Support
Since the loss of Abbie we have found the following websites and groups beneficial:
Lovely Keepsake Company The Lovely Keepsake Company is supporting Abbie’s Fund by making donations for products sold through their Abbie’s Fund Collection – beautiful keepsakes to remember your baby. www.thelovelykeepsakecompany.co.uk/collections/abbies-fund
Aching Arms 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 baby. They raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss and bring some comfort to bereaved parents and their families after the loss of a baby. They provide Aching Arms bears to hospitals for midwives and post dedicated bears to bereaved families directly. www.achingarms.co.uk
Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) ARC offer non-dierective information and support to parents before, during and after antenatal screening and when they are coping with complex and painful issues after making a decison, including bereavement. www.arc-uk.org
Cruse Bereavement Care Cruse Bereavement Care offers support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies www.cruse.org.uk
Child Bereavement UK Child Bereavement UK supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. www.childbereavementuk.org
Neverland Keepsake Creations Neverland Keepsake Creations is your little emporium where BIG memories are made beautiful. www.facebook.com/neverlandcreations
Pretty Little Dragonfly A unique selection of Fine Silver Precious Prints Jewellery, Raised Clay Impressions, castings and many other beautiful keepsakes which are lovingly handcrafted and personalised. www.prettylittledragonfly.co.uk
Counselling Directory A list of professional counsellors and psychotherapists www.counselling-directory.org.uk
Lasting Touch Keepsake Jewellery Lasting Touch create silver keepsake jewellery using fingerprints, handprints, and footprints www.lastingtouch.co.uk
Baby Castings Direct Baby Castings Direct is a local Hull based business who, as well as making standard hand and feet castings, also make memorial hand print and foot print jewelery for parents who have lost babies. www.babycastingsdirect.co.uk
Hull Sands Group The Hull and East Yorkshire Branch of the national Sands charity provides support to anyone affected by the loss of a baby with monthly support meetings and a befriender service. For more information visit their website www.hull-sands.org.uk
Chloe’s Count the Kicks Raising awareness of the risks surrounding the later stages of pregnancy. This site empowers Mums with knowledge and confidence during their pregnancy and teaches them the importance of monitoring baby’s movements. www.countthekicks.org.uk
Alexandra’s Angels Specialises in creating and sharing idea’s of memorial gifts for anyone effected by the loss of a precious baby. www.alexandrasangelgifts.co.uk
Winston’s Wish Winston’s Wish support children and young people after the death of a parent or sibling www.winstonswish.org
Tommy’s (Let’s talk Baby) Tommy’s exists to save babies’ lives by funding research and providing information on the causes and prevention of miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth. www.tommys.org
Sands (National Site) Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity. Supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies’ lives. www.sands.org.uk