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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 2015
Huffington Post: My Story by bereaved mother Sharon Parr "It will hopefully help people to understand that this happens to ordinary people every day." Bereaved mother Sharon Parr shares... Posted 28 August 2015
ITV's This Morning: Sands and EastEnders' actress speak about ongoing stillbirth storyline Our wonderful Bereavement Support Services Manager, Erica Stewart, was on ITV's This Morning today. She was joined by EastEnders' actress... Posted 27 August 2015
What's on TV: ‘Shabnam is devastated. All she wants to do is hold her baby’ Actress Rakhee Thakrar speaks about working with Sands on a storyline that will see character Shabnam Masood’s baby stillborn. Posted 26 August 2015