Remembering a beautiful angel Lily Iris Gibson born sleeping
18 July 2010 and always in our thoughts xxx
Sands Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity.
SANDS is a national charity, established by bereaved parents
in 1981 and has 3 core aims which are
to: Support anyone affected by the death
of a baby; to promote the emotional, psychological and physical well-being of
parents, their families and friends, when a baby dies in utero, at birth or
soon after birth.To work in partnership with health professionals to improve the quality of care and services offered to bereaved families; and
To promote research and changes in practice that could help to reduce the loss of babies' lives by promoting research and the implementation of best practice that will help identify the causes and reduce the incidence of the death of a baby in utero, at birth or soon after birth, and to publish the results of such research.
Heartwrenching Facts:
17 babies die every day in the UK (11 are stillbirths, 6 are neonatal deaths)
over 6,500 baby deaths a year - the equivalent of 16 jumbo jets crashing every
year with no survivors.
Ten times more babies are stillborn than die of cot death
every year in the UK.The stillbirth rate has remained almost unchanged for the past 10 years. (CMACE)
1 in every 200 babies are stillborn in the UK
1 in every 300 babies born in the UK die in the first four weeks of life
In one in four stillbirths the cause remains unexplained. These babies are born perfectly formed, with no clear reason why they died. We need to understand what is causing these deaths.
The majority of unexplained stillbirths are in pregnancies that were previously considered low risk. We need better ways to identify babies who are at risk.
1 in 5 stillborn babies is much smaller than they should be, yet we have no good method to detect these babies in utero and act to deliver them before they die.
Stillbirth is when a baby is born dead after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy
Neonatal death is when a baby is born alive but dies within the first 28 days of life
PLEASE GET INVOLVED
SANDS relies on the initiative of the many individuals and
companies that are out there fundraising - contributions really help and they are extremely grateful and value
every single penny raised.
There are so many ways that you can support, from holding a
coffee morning to collecting used postage stamps. You can jump out of an aeroplane or abseil
down the Tyne Bridge! Sign up for The
Weather Lottery or organise a sponsored walk.
You can take part in a wide range of events or why not fundraise for SANDS
by organising your own event.
The link to
donate to sands here
Knitters can help !
They have recently had a large numbers of orders for their
Always Loved, Never Forgotten Memory Boxes, and stock of hand knitted blankets
is beginning to run low. These handmade blankets form a very special part of the
box provided to bereaved parents and we have been told how much comfort they
bring parents at such a difficult time.The memory box also has a camera, 2
teddy bears, a small keepsake bag for a lock of hair and information about the
support that Sands can offer. The pattern is very simple as can be knitted with our
without the lace edging and requires approximately 200g of white double knit
wool. SANDS would be incredibly grateful
for any donated blankets and hope that knitters everywhere are happy to assist
with their plea and please can you spread the word to family and friends.
If you aren’t a knitter then you can still help by donating
white double knitting wool.
Sands' Why17?
campaign: 17 babies die every day in the UK, this level of baby loss must
stop
17 babies die every day in the UK, the tragic victims of
stillbirth or neonatal death, a statistic that is repeated every single day
across the country.
This shocking figure, the loss of 6,500 babies every year,
is something the public is not generally aware of. Most people think
stillbirths don’t happen today, yet stillbirth in the UK is 10 times more
common than cot death.
At Sands, stillbirth and neonatal death charity, we feel
that this level of baby loss is totally unacceptable which is why we have
launched the Why17? campaign to raise awareness of this devastating loss and to
ask the question;
“Why are 17 babies a day dying and what can be done to halt
this national tragedy?”
If you would like to know more about the Why17? campaign
please go to www.why17.org
or
Donations to SANDS in memory of my beautiful Granddaughter Lily Iris Gibson can be made via
Get those needles clacking and knit for SANDS!
And Please sign the petition before you leave this site!
Thankyou.
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