The Comet Herts: Lister Hospital team helps host ‘light a candle to remember brief but precious lives’ service in Letchworth The North Herts branch of stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands is teaming up with chaplains at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital... Posted 11 Medi 2015
Get Reading: London to Brighton cyclists raise more than £1,000 for Sands in son's memory Thank you to Martin Chandler and his friend Elliot Brown rode 54 miles from London to Brighton on September 6... Posted 11 Medi 2015
Sands delighted to welcome home Maggie Scorer and her dog Oscar following their epic fundraising journey cycling the coast of Britain A 5,000-mile round-Britain journey finished where it started six months ago, as a Suffolk grandmother rode into her home town... Posted 9 Medi 2015
Huddersfield and Halifax Sands to host Masquerade Ball Huddersfield and Halifax Sands, a local branch of Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity is hosting a Masquerade Ball... Posted 9 Medi 2015
Huffington Post: Rakhee Thakrar Speaks About What Lies Ahead For Shabnam And Kush "Grieving parents never go back to normal. They have a new normal." Actress Rakhee Thakrar speaks about how EastEnders will... Posted 8 Medi 2015
East Anglian Daily Times: ‘Amazing’ supporters welcome round-Britain pair back home Maggie Scorer, who in March set off on a 5,000 mile cycle around the UK coast, with her dog Oscar... Posted 7 Medi 2015
BuzzFeed: Sharing heartbreaking stories and images of stillborn babies We spoke to BuzzFeed yesterday about the impact the #saytheirname baby tribute hashtage is having following the EastEnders storyline. Posted 4 Medi 2015
BBC Radio Scotland: #saytheirname baby tributes Our wonderful Bereavement Support Services Manager, Erica Stewart, has just been on BBC Radio Scotland to speak about the overwhelming... Posted 3 Medi 2015
Huffington Post: Stillbirth and the support available Following the EastEnders storyline, the Huffington Post has explored the issues surrounding stillbirth and the support available. Sands explains the... Posted 2 Medi 2015
Get Reading: Southcote cyclist completes 874 mile trip for Sands Thank you to Tom Canning and friends who cycled up to 100 miles a day from Land's End to John... Posted 2 Medi 2015
Daily Mirror: Bereaved mother Nicole Regan White shares her experience along with EastEnders actress Bereaved mother Nicole Regan White shares her personal experience and speaks honestly and openly about the death of her baby... Posted 2 Medi 2015
The Mirror: EastEnders' actress retweets babies' names to touchingly raise awareness of stillbirth EastEnders actress Rakhee Thakrar, along with Sands, launched the #saytheirname campaign on social media. This invited bereaved families to share... Posted 2 Medi 2015
Huffington Post: Praise for EastEnders actors portraying stillbirth storyline The reaction to an EastEnders stillbirth storyline that sees character Shabnam Masood's baby son stillborn has received a positive reaction... Posted 1 Medi 2015
Daily Mirror: Viewers respond positively to portrayal of stillbirth storyline EastEnders actors Rakhee Thakrar and Davood Ghadami receive positive reaction to their portrayal of an emotional storyline that sees their... Posted 1 Medi 2015
BBC Asian Network: the issues surrounding stillbirth discussion Following on from the EastEnders stillbirth storyline BBC Asian Network explored the issues surrounding baby death, the devastating impact it... Posted 1 Medi 2015