Monmouth Town Council is a proud Sands Champion for this year's Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th - 15th October).

In addition to a Ribbon Display, Ribbon Run and Wave of Light, Monmouth Town Council is also raising funds for Sands.

Monmouth Town Council's Events & Marketing Officer, Genevieve Barker, completed a fitness challenge to raise money on behalf of Sands by running, cycling and hiking 63k of Cadw and National Trust sites in Monmouthshire during Baby Loss Awareness Week.

✅ Day 1: Skirrid Mountain 5k

✅ Day 2: Kymin 8k

✅ Day 3: 24k run via Gosmont, Skenfrith & Monmouth Castles

✅ Day 4: 5k Ribbon Run & 16k bikeride to Raglan Castle

✅ Day 5: 5k Sugarloaf Mountain

www.monmouth.gov.uk

£3 - could provide a Sands birth certificate for a baby whose birth cannot be registered through a register office.

£10 - could provide a hand and footprint kit to help create memories.

£20 - could provide a bereaved family with a memory box to help create and keep safe precious and lasting memories of their baby.

£35 - could answer a call from someone reaching out for support who has been through pregnancy loss or the death of a baby.

£100 - could help ensure every hospital in the UK has a dedicated Sands volunteer to help healthcare professionals access our training, guidance and support.

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Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, operates across the UK: supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby; working in partnership with health professionals to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care; and promoting improvements in practice and funding research that could help to reduce the loss of babies’ lives.

We depend on the amazing energies of our supporters to raise the vital funds that we need to deliver the wide range of services that we offer. #TeamSands