Support Centre
Here you will find some support information for parents and families
A Little Lifetime – Book for Parents & Families
A Little Lifetime Pack A Little Lifetime Pack offers helpful information and suggestions for parents and families whose baby has died or is expected to die. A Little Lifetime is available in English, French and Polish languages. The pack contains...
ALLF Discussion Forum
We would like to encourage all parents to consider joining our online forum. It is a space that provides information and discussions on all aspects of the experience of loss or expected loss. From the moment you are told the sad news about your baby right through many...
Birthdays, Anniversaries & Christmas
Many parents have asked us to offer suggestions and ideas to help them celebrate/mark their baby's birthday/anniversary.The following listing is only offered as a suggestion. If you have any ideas/suggestions that could be added to our list please let us know....
Registering a Birth/Death/Stillbirth
Registering the birth of your baby You will need to register the birth of your child no later than three months after his/her birth. The birth certificate will contain the information on the child and the parents that is given at the time of registration, so it is...
Online Discussion Forum
From the moment you knew of your loss to coping each day without your baby. By registering you can join in at any time on any day with other Mums and Dads who have had...
Around 2.6 million stillbirths (the death of a baby at 28 weeks’ gestation or more) occur each year. Although 98% of these deaths take...
Taking Photographs
Images Courtesy Sandy Puc Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation is an International organisation providing photographers around the world who take the most beautiful photographs of your baby as a gift to you (take at look at the...
Returning to work following the death of your baby
Going back to work is so very difficult after your baby has died. Dads usually have to do that sooner than they should have to and it can be really hard leaving your wife/partner at a time when you need the support from each other. It is hard to leave your grief to...
Grandparents
The death of a grandchild is particularly difficult for grandparents as they witness the devastation of their adult child while experiencing their own sense of loss and grief on the death of their grandchild. This leaflet came about because other Grandparents have...
Children
Children, even the very young, often understand much more about death than adults realise. Children need to be included in the grieving process; otherwise they may be confused and anxious and feel that adults are minimising their loss. When a baby dies, children often...