SANDS - MISCARRIAGE STILLBIRTH NEWBORN DEATH SUPPORT

Introducing Heart Strings

We are pleased to launch today a new community membership program from Sands and Red Nose. Read more
Oct 15

“What would they have sounded like?” “Why does nobody call on their anniversary?” Parents share pain of silence in lead up to Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month Read more
Group Support

With the spread of the Covid-19 virus and our commitment to prioritising the safety of all bereaved parents, volunteers and staff within the Sands community, please note some of our face-to-face group meetings are currently taking place online. Read more
24/7 phone support - 1300 308 307

1300 308 307 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year 1300 308 307 We're here for you. Read more

We exist because there is life after pregnancy and infant loss

24/7 Bereavement Support Line: 1300 308 307

Hospital to Home has been refunded

Hospital to Home – an innovative service to support grieving families following stillbirth has been refunded to meet growing demand.

Make ‘The Stillbirth Promise’ to help reduce the rate

At about 36 weeks’ pregnancy, Brisbane couple Holly and Josh gave birth to their firstborn son, Bluey. He was perfect in every way, but he was stillborn.

Heart Strings

Heart Strings Membership Program from Red Nose and Sands

How Sands helped in 2017–18

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

Upcoming events

Wellbeing Series - Western Australia

We are pleased to offer our WA families a holistic wellbeing program in locations across Perth, including the regional areas of Esperance and Bunbury. Read more
Start: 19^th June, 2021 at 10:00am

End: 31^st December, 2021 at 12:00am

Published: 23^rd May, 2021

Updated: 23^rd August, 2021

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Location: Perth, Western Australia, 6000
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Parent stories

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
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
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

We exist because there is life after pregnancy and infant loss

How Sands helped in 2017–18

4,000

1,000

300

Upcoming events

Parent stories