Here for anyone affected by the death of a baby
Helpline: 07756466841
National Helpline: 0808 164 3332
helpline@sands.org.uk
Remembrance Page and Cards
We have a Remembrance Page and Remembrance Card scheme.
If you would like to receive a card from Manchester Sands on the anniversary of losing your baby, please email us with his/her name(s) the date you'd like to receive, and a postal address
Also let us know whether you want your baby's name/date added to the Remembrance page on the website.
Email: Manchester@sands.org.uk
Baby Loss Awareness Week
October 9 -15
When we all work hard to increase awareness of stillbirth and neonatal death and the everlasting impact experienced when a precious baby dies during pregnancy, at birth or shortly afterwards.
A Kindness That Repairs the World
Read more on how Jo and Paul from Manchester Sands helped fulfil the dying wish of a bereaved mother, feature in this newspaper story for Baby Loss Week.
Baby Loss
Awareness Week
October 9 - 15
About Us
We are the Manchester group of the national Sands baby loss charity.
We are all bereaved parents who support other bereaved parents in the Manchester area who have experienced baby loss, and we do so in a voluntary capacity.
We hold monthly evening meetings in-person and online. Our in-person meetings are held in a community venue in South Manchester and are hosted and run by volunteers. The meetings are informal and supportive, and all are welcome no matter when your bereavement occurred - whether recently or some time ago.
The meetings provide an often welcome opportunity to talk about and share your experiences and concerns with other individuals and couples who have perhaps experienced something similar - whether it's about what happened, how it happened, and how to cope. There is no requirement to talk, and some come just to listen and to feel supported.
If you feel you would like some support, but can't face attending a meeting, please contact us and let us know what we can do to support you. We also offer support to individuals and couples.
We also have a remembrance page on our website and we send out remembrance cards on anniversary dates.
If you would like more information about our meetings, the dates and venues or would like your baby or babies commemorated on our remembrance page and/or to receive a remembrance card, please write to us, including your preferred method of being contacted, using the contact form.
Meetings
We are continuing to hold our monthly meetings in-person and online. Below are the dates of the next meetings to July 2024. The in-person support meetings take place at a venue in Old Trafford. Venue details and times are sent with the notice of the meeting to our email list. For more information about our meetings, please go to our Meetings Page.
2023
In-person meetings, Old Trafford
All meetings 8.15pm - 10.00pm
Wednesday 11th October
Wednesday 8th November
Wednesday 13 December
Online meetings via Zoom.
All meetings 8pm - 9.30pm
Contact us by email if you want to attend.
Thursday 28th September
Thursday 19th October
Thursday 16th November
Thursday 21st December
2024
In-person meetings
All meetings 8.15pm - 10.00pm
Wednesday 10 January
Wednesday 7 February
Wednesday 13 March
Wednesday 10 April
Wednesday 8th May
Wednesday 5th June
Wednesday 10th July
Online meetings via Zoom.
All meetings 8pm - 9.30pm
Contact us by email if you want to attend.
Thursday 18th January
Thursday 15th February
Thursday 21st March
Thursday 18th April
Thursday 16th May
Thursday 13th June
Thursday 18th July