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STV News: Campaign to ‘break silence’ and reduce risk of stillbirth

The Scottish Government launched a new public health campaign that focuses on ways to reduce the risk of stillbirth. The...

Posted 5 二月 2020

Down Recorder: Men form football team to help with grief of losing baby

Downpatrick man Pat Moore has teamed up with personal trainer John Fegan to form the first Sands United FC County...

Posted 5 二月 2020

Newtownabbey Times: Co Antrim dad to take on cycling challenge in memory of daughter

A father from Doagh is to take on a gruelling fundraising effort in memory of his daughter in aid of...

Posted 29 一月 2020

Bolton News: Mum who had stillborn baby sets up Elton John tribute gig in aid of close cause

Michelle Codling's daughter Emma died at full term pregnancy in 2009. Since then Michelle has organised a series of events...

Posted 28 一月 2020

bereaved parents

Sands response to the reported baby deaths at East Kent NHS Foundation Trust

Please see the following statement on the reported baby deaths at East Kent NHS Foundation Trust. Clea Harmer, Chief Executive...

Posted 24 一月 2020

BBC Radio Five Live: Time off to grieve

The government passed legislation on the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act. From 6 April 2020 all employed parents whose...

Posted 23 一月 2020

BBC Radio Leicester: Jack's Law will make a difference to bereaved parents

The government passed legislation on the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act. From 6 April 2020 all employed parents whose...

Posted 23 一月 2020

Daily Mail: Government launches 'Jack's Law' to give bereaved parents two paid weeks off work if they lose a child under the age of 18

The government passed legislation on the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act. From 6 April 2020 all employed parents whose...

Posted 23 一月 2020

The Scotsman: Jack's Law gives bereaved parents right to two weeks leave

The government passed legislation on the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act. From 6 April 2020 all employed parents whose...

Posted 23 一月 2020

BBC News: No time off for grieving: 'Inside I was screaming'

The government passed legislation on the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act. From 6 April 2020 all employed parents whose...

Posted 23 一月 2020

Clea Harmer

ITV Lunchtime News: Clea Harmer live interview on Parental Leave and Pay Act

The government passed legislation on the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act. From 6 April 2020 all employed parents whose...

Posted 23 一月 2020

Andrea Leadsom MP meets Clea Harmer

Andrea Leadsom MP visits Sands following new parental bereavement leave and pay law

We were delighted to welcome Andrea Leadsom MP, the government’s Business Secretary, at the Sands offices in London. Andrea confirmed...

Posted 23 一月 2020

Metro: Love Island’s Malin Andersson shares heartfelt pregnancy throwback a year after daughter’s death

Malin Andersson has called on bereaved parents to contact Sands if “they are struggling.” It’s one year to the day...

Posted 22 一月 2020

Kent Live: Dad opens up over tragedy of losing 16 month old baby

Matthew Gibson from Ramsgate said that Sands United Football Club Dover helped him through his grief when his 16-month-old son...

Posted 22 一月 2020

The Sun: My stillbirth four years ago still haunts me and I have no one to talk to

A bereaved parent sent a letter to The Sun's agony aunt, Deidre. Deidre replied and advised the bereaved mother to...

Posted 20 一月 2020

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