Save a Life this June

The whole of the month of June is dedicated to Sands Awareness Month and is the perfect opportunity to help raise some extra money for Sands and important awareness of stillbirth and neonatal death. Even in the 21st century, the death of a baby either during pregnancy, at, or shortly after birth is still something that people find incredibly difficult to talk about and many are shocked to find out it is something that still happens and the numbers that it affects each year.

Pregnancy should be, and is such a wonderful time for so many families, but for the 6,500 each year in the UK that suffer the tragedy of stillbirth or neonatal death, their lives are forever changed. During June alone, more than 500 families will be left devastated when their much loved and wanted baby son or daughter is stillborn or dies in the first few weeks of life. By people being made more aware of stillbirth and neonatal death we can help to educate and empower. Together we can start to break the silence surrounding this unique type of bereavement and could even save a life.