Scottish baby loss charity, Held In Our Hearts, are calling on the local community to join the charity as they fundraise and raise awareness of their work during October’s Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th-15th).

This year marks the 21st year of Baby Loss Awareness Week in the UK – a week for everyone in the baby loss community and beyond to come together to remember much loved and missed babies. For Held In Our Hearts, this is also an opportunity to connect with the community of bereaved parents that they support and for others to show their solidarity through taking part in fundraising challenges to raise vital funds for their work.

This year’s theme is ‘Stepping Stones,’ and the Held In Our Hearts team know from experience that after the loss of a precious baby, bereaved parents and families find themselves on a new path they never expected to be on. This year, they will focus on the steps along that journey, and how some steps can feel harder than others.

The charity are keen to involve as many of their amazing supporters as they can during Baby Loss Awareness Week and some of the ways they can get involved, are:
● 9th – Pop up stand at Lullabye, Princes Street Gardens
● 11th – Drop in at their Craiglockhart office (Adults only)
● 12th – Family drop in at Craigsfarm
● 13th – Eastgate Shopping Centre Pop Up Stand (Inverness)
● 14th – Fundraising Sea Dip (Wardie Bay, Edinburgh)
● 15th – Walk of Light (around Arthur’s Seat)
● 15th – Walk of Light (starting at the Glen Mhor Hotel – Inverness)

Nicola Welsh, Chief Executive Officer of Held In Our Hearts, says:
“As a bereaved parent myself I know how hard that walk was and still can be, living without my son, Theo. For the families that we support, we know that each step they have to make, can take a momentous amount of energy and courage – that first step out of hospital without their baby, that first step out of the front door, walking through the doors on their return to work…

We are asking as many people as possible to get involved in Baby Loss Awareness Week and help ensure we can continue to walk alongside bereaved families, providing a lifeline through our specialist counselling and peer support”.

More information regarding taking part in one of the charity’s Baby Loss Awareness Week events, or for more information on how businesses or the public can fundraise and support the charity can be found by contacting the charity at info@heldinourhearts.org.uk.