Guest Blog: Jennifer Reid from Teddy’s Wish
When we fell pregnant with our first baby Eddie, we were overjoyed and so excited to be parents for the first time. After a long and complicated labour, our big healthy baby boy arrived on 18th January 2014. We could never have imagined what the joy and love of...
A new partnership to support bereaved parents’ mental health
Petals and Teddy’s Wish are delighted to announce a brand new collaboration that will provide long-term psychological support to the most traumatized bereaved parents.The specialist counsellors at Petals support women and couples who experience all types of baby loss....
“The shockwave felt through the sector when that one event was cancelled was enormous”.
Read this blog from Petals' Fundraising Manager, Narissa Gipp, about the impact of Covid-19 on charity fundraising - as well as what you can do to help.In April I was due to run my first ever marathon in Brighton and raise money for Petals. I was so excited! But after...
Make a Difference – Become a Trustee at Petals
Petals, the Baby Loss Counselling Charity, is recruiting for two voluntary positions to join its Board of Trustees. Petals exists to provide specialist counselling, free-of-charge, to anyone who has lost a pregnancy or...
UK baby charities warn vital services for women and families at risk of closure.
UK baby charities warn vital services for women and families at risk of closure. Charities working to support parents and families and to save babies’ lives during the COVID19 outbreak are warning that their vital services will soon cease to exist without urgent...
First 1001 Days COVID-19 Statement
CHARITIES CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO TAKE URGENT ACTION TO KEEP BABIES SAFE Today, over 40 leading mental health, family and children’s charities and professional bodies are calling on national and local decision makers to give urgent attention to the wellbeing of babies,...
Statement from Petals on COVID-19
Here at Petals we understand the concerns that many bereaved parents, and healthcare professionals currently have about what the coronavirus outbreak will mean for the delivery of Petals’ baby loss counselling service, given that it relies so heavily on face to face...
New Petals service opens at St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Petals has launched a new baby loss counselling service in partnership with Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Trust in London. From today, Petals counsellors will be able to support bereaved parents who experience the loss of a baby at St Thomas’ hospital by helping...
Fundraising evening – Laura Warner
Laura and husband Sam, from March Cambridgeshire, sadly suffered a miscarriage four years ago and at that time there was no support available where they lived. It wasn’t until a couple of years later Laura found out about Petals and decided that she wanted to help. ...
Andrew Judd’s Big 100k Challenge
After watching friends take on a 10k race, a throwaway comment about how easy it would be to run 10 races for charity suddenly became a reality. Little did he know but Andrew’s wife, Louise, took his comment seriously and created a Just Giving page and told family and...
