Baby Loss Awareness Week (9 - 15 October) is a time for everyone in the baby loss community and beyond to come together, to remember our much-loved and missed babies, and raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss.

Few experiences can compare to the trauma and pain of pregnancy and baby loss. During this Baby Loss Awareness Week, we will acknowledge that finding ways to nurture your mental and physical wellbeing is a vital part of anyone’s bereavement journey. 

The 'Together, we care' theme this year is about finding time to care for ourselves, and each other, as part of a community of people affected by all forms of pregnancy and baby loss.
 

Find out how you can get involved below.

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Remember a baby

Dedicate a Pink and Blue ribbon on our BLAW memory tree.
Donate and help raise awareness of baby loss.
Visit our tree
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Wave of Light

Join other families across the world by lighting a candle at 7pm.
Remember all babies’ lives gone too soon.
Join Wave of Light
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Join Ribbon Run

Come together with thousands of others as they remember their babies and raise funds for Sands.
Sign up today to get your free t-shirt.
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Official Sands Partners for BLAW

We’d like to say a big thank you to our Official Sands Partners for Baby Loss Awareness Week 2024. With their help we can reach more people and let them know together we care.
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Visit the BLAW shop

Buy your BLAW pin badge to show your support.
Candles, mugs, stickers and more also available.
Shop now
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It’s okay not to take part in Baby Loss Awareness Week

We want you to know that it's perfectly okay if you don't feel ready to take part in Baby Loss Awareness Week this year.
Read our blogpost
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Pink and Blue

Turn your community Pink and Blue for Baby Loss Awareness Week.
Light up a building or dress up for the day.
Turn Pink and Blue
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Become a Sands Champion

Pledge to become a Sands Champion for Baby Loss Awareness Week. Show your company's commitment to breaking the stigma around pregnancy and baby loss and to driving change that can save more babies’ lives.
Pledge today
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Sands Ribbon Displays

Host a Ribbon Display and help to remember much-loved babies and raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss in your community.
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Turn your social media #PinkAndBlue

Show everyone you support BLAW with our beautiful, personalised social media assets.
You can also print posters and flyers to hand out in your community.
Download your resources
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Donate to Sands during Baby Loss Awareness Week

Donate this Baby Loss Awareness Week and you will be making a huge difference in the lives of bereaved families in their darkest hours, helping to give them hope for the future.
Donate
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Say your babies' names

Say your babies' names this Baby Loss Awareness Week.
Download your free assets and personalise them to use whenever you like.
Download your free templates
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Wave Of Light candles

Add the photo of your Wave of Light candle to our page to remember precious babies gone too soon
Add your candle
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Events near you

Find out more about events happening near you and how you can get involved.
You can also register your own event on the website to promote in your community.
Go to events
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Support for you

We are so sorry to hear of any parent or family that has experienced pregnancy or baby loss.
Whatever your experience, we are here to support you.
Find support for you
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Join the Alliance

Are you a registered charity and want to help shape Baby Loss Awareness Week?
Join over 130 charities and organisations today.
Apply today
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Podcast

This podcast, developed by Sands, explores the impact of pregnancy and baby loss, gives you a chance to hear about people’s personal experiences, and learn more about the work being done to support bereaved families and save babies’ lives.
Listen to podcast
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Growing around grief: Mothers’ stories

Growing around grief: Mothers’ stories, a new documentary, shares the stories of four mothers, their losses, and reflections on how they’ve learned to grow around their grief.
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