SANDS - MISCARRIAGE STILLBIRTH NEWBORN DEATH SUPPORT

Our reading list for bereaved parents and children

Processing grief can be a significant challenge to those directly experiencing loss and those around them. While no single text can offer a simple answer, we reached out to our followers and families who we have supported and below you will find the books many of them have found helpful. Read more
Clothing Donation Collection – Book a Pick Up

Donate your pre-loved clothes and housegood goods to Red Nose and help save little lives. Donations can currently be made in Victoria, South Australia and Victoria, and every donation makes a BIG difference helping to fund research, support greiving families, and save ittle lives. Read more
In Person & Online Group Support

Join other families who have experienced a loss similar to yours. You are not alone. We are here for you. Read more
Volunteer Information Sessions 2023

Come along and learn about all the ways you can volunteer to help save little lives and support grieving families. Read more

We exist because there is life after pregnancy and infant loss

24/7 Bereavement Support Line: 1300 308 307

Our pioneering Hospital to Home support program, received $4.2 million to continue running for four years.

Heart Strings Membership Program from Red Nose and Sands

We are excited to introduce our new volunteer program, Footprints.

4,000	bereaved parents supported through our National Services
1,000	Healthcare Professionals trained on supporting bereaved parents
300	active Volunteers across Australia

Jess: I am the face of newborn death and miscarriage

Pregnancy loss has been a repeated trauma that has cost this couple the life of their otherwise healthy newborn son as well as three subsequent first trimester pregnancies. Read more
Pip: I am the face of stillbirth

“The grief was all consuming. Some days I’d feel ok and then it would hit me again like a tonne of bricks." Read more
Lea: I am the face of stillbirth and miscarriage

Like most expectant parents, at the beginning of our journey toward parenthood we were blissfully unaware of the road ahead and how things can go wrong and keep going wrong. Read more