all Compassionate Friends group support meetings and face to face support due to the rise in the spread of coronavirus. This is not a decision we have taken lightly, but rather it is to protect the health of our members and the wider community.

We very aware that our support groups are a place where you can safely come and talk about your child and share any thoughts and feelings around your bereavement; so we appreciate that many of you will find it difficult that this support is not available for the time being.

Please do remember that you can call the TCF Helpline any day of the week if you would like to speak with another bereaved parent who is there to listen on 0345 123 2304 (10 am – 4 pm, 7 -10 pm). If the Helpline is busy, please clearly leave your name, number and a short message and one of our team will get back to you as soon as they can (please note, this may not be the same day). You can also email the helpline for support at helpline@tcf.org.uk.

Please do also consider joining one of our private Facebook Groups or online Forum for support and to talk with other bereaved parents and siblings. Details are here

Our postal library will still be operating but will offer a more limited service during this time. For more information contact Mary at library@tcf.org.uk.

We are reviewing all events and gatherings planned for the next few months and will be contacting those who have booked onto our future supportive weekends over the coming days and weeks.

The group aims to support parents who have lost a child of any age. The supporters themselves are bereaved parents. 

Meetings are held every 6 weeks in members homes.

Registered Charity No: 1158908

Joel's main aim is to support families through pregnancy and parenting after baby loss.  No matter how long ago you experienced your loss, at any stage of pregnancy, during labour or after birth, we will support you.  It is important to know that you are never alone.  We aim to celebrate the family as a whole and break the taboo associated with baby loss.

Every first Saturday of each month we meet for a chat and a cuppa (with a slice of cake!), 10.00-11.30am at the Golden Ball, 3 Victoria Square, Worksop, Notts, S80 1DX

The groups are relaxed, friendly and welcoming and you are not pressured to sit and talk if you don't want to.  However, we do have a wonderful peer support network and provide access to all Joel's services.  You can find out about:

• coaching
• counselling
• hypnotherapy and 1:1 support

You can also:

• borrow beautiful books from our library
• make crafts
• meet families who share the same experiences as you

Sunshine Children (baby born before loss) and Rainbow Children (baby born after loss) are welcome to come along too, as they can play, craft and meet other children who have lost a precious sibling.

Visit our website for information and support:  http://www.joeltcp.org/

Joel can provide a rainbow information pack which signposts support, ideas for keepsakes and stories of hope.

If you could help us by donating, please TEXT joel14, plus your chosen amount of £1, £2, £3, £5 or £10 to 70070.

Find us on Twitter: @TCPJoel      Facebook: Joel TCP Rainbow Baby Support Network      Flickr: Joel the complete package

Mandy Edwards is a qualified Psychodynamic and CBT counsellor, alongside being a BACP registered member. Covers Worksop S80 and Mansfield NG19.

Specialises in:

• Approaches to Incest and Sexual Abuse
• Working with staff and students in higher education
• Couple and family counselling
• Supervision
• Staff counselling
• Attachment issues
• Relationship issues
• Psychodynamic therapy
• CBT

Further information on services offered on Counselling Directory and Future Minds

COVID19 update, 6th August 2020 - Following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) we understand that you may have questions and concerns if your baby was born premature or sick.

Please visit https://www.bliss.org.uk/parents/support/coronavirus-covid-19-information for further details.

If you have any general queries, questions or complaints please call us on 020 7378 1122

Support available via video call, email, or telephone.

Covid-19 update: planning for a return to face to face counselling

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At Petals we have been running 100% of our specialist counselling service online since lockdown began in March. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive – we recently surveyed our current clients and 95% of respondents said they would recommend Petals online video counselling to others who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy or a baby.

We are proud to have been able to keep supporting our clients to such a high standard, including many of those who have experienced pregnancy and baby loss during the outbreak.

With that in mind, as well as the recent changes to lockdown restrictions in the UK, we know that many of you will be wondering what this means for Petals’ counselling service over the coming weeks and months.

We hope to resume offering face to face counselling sessions from September within the hospital setting or our other Petals approved settings. We continue to work with our colleagues within maternity services to ensure our return will meet with the current hospital policies and procedures as restriction are lifted. We will ensure that all of our clients and our partners in the healthcare profession are updated, with firmer details as soon as we can.

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our office is currently closed for calls, but we're still here for you. Please contact the team you would like to speak to using the emails listed below or send your message to enquiries@twinstrust.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

If you’d like to speak to a parent of twins or more for support, reassurance or guidance, or simply just to talk to someone, please give Twinline a call on 0800 138 0509. This free, confidential service is offered between 10am and 1pm and again at 7pm until 10pm, Monday to Friday.

Alternatively, you can email Twinline on Twinline@twinstrust.org

Email: enquiries@twinstrust.org

Support Services: support-team@twinstrust.org

Membership: membership@twinstrust.org

Press office: pressoffice@twinstrust.org

Fundraising: fundraising@twinstrust.org

Maternity Engagement: maternityengagement@twinstrust.org

Bereavement

The Tamba Bereavement Support Group (BSG) exists to support all parents and carers of multiples who have experienced loss whether it was during pregnancy, at birth or at any point afterwards. We are so sorry for your loss and hope that by making contact with the BSG you will find some comfort.

The group was established in 1982 in response to requests from parents who had lost a twin.  Dr Elizabeth Bryan, a founder member of the Twins and Multiples Births Association (TAMBA), recognised the special needs of such families and started it off by producing the first leaflet of its kind on this subject. As more people contacted the group it became clear that families faced with the loss of both twins had yet another set of problems, as did parents who had suffered a cot death. 

Tamba BSG offers parent to parent support via our befriending service and via our facebook bereavement support group

If you would like a hardcopy of the booklet, or like to have further support from the group, please email the Support Services team.

Tamba now have a separate electronic booklet for parents who have suffered a loss from TTTS, if you would like a copy of this booklet please send us an email.

For all our new followers, here is some information about us.........

Sophia Pregnancy Loss Support aims to support anybody who has experienced the tragic loss of a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, TFMR, stillbirth and neonatal death.

The charity is run by a group of bereaved parents. We aim to raise awareness of pregnancy loss as well as supporting those affected.

We offer a support group that meet on the first Tuesday of every month at coombe house on the George Eliot hospital site in nuneaton. We also offer online support via a closed Facebook group and a dad’s Facebook group.

We know how difficult it can be to experience the death of a baby at any gestation. Currently, those babies delivered after 24 weeks receive a birth and/or death certificate. We are trying to bring a little bit of comfort to those who did not receive anything, and so we have designed a 'Recognition of Life' certificate.

We send these out free of charge to those who have been devastated by the loss of a baby.

Our charity also provides memory boxes to anybody who has experienced the loss of a baby at any gestation. They include our brochure, information about local support groups or charities we believe provide wonderful services at such difficult times, seeds to plant, a candle, a small charm, a poem and a certificate to recognise your baby's existence.

In addition to this we also provide angelversary cards. These can be sent on a date of your choice each year and show we are thinking of you and remember your baby.

Please also visit our facebook page if you need online support: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaPLS/

Support group for people living in the Nuneaton region.

COVID19 UPDATE - 16th July 2020 - no face to face visits are currently taking place.

When a baby dies bereaved parents can feel very isolated. They don’t usually know anyone else who has had a similar experience. Support from family and friends can sometimes fall away soon after a baby has died.

4Louis offer support to families through the following ways  

Memory Boxes - 4Louis Memory Boxes are a place for parents and families to create and keep memories of their baby or child and are gifted free of charge. 

Personal Support - We are not qualified Counsellors, but what we do have is compassion, empathy and experience and are available to chat either over the phone, email, or face to face.

Coronavirus Statement: Please note that RMB’s remembrance photography service has been suspended until further notice. Therefore, whilst we are unable to visit families for the duration of the restrictions in place during the Coronavirus outbreak, our team of Digital Retouchers are available to edit a small number of digital images from families and healthcare professionals.

‘Remember My Baby’ (RMB) is a UK based registered charity which offers a gift of baby remembrance photography to all UK parents experiencing the loss of their baby before, during or shortly after birth.

Mission.

Our goal is to offer a service of baby remembrance photography to all parents suffering the loss of their baby in every hospital and birth centre across the UK.

Description.

Remember My Baby is a UK  registered charity whose professional volunteer photographers visit families who may be experiencing the loss of their baby before, during or shortly after birth.

When a family loses a lifetime’s potential for capturing milestones as their child grows, we will capture a precious baby with parents, siblings and extended family for free. Each family will receive a ‘free gift’ of high resolution digital images with a copyright licence to print for their own personal, non commercial use.

We are recruiting professional photographers and NHS Trusts now. If you are a skilled or professional photographer who is interested in applying to volunteer for us, please click here to find out more information about becoming a Remember My Baby volunteer Photographer.

Alternatively, if you are an NHS Trust and you would like to know more about our service and  how to introduce the service into your maternity hospital or birth centre please email us via info@remembermybaby.org.uk.

Thank you.

IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF BASSETLAW RESIDENTS THROUGH SUPPORTED
ACCESS AND NAVIGATION INTO LOCAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT GROUPS

The Community Advisor is a specialist with a wealth of knowledge and experience about services across Bassetlaw, helping individuals to access non-medical support services from voluntary organisations and community groups.  

Anyone over the age of 16 who is registered with a Bassetlaw GP can access this service.
You can ask at your GP Reception when the Community Advisor will be visiting your local surgery or contact us directly here at BCVS.
The Community Advisor will discuss with the individual how one of the many voluntary or community services may help them improve their health and wellbeing alongside any existing medical treatment.

The Community Advisor can help you to:

•  Identify groups which may offer additional support to help you understand and manage your medical condition
• Access community social groups by giving you a named contact and specific group information 
• Access benefits, debt and welfare advice
• Address loneliness and isolation issues by encouraging participation with local activity group
• Access information and advice on a wide range of services for the whole family

Your Community Advisor will be able to identify suitable support options and they will afford the time to find contact details of the leaders of groups and services to make the access as smooth as possible.

There are several ways to make contact with the Community Advisor:

You can ring the Community Advisor direct for telephone advice. Available Monday to Friday on 01909 476118 Ext 24.

When you are going through a difficult time, it can be very easy to keep your worries to yourself and believe that you are the only one experiencing such painful feelings. While we all have our own ways of coping, information and support can make a huge difference.

Counselling Directory was set up by a team who know how difficult it can be to find the support and information you need. Being a team who between us have experienced various mental health issues, we know how it feels to be overwhelmed, isolated and somewhat lost.

Through our own experiences, we have learnt how important having relevant information is and how the right support can help transform lives.

Our journey inspired us to share what we have learnt along the way with others. Our team is passionate about counselling and we want to promote the huge benefits talking therapy can have. We know how important it is to find the right counsellor for you and we are dedicated to making that process as simple as possible.

Contact us by phone 

Tel: 0333 325 2500 

Monday 9.30am to 5pm
Tuesday - Thursday 9am to 5pm
Friday 9am to 4pm

I would describe being a same sex couple experiencing baby loss as being in a small pond, within a small pond. Whilst neither pond is actually that small once you start swimming around in it – you have to search far and wide to find others likes yourself.

Visit the Legacy of Leo website for more information and blogs 

Lots more information on the website.

It’s currently estimated that around 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Whilst that figure may seem distressingly high, it actually only takes into account the losses which are reported. Many women, who miscarry early into their pregnancy, will do so at home, alone, and often with limited medical guidance or follow up appointments.

Cradle is run by a team of national early pregnancy loss ambassadors, who have all suffered their own losses, and now work to support others by partnering with their chosen NHS Gynae Wards, EPAUs (Early Pregnancy Assessment Units), A&E, and any other department responsible for the care of parents experiencing early loss.

Cradle is there to help, and regularly run support groups, contribute to NHS training days, as well as working with other charities in the baby loss community. 

If anyone has, tragically, suffered from pregnancy loss and is looking for support, please do reach out to Cradle. You can find Cradle’s Facebook peer support group at facebook.com/cradleEPL follow them on Twitter @cradle_EPL and Instagram too instagram.com/cradle_epl

Whilst losing a baby early on can feel overwhelming, confusing and is a traumatic experience, please remember you are not alone, and support is available.

Also on Twitter and Facebook.

This directory is maintained and operated by Nottinghamshire County Council.

If you need help using this directory or would like to contact us for more information, please get in touch with one of our friendly advisors using the details below:

Telephone: 0300 500 80 80

CSC minicom: 01623 434993

Email: enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk

We are open Monday – Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm.

If your query is specifically around SEND, please email local.offer@nottscc.gov.uk.

If your query is specifically for Supported Self Care, please call 0300 303 2600 or email selfcarehub@selfhelp.org.uk.