Donations

If you would like to make a donation to the Baby Loss Awareness Campaign please follow the link below.

Thank you in advance for your generousity.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/B-loss-om

Sponsor needed

We are currently looking for a sponsor for this year’s concert in aid of the Baby Loss Awareness Campaign.  If you are interested or know someone who might be, please follow this link: http://www.uksponsorship.com/a1584.htm

Song writing competition for this year’s concert!

I am organising the concert again this year for Sunday 14th October. The venue will be the same as in previous years, the Leicester Square Theatre.

At each of the events so far we have shown a slide show at the end of the concert of messages people have written to or about the babies they have lost. This year I would like to invite songwriters out there to submit a piece to be used as the soundtrack to this slide show.

It needs to be between 4-5 minutes long. The only stipulation to the content of the song is that it is not religious. Having said that, “angel” is a common way of people referring to the babies they have lost and therefore is allowed. To give you an idea of style, in the past we have used Sarah Mclachlan’s Angel.

The competition is open to anyone, professional or not. The “winner” will have their piece recorded and used for the slideshow. They’ll also received a pair of VIP tickets to the event.

To Enter please send submissions via the Contact Me page.

Closing date for the competition is Friday 31st August 2012.

Upon Butterfly Wings

‘Upon Butterfly Wings’ is a non profit pregnancy and infant loss organisation based in London in

the UK which has been founded in memory of a very special little man called Bobby and his Angel friends and which is made up entirely of voluntary ladies and gents who spend their own free time trying to make a difference.

UBW provide support to parents and the families of those who have lost their baby or child in two ways …

• by donating knitted, crochet and sewn blankets, teddies, burial clothing and lots more to hospitals and funeral homes across the UK for babies lost to early miscarriage, during mid and late term pregnancy, stillbirth and neonatal death (the first twelve weeks of life).

•  by donating Memory Boxes to families who have sadly lost their baby or child at any age who were not provided with one at the original time of their loss.

You can help Upon Butterfly Wings by knitting, crocheting or sewing for them or by donating items to go into their memory boxes. A complete list of what is needed can be found on their website and so can patterns in the correct sizes.

For full details on UBW, please visit their website www.uponbutterflywings.org, or you can email them on enquiries@uponbutterflywings.org

UBW can also be found on facebook.com/uponbutterflywings and on Twitter @ubutterflywings.

Auction for Aching Arms Charity

Today is international infant and baby loss awareness day.  I am auctioning a Teddy for the charity Aching Arms. To support this great charity please visit the auction site here.

 

Some miscarriage tests ‘unreliable’

This is really quite shocking. Sadly, nothing could have prevented my miscarriages, but this is still quite hard to read.

 

Hundreds of viable wanted pregnancies are being lost to British women each year because of unreliable miscarriage tests, new research suggests.

Hundreds of viable wanted pregnancies are being lost to British women each year because of unreliable miscarriage tests, new research suggests.

The precise numbers are unclear but scientists believe there could be 400 errors every year with the potential to result in terminations. This is more than the estimated 300 cot deaths reported each year in the UK.

Experts have called for more research and improved professional guidelines to minimise the chances of such tragedies occurring.

Full Story: Express.co.uk – Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Some miscarriage tests ‘unreliable’.

Messages slideshow

This was shown at the end of the concert in aid of the Baby Loss Awareness Campaign 2011.  The choir natural voices sung Angel over the last track.

Baby Loss Awareness Facts

This video was shown at the concert in aid of the Baby Loss Awareness Campaign last night.

Finleys Footprints auction is now live

The auction of artwork for Finley’s Footprints is now live.  To bid on it please click here.

Finley’s Footprints was created in 2009 following the loss of Finley John Scott.  Mel Scott uses her unique skills to support other parents who sadly lose a child or baby at any stage of pregnancy, or childhood.  She is also able to offer services to professionals who work with the parents, and those charitable organisations who work to support them.

Aching Arms auction live

The auction for the charity Aching Arms is now live.  To bid on the artwork by James Chu, please click here.

Aching Arms is a baby loss charity run by a group of bereaved mothers who have experienced the pain and emptiness of leaving hospital without their much wanted baby.

Dancers join the concert line up!

Paul Crook and Natasha Hall, swing dance professionals, have confirmed that they will dance whilst Sophie Shaw sings.  You may have seen them on Strictly Dance Fever a couple of years ago.  They are phenomenal dancers and I’m so excited that they are going to perform!