Lighting up the library for Baby Loss Awareness Week 2023

Sponsored by the Lily May Foundation

Photo of library lit pink and blueOn Sunday 15 October the exterior facade of the Library of Birmingham will be lit up pink and blue in support of Baby Loss Awareness Week 2023, sponsored by the Lily Mae Foundation.

The Baby Loss Awareness website states:

Baby Loss Awareness Week is now in its 21st year.

This year marks the 21st year of Baby Loss Awareness Week in the UK – a week for everyone in the baby loss community and beyond to come together to remember and commemorate our much-loved and missed babies.

The week also provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss; the importance that bereavement support plays in the ongoing bereavement journey; and of the vital work that is needed to improve pregnancy outcomes and to save babies’ lives.

Throughout Baby Loss Awareness Week 2023 we want to create a space for you to share and feel supported, whatever your experience of loss may be, about how you’ve coped, what helped (and what didn’t) so we can all learn how to better look after each other as a community and know how to get the right kind of support when we need it.

Parents and families tell us how important it is that they each find a way to remember their baby in a way that suits them. Some join with others at special services organised by their local hospital or a local support organisation, some find solace in events organised by their faith community while others will remember alone in a way unique to them.

It is important to remember there is no right or wrong way and it can change as the years pass too.

During last year’s #WaveOfLight messages of remembrance and hope brought many people together. Take care of yourselves and know that we are here for you now and throughout the year. You are not alone.


Want to share your story? Find out more on the website.

For information on Baby Loss Awareness Week, visit the Baby Loss Awareness website.

The work of the Lily Mae Foundation can be found on their website.

Article posted 12 October 2023

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