5. Attending events

Attending remembrance events can be a meaningful way of honouring your baby’s memory alongside other bereaved families and a helpful part of your grief journey. Sharing this time with other families might help you feel less isolated in your grief.
Sands holds two types of remembrance events every year. The Sands Family Day and Service of Remembrance and Hope Event is held in June at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire, and Lights of Love is held in London in December. There are also various regional and local remembrance and Lights of Love events held across the UK. You can find out more about these events on our website. You may want to create your own event or special thing to do in memory of your baby each year, such as a family picnic, or walk.
Baby Loss Awareness Week is held every year in 9-15 October and ends with an international Wave of Light at 7pm for parents to remember their baby at the same time as others across the world. More information is available at: https://babyloss-awareness.org/