Our hospital cares for over 2,000 grieving mums and dads every year who may have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.Every loss is a devastating and uniquely personal experience, but at the moment the space in which our expert bereavement midwives have to hold heartbreaking conversations doesn't reflect the significance of each family's loss.News is delivered in cramped quiet rooms, often on the maternity ward or in busy outpatient areas, and our patients repeatedly speak of feeling rushed and of having nowhere to go after receiving devastating news.Woodland House will change this. It will be a brand-new, purpose-built, centre away from the hustle and bustle of the main hospital, where families can spend time together in safe, secure and serene surroundings before they feel ready to face the world again.We need to raise £3.5million to make Woodland House a reality.

I've seen the devastation that losing a baby causes and how much those families need a space that gives them all the support they need. 

Adele and I ran the Great North Run in September 2022 and I am all set to go for the Tokyo Marathon on 5 March 2023 (two years later than originally planned). Please wish me luck!

Once I've completed Tokyo, I will have completed all 6 Marathon Majors; London, Boston, New York, Chicago, Berlin and Tokyo. Its been really hard but also an amazing experience. When I want to stop, I think of my girls and the difference the moment I raise will make. 

Thank you so much for supporting me.

Mandy xxx