News archive for 2017
This Christmas Give A Gift Like No Other. Donate a SiMBA Memory Box.
Steven & Lauren, Kerry and Jessica, have proudly shared their stories to help to raise awareness of the importance of a Memory Box. This Christmas you can make a difference to one family by donating the cost of a Memory Box. Give...
Children’s Grief Awareness Week UK
Children’s Grief Awareness Week UK raises awareness of the distressing impact the death of a loved one has on a bereaved child or young person. It is an opportunity to share the services and support that is available for children and to...
Baby Loss Awareness Week - 9-15 October 2017
Baby Loss Awareness Week. A coalition of more than 40 charities are working to prevent baby deaths and pregnancy loss urging an end to the postcode lottery in bereavement care for parents
Recruiting new Trustees
SiMBA's Board of Trustees are recruiting new board members who share our passion, drive and commitment to providing support to families who have suffered the devastating loss of a baby in pregnancy, at birth or shortly after.
SiMBA's Mad Hatters Tea Party!
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN RETURN TICKETS TO NEW YORK! Come along and enjoy a fun filled afternoon, a brilliant raffle and auction, chance to get together with friends or meet new friendly faces, outstanding entertainment, mouth watering food and a huge surprise...
Third Cuddle Cot ensures island coverage for bereaved parents: Kind donation enables parents to say goodbye
A third cuddle cot has been kindly donated to the Western Isles, specifically to the Uists community midwifery service to enable bereaved parents to take their time when saying goodbye to their baby
A huge thank you to our Corporate Partners this year all fundraising to support SiMBA
We would like to say a huge thank you to our Corporate Partners for this year : Baillie Gifford, HSBC Security Services, M&S Simply Food Morningside, Smurfit Kappa, Sainsburys Cameron Toll, James Pringle Shopping Outlet, Right Medicine Pharmacy and Merryhatton Garden Centre
Cuddle cot gifted to Barra community
Leigh and Adam who lost their little girl, Madelyn Jess Gordon in August 2015 donate a cuddle cot to the Barra Community.Cuddle Cot donated to Western Isles Hospital
During a visit from SiMBA for a Bereavement Care and Memory Making Study Day on 18th November 2016, Heather Lawrence, a SiMBA parent representative, officially handed over a Cuddle Cot and photography equipment to the Western Isles Hospital Maternity Unit. The donation...
Vilomah - Family Engagement Day
Vilomah – a parent whose child has died. Do you want to become involved in a project as part of the international conference on stillbirth, SIDS and baby survival being hosted in Glasgow in June 2018? An engagement day has been arranged...