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The Wall Street Journal: New Programs Help Parents Cope With Stillbirth and Infant Death

In this article a mother from the USA describes the support she received from Sands when she gave birth to...

Posted 6 June 2016

Witham and Braintree Times: Carnival will bring 'flower power' to the Braintree town centre

Carnival to raise money for Essex Sands.

Posted 3 June 2016

Maidenhead Advertiser: Stillbirth and neonatal death awareness event to take place in Maidenhead High Street

Juanita Tarn has organised an awareness event with Berkshire Sands which will see 300 flowers and butterflies planted in a...

Posted 2 June 2016

Gazette & Herald: Walk a mile to help fund memorial for bereaved parents

Sands Group organising A Walk a Mile in My Shoes hike on 26 June in support of Sands Awareness Month.

Posted 31 May 2016

Daily Mirror: Man sets foot in TWELVE different countries in 24 hours setting new world record

Adam Leyton breaks world record for Sands.

Posted 29 May 2016

Swindon Advertiser: Walking in memory of our little ones at Swindon Sands event

Bereaved families will walk in memory of their babies next month at Swindon Sands Walk A Mile In My Shoes...

Posted 28 May 2016

June is Sands Awareness Month – raising awareness and understanding of baby death across the UK

June is Sands Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing awareness of stillbirth and neonatal death and the everlasting impact...

Posted 26 May 2016

Team Sands to take on 100km in the London 2 Brighton Challenge in memory of babies who have died

On 28 and 29 May Team Sands, will be taking on the London 2 Brighton Challenge over one or two...

Posted 23 May 2016

The Guardian: "In 2016, the health of mothers and babies shouldn't depend on where they live"

"Women from low-income backgrounds (and black and Asian mothers) suffer the highest rate of infant mortality- yet society continues to...

Posted 20 May 2016

Peterborough Telegraph: Dad to row 17km in memory of daughter

Barry McCann, a novice rower, is taking on the gruelling challenge of rowing 17km at Peterborough Rowing Lake in memory...

Posted 19 May 2016

BBC East Midlands Today discusses wide variation in stillbirth and neonatal death rates across UK

BBC East Midlands Today discusses the findings of the MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report released today. Sands' Senior Research and...

Posted 18 May 2016

Daily Mail reports on findings of MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report

The Daily Mail reports that the risk of stillbirth and neonatal death varies widely depending on where in UK you...

Posted 17 May 2016

The Guardian: Fifteen babies a day in UK are stillborn or die within month of birth

Sands calls for more resources and a clear strategy to reduce baby deaths as MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report shows...

Posted 17 May 2016

Sands responds to the MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report

Sands calls for more resources and a clear strategy to reduce baby deaths as report shows wide variation in stillbirth...

Posted 17 May 2016

BBC Radio Kent: Walking Kent's Castles for Sands!

Chris Howard and David Roberts, who are currently walking Kent's Castles, spoke to BBC Radio Kent on why they're walking...

Posted 15 May 2016