When a baby dies, the silence is profound - echoing through homes, hospitals, and communities. At Sands, we stand with families in that silence, offering compassion, understanding, and hope.
Your support helps create a nationwide network of care - reaching parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, and the professionals who walk beside them in grief.
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Sands. Saving babies' lives. Supporting bereaved families.
Published: 7 Nov 2025
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Sands Charity no. 299679 & SC042789 Email: supportercare@sands.org.uk Tel: 0203 908 5525 |
Sands is the UK’s leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity. For over 40 years Sands has been the informed voice of bereaved parents and families and provided accredited bereavement and mental health support.
Sands exists to:
- Support anyone affected by the death of a baby for as long as they need
- Work in partnership with healthcare professionals, NHS and governments, to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care
- Promote improvements in practice and research to save babies' lives
Baby loss is experienced by many but spoken about by few. Sands is determined to break the silence surrounding baby loss, to reduce the numbers of babies dying and to reduce the isolation felt by families when the very worst does happen.
