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The Guardian: Parents who lost baby ashes demand apology from crematorium

An independent inquiry into infant cremations at Emstrey Crematorium in Shrewsbury reported its findings yesterday (01/06/2015). Sands responded to the...

Posted 1 June 2015

Sands is Tweeting!

We’re pleased to announce that today, 21 May 2015, we’re officially launching our Sands Twitter account. Follow us at @SandsUK...

Posted 21 May 2015

Late Stillbirth Priority Setting Partnership update

The results of the Late Stillbirth Priority Partnership (Stillbirth PSP) were presented at the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Conference...

Posted 30 April 2015

Sands trains Muslim Bereavement Support Service volunteers

Last month Sands Bereavement Support Services Manager Erica Stewart visited Barking Mosque to present on grief and grieving, why the...

Posted 28 April 2015

Sands befriender wins Student Midwife of the Year

Congratulations to Sands Befriender and University of Worcester student Debbie Taylor on winning the prestigious British Journal of Midwifery’s Student...

Posted 28 April 2015

New issue of Footprints now available to buy in our shop

We published Footprints several times a year. Each issue contains personal experiences and poems written by families after their precious...

Posted 28 April 2015

Sands announces exciting new partnership with Berry Bros. & Rudd

We are delighted to be named as the corporate charity partner of Berry Bros. & Rudd Ltd for the next...

Posted 28 April 2015

Express & Echo: six-year old to walk eleven miles for charity

Six year old Matthew Newton will be taking part in an 11 mile walk and has chosen Sands, a charity...

Posted 28 April 2015

ITV West Country: Father runs marathon for stillborn baby daughter

Team Sands' Stephen Hunt spoke to ITV West Country ahead of the Virgin Money London Marathon on 26 April 2015...

Posted 27 April 2015

Each Baby Counts update

Information about every baby who dies or is seriously brain injured as the result of an incident during birth is...

Posted 27 April 2015

Southwark News: Nunhead woman to run marathon for stillborn charity

Team Sands' Natalie Gewitzke has been chatting to the Southwark News about why she's running the London Marathon for Sands...

Posted 23 April 2015

Minutes to the latest Clinical Studies Group meeting published

The Stillbirth Clinical Studies Group, a group of clinicians and scientists who meet twice a year to discuss research focusing...

Posted 21 April 2015

Exeter Daily: Stephen takes on marathon in memory of baby daughter

Bereaved father, Stephen Hunt, is taking on the London Marathon as part of Team Sands, in memory of his baby...

Posted 15 April 2015

Team Sands to run London Marathon in memory of babies who have died

On 26 April 2015 45 people, all of whom have been affected by the death of a baby, will be...

Posted 14 April 2015

Scottish Sunday Post: Family has battled back from baby loss heartbreak

Lyndsey Spiers, a befriender for Aberdeen Sands, bravely spoke about marking her baby daughter Kirsty’s 10 th anniversary on Easter...

Posted 10 April 2015