Bereavement Specialist Midwives
- Michelle Powell: 07512795823
- Charlotte Tongue: 07871986895
Urgent queries
- Delivery suite (24hrs) Telephone number: 01952 565924
If you are visiting this page because you have suffered a still birth or miscarriage, we would like to say how sorry we are for your loss. You need to allow yourself time to grieve for your baby. The emotions you will experience are incredibly powerful, so be good to yourself too and don't take on anything too demanding until you feel ready. Remember grieving is a very personal process with no time limit or "right way" to do it.
Click here, to find out more about Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Bereavement Care, including:
Above: Best Beginnings video on bereavement.
Bereavement Specialist Midwives
Urgent queries
Hope House Children’s Hospice
Tel: 01691 671 999
www.hopehouse.org.uk
IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)
Telford and Wrekin Tel: 01952 457415
Shropshire County Tel: 0300 123 6020
Cruse Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Cruse Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin have volunteer counsellors trained by the Foundation for Infant loss. Parents or other family members can refer themselves on 0845 6066812. Their services are free of charge and via Zoom.
Tel: 0845 6066812
Email: shropshire@cruse.org.uk
But you will eventually come to terms with your loss, and the intense feeling will subside.
Some people turn to alcohol or drugs during difficult times. Get help cutting down on alcohol, or see the Frank website for information on drugs
SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society)
Offers support and information for anyone affected by the death of a baby, before or after birth. National helpline, local parent-led support, literature, and online support.
Tel: 020 7436 7940 (general enquiries); Tel: 0808 164 3332 (support)
Shropshire SANDs is a local support group running friendly and relaxed meeting, providing bereaved parents, families and friends with an opportunity to meet others who have been through a similar experience.
Support meetings are held:
Where: Meeting Point House, Southwater Square, Telford TF3 4HS
When: 2nd Tuesday of each month 19:00-21:00hrs.
Support Group for dads
Dad Still Standing is an online group created as a way of helping other dads along their journey with grief. To discuss the difficulties they go through in bereavement, both in the immediate aftermath of baby loss and as time moves on.
https://www.dadstillstanding.com/
Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK helps children, young people, parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They support children and young people up to the age of 25 who are facing bereavement, and anyone affected by the death of a child of any age.
Helpline: 0800 0288840
Email: helpline@childbereavementuk.org
Saying Goodbye Charity
Saying Goodbye provides comprehensive information, advice, support and much more to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy.
https://www.sayinggoodbye.org/
Tel: 0300 3231350
Email: support@sayinggoodbye.org
Lullaby Trust
Bereavement support after the death of a baby or child
Support: 0808 8026868
Email: support@lullabytrust.org.uk
Lily Mae Foundation
Baby loss support service
Tel: 01676 535716
Miscarriage Association
01924 200 799
www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
Email: info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk
Multiple Births Foundation (MBF)
Provides support and information for multiple birth families (including bereavement support)
Tel: 07360 735050
Email: mbf@bcu.ac.uk
Aching Arms (Supporting Arms)
Aching Arms offers direct support to parents via their Supporting Arms support service, a telephone and email support service which is run by bereaved parents. The service offers families the chance to talk to someone who has an understanding of what they’re going through and helps them feel they’re not alone.
Tel: 07464 508994
Email: support@achingarms.co.uk
Remember My Baby Remembrance Photography
UK-based charity who have professional photographers who voluntarily provide their photography services to parents whose baby dies before, during or shortly after birth.
Freephone: 0808 189 2345
Email: info@remembermybaby.org.uk
Samaritans
Offers confidential support that is available 24 hours a day to people who need to talk.
Tel: 116 123 (UK) free
Tommy’s
Miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth charity who offer support following a pregnancy loss
Baby loss information and support | Tommy’s (tommys.org)
Email: midwife@tommys.org
Tel: 0800 014 7800
Twins Trust Bereavement Support Group
Offers support for families who have lost one or more children from a multiple birth pregnancy, birth or at any time.
www.twinstrust.org/bereavement
Winston’s Wish
Offer support to bereaved children, their families and professionals
Helpline: 08088 020021