National Organisations

What they do: Provide comfort bears to hospitals, hospices and directly to bereaved families after pregnancy loss at any stage. Also offer support services through health‐professional referrals or direct requests. 

Contact:

Phone: 07826 067801

Email: info@aching‑arms.co.uk

Website: achingarms.co.uk

What they do: the only national charity helping parents and healthcare professionals through antenatal testing and its consequences, and continuing that support to those parents who have made that difficult choice and have had the traumatic experience of terminating their pregnancy.

Contact:

Phone: 0207 713 7486

Email: info@arc-uk.org

Website: https://www.arc-uk.org/

What they do: Supports parents, children and families after the death of a child at any age, including antenatal loss; offers training for professionals. 

Contact:

Helpline: 0800 028 8840

Email: support@childbereavementuk.org

Website: childbereavementuk.org

What they do: Confidential support via trained volunteers (who are bereaved parents), for anyone affected by the death of a child—from pre-birth to adulthood.

Contact:

Helpline: 0800 282 986

Email: contact@childdeathhelpline.org.uk

Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10 am–1 pm, evenings 7–10 pm throughout the week

Website: childdeathhelpline.org.uk

What they do: Provide 1‑2‑1 bereavement support, memory boxes, peer groups, pregnancy‑after‑loss support, and sibling resources for families affected by miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.

Contact:

Phone: 01676 535716

Email: BLSS@lilymaefoundation.org

Website: lilymaefoundation.org

What they do: Support for families grieving sudden infant death (SIDS), unexpected baby or child death. Offer helpline and peer befriender service.

Contact:

Freephone: 0808 802 6868 (Mon–Fri 10 am–2 pm; weekends/holidays 6 pm–10 pm)

Email: support@lullabytrust.org.uk

Website: lullabytrust.org.uk

What they do: Offer befriending, information and remembrance services (“Saying Goodbye”), covering all stages of baby loss.

Contact:

Phone: 0300 323 1350

Email: office@sayinggoodbye.org

Website: sayinggoodbye.org

What they do: Provide free specialist counselling and emotional support for individuals, couples and families after pregnancy or baby loss.

Contact:

Phone: 0300 688 0068

Email: counselling@petalscharity.org

Website: petalscharity.org

What they do: Offer emotional support, helpline, local peer support groups, campaigning and research to reduce stillbirth and neonatal death.

Contact:

Freephone Helpline: 0808 164 3332 (Mon–Fri 10 am–3 pm; Tues–Thurs evenings 6 pm–9 pm)

Email: helpline@sands.org.uk

Website: sands.org.uk

What they do: raise awareness, funding research, and supporting families affected by the sudden and unexplained death of a child aged 1 to 18 years. The organisation works to ensure every unexplained child death is fully investigated and strives to better understand and ultimately prevent these tragedies through education, advocacy, and collaboration with medical professionals and researchers.

Contact:

Phone: 0208 9606833

Email: info@sudc.org.uk

Website: www.sudc.org.uk

What they do: UK’s largest miscarriage, stillbirth and prematurity research charity. Provide medical research and pregnancy health information, helpline, and signposting.

Contact:

Helpline: 0800 0147 800

Email: mailbox@tommys.org

Website: tommys.org

What they do: Support families of multiples (twins, triplets etc), including bereavement support groups for those who lose one or more babies.

Contact:

Phone: 01252 332344

Email: enquiries@twinstrust.org

Website: twinstrust.org

What they do: National specialist support for bereaved children and young people (up to age 25), and families, including those experiencing baby loss and child death.

Contact:

Phone (office): 01242 515157

Website: winstonswish.org.uk