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Coping with grief during Ramadan after baby loss: Taybah and Hasan’s story

Ramadan can be a difficult time for bereaved parents navigating grief after pregnancy or baby loss. In this heartfelt blog...

Posted 9 March 2026

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Sands and Tommy's appoint Georgia Stevenson as Head of our Joint Policy Unit.

We're pleased to announce that Georgia Stevenson has been appointed as Head of the Sands & Tommy's Joint Policy Unit...

Posted 4 March 2026

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Sands responds to Baroness Amos' Interim Report into Maternity and Neonatal Services in England

Baroness Valerie Amos, chair of the national maternity and neonatal investigation in England, has today published her Interim Report.

Posted 26 February 2026

Jordan's Story

When his son Jacob was stillborn in 2015, Jordan remembers feeling very, very lonely, but attending a Sands group in Nottingham changed that for him. 10 years on, Jordan celebrates Jacob and recalls the things that were most helpful to him, including people saying Jacob's name, following his loss. He also shares how running the London and Berlin Marathons this year is one of the ways he expresses his love for Jacob and how running for Sands and representing a community of people who have gone through pregnancy and baby loss feels really special for him.

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Leanne's Story

When Leanne went into hospital with reduced movements at 37 weeks, she had a gut instinct that something wasn't right. When her daughter Ava was born she was very poorly, and when she was four days old Leanne was able to hold her for the first time. For the next 24 hours, Leanne and her husband Mike read Ava stories, played her songs and brought her big sister to meet her, a moment which was so very special. Ava passed peacefully in Leanne's arms at just before 8pm on a Saturday evening during Baby Loss Awareness Week's Wave of Light. Leanne and Mike took great comfort in family and friends lighting candles for Ava at the time, alongside the rest of the baby loss community, and essentially being her guiding lights to a better place.

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Coping with grief during Ramadan after baby loss: Taybah and Hasan’s story

Sands and Tommy's appoint Georgia Stevenson as Head of our Joint Policy Unit.

Sands responds to Baroness Amos' Interim Report into Maternity and Neonatal Services in England

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