On the 7th June 2015 I together with friends Victoria Bell, Diana McCann & Clare Gardner will be taking part in the Colour obstacle rush. A 5km run with 9 colour stations + 10 obstacles. The colour rush combines the colour powdered running and fun obstacles.
The reason we have chosen Surrey Sands as our nominated charity is because of the immense support myself and family received from them after my daughter Sophia was stillborn at full term in April 2010.
The Surrey group of the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity is an autonomous self funded group run by bereaved parents for bereaved parents. All those who represent us are volunteers and our work and support services are funded entirely by donations.
Surrey Sands offers our support services to 7 hospitals and to bereaved families living in Surrey or the surrounding boarders. Our work starts with the provision of bereavement facilities within the hospitals, training of healthcare professionals to improve the care and understanding needed at the time of bereavement on to long term after care once parents leave hospital.
Our services are to support those who have suffered a late miscarriage (18 to 24 weeks), stillbirth (24 weeks plus) or a neonatal death (a baby who has died within the first few weeks of its life)
Babyloss is a life changing experience the impact of which is rarely understood by those who have not been through it. Sands offers empathic support to parents from any stage in their grief journey from the point of being given the devastating news prior to babies birth through to many years after their loss. We know how it feels to be a bereaved parent and the life long path of grief we all tread, and we would like to help you through this traumatic time with support and understanding
www.surrey-sands.org.uk
surrey.sands@btinternet.com
Helpline 07817 410075
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