Love, Life & Loss
Support Groups
Baby Loss at any stage is devastating and changes your family forever.
To help you survive the emotional impact of your loss, it is important that you take care of yourself and your loved ones, and make the most of the many support services available to you. Be kind to yourself.
Here is a helpful list of the support available to you and your family.
The Lily Mae Foundation
Is a UK registered charity providing much needed support to parents and families in the West Midlands who have lost a baby to stillbirth, neonatal death, miscarriage or medical termination.
Website: https://www.lilymaefoundation.org
Email: info@lilymaefoundation.org
Podcast: https://www.stillparentspodcast.co.uk
The Compassionate Friends
Peer support for bereaved parents and their families. Please note: support is predominantly for parents who have lost a baby of a few months old rather than loss to miscarriage, stillbirth or in the early weeks of life.
Website: https://www.compassionatefriends.org
Phone: 0345 123 2304
(10 am – 4 pm, 7-10 pm, every day)
Email: helpline@tcf.org.uk
2 Wish Upon a Star
2 Wish Upon a Star is a Welsh based charity who supports anyone Welsh or living in Wales who is affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child or young person aged 25 years or under.
Home visits and ongoing telephone support will continue for as long as the family and the Immediate Support Coordinator feel it is appropriate and beneficial.
Phone: 01443 853125
Email: info@2wish.org.uk
TimeNorfolk
The pregnancy loss charity, offering free specialist support to women and partners. Covering all pregnancy related issues for people local to Norfolk only.
Phone: 01603 927487
Email: info@timenorfolk.org.uk
Website: https://www.timenorfolk.org.uk
Lullaby Trust
Support for bereaved families who have lost a child through SIDS. Offering confidential bereavement support to anyone affected by the unexpected death of a baby or young child
Bereavement Support: 0808 802 6868
Email: support@lullabytrust.org.uk
Website: https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/bereavement-support/
Information Line: 0808 802 6869
The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust supports women and their families through the devastating ordeal of ectopic pregnancy loss.
Information and support via call-back helpline.
Helpline: 020 7733 2653
Cradle
A national pregnancy loss charity working with Healthcare Professionals within the NHS, to support their pregnancy loss services.
CRADLE's online services are available nationwide including Northern Ireland to anyone who has experienced the death of a baby during pregnancy or through having made pregnancy choices. Run by a dedicated team of volunteer ambassadors, of which all have experienced early pregnancy loss.
Website: www.cradlecharity.org
Zoom support available via email: cradle@earlypregnancyloss.co.uk
Facebook support: www.facebook.com/groups/cradlesupportgroup
Podcast: https://cradlecharity.org/podcast/