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Planning a funeral during COVID-19 restrictions

Celebrant and end-of-life doula, Janne Sverdloff, talks us through ways to plan meaningful funerals & memorials during COVID-19 restrictions.

Help Sands support bereaved parents this Christmas

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We are now Red Nose Grief and Loss

We are now Red Nose Grief and Loss
Ways to be ok Forum: How Culture and Ritual can Influence our Grieving
Older Loss

In the late 1990’s an Older Loss group was established by Sands Victoria to bring together the parents of babies who died prior to the early 1980’s, when hospitals took stillborn babies, and those who died as a newborn, away and buried unknown locations. Parents were not able to see or hold their babies.
A holiday message from the CEO

We thank you for entrusting us with your heartbreak, and letting us assist you on your journey of grief this year.

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Miscarriage

Helping you understand the complex range of emotions you may experience during fertility treatment or after miscarriage or early pregnancy loss
24/7 phone support - 1300 308 307

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

Fact sheets for your hospital or health care organisation
Online support

Support via Live Chat, email & Facebook
Stillbirth and newborn death

Support after the death of a baby through stillbirth or newborn death
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month 2021

“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
Hospital to Home

Hospital to Home is a program funded by the federal government and designed to support bereaved parents following stillbirth and newborn death.
Sands is a volunteer-based organisation providing individualised care from one bereaved parent to another, giving them support and hope for the future, following the death of a baby.
Fathers Support Services

Grief support for men, fathers, grandfathers following pregnancy and infant loss, through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death.
Heart Strings

Heart Strings Membership Program from Red Nose and Sands

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