Donations Recd so far in 2013

 

A huge thank you to the following for March donations:
Margaret Warwick from Trauma Team
Judy - No Surname, No Postcode
Liz Wright
Angela Millsopp
Nina Zekai
Debbie Bleau
Karen Richardson and Friends

A huge thank you to the following for February donations:
Natalie Andrews
Pauline Bowen
Emma Griffith and Diana Bowes
Holley Redfearn and Daniella Ward
No Name - TW18 postcode
Tracey Smith
H Crutchley
Sue Latimer
Diana Bolland


A huge thank you to the following for January donations:
Albert Bear
Ann Gentle
Carol Opaza and Paula Bowen
Ann Hilpert
Tina Canning
Lynn Deeley
Vicki Fowler
Valerie Stavinides
Margaret Warwick from The Trauma Team - thank you very much for the extra donation too
No Name from Freshskin Beauty

Donations Recd in 2012

 

A huge thank you to the following for December donations:
Brenda West
Jennifer
Susan Norton from City Clicker Charity Knitter Group
Julie and Lynne Mott from Knitters and Natters
Jenny Odell
Claudia Brucken
Nina Zekai
Anita Beal
Angela Millsopp (x6)
D Jones
D Hanson
Louise Lindsay from Netherfield Knit and Stitch Group
Anne Tyson
Una O'Malley
No Name - G23 postcode
No Name - S71 postcode


A huge thank you to the following for November donations: 
Ann Gentle
Karen Richardson and friends Cheryl and Ruth
Claire Nisbitt in memory of baby Jacob
Karen Mitchell and Linda Pascoe in memory of baby Ryan
Maureen and Nikki Knights
Maggie Williamson
Jill Kelly x2
Jackie Q
Clair Coult in memory of baby Abigail Scarlett
Liz Wright
Heidi Lett
Laura Davidson
Dorothy Potts
Barbara Hammett
Christina Nightingale
Sue Glover
Albert Bear from Kingston Entrepreneurial Bears
Denise Merry
Angela Millsopp (x2)
Sylvia Reynolds
Frances Bond
Hayley Fuller
Tricia King
Sue and Sammi Latimer
Sarah Vyse in memory of baby Ally and her Grandma
Kate Morgan
Beth Auger
Netherfield Knit and Stitch Group
No Name - NR postcode
No Name - RM3 postcode
No Name - NN2 postcode
No Name - BS31 postcode


A huge thank you to the following for Octobers donations: 
Delyth Thomas and friends Kirsty Hardman - in memory of Baby Ashton
Miss J Skinner - your Mum's shawl is so special, thank you
Albert Bear from Kingston Entrepreneurial Bears, 
Jo Nuttal from Jojo Kuteknits
Norah Gould
Lynn Brackstone (x2)
Nina Zekai
Angela Millsopp
Claudia Brucken
Melica Patmore
Belinda Proctor
Wendy Woo
Sue in Cornwall
Mandy Jones
Helen Morris
Susan Leasdale via the Trauma Team
Jill Kelly
Sue Latimer
Tricia King (x2)
Michelle Blencowe
Sylvia Cusiter 
Parcel with no name - who sent the box of wool and ribbon please?
Parcel with no name - who sent the beautiful sewn dresses and tissue holders please?
Parcel with no name - who sent the little wraps and booties please?

Parcel with no name - who sent the sewn nappies please?


A huge thank you to the following for September donations: 
The ladies at the Coaley Knitting Group
Christina Nightingale (x3)
Ann Gentle
Alison Boughton-Thomas
Tammy Russell
Tricia King (x2)
Nina Zekai
Claudia Brucken
Sue Latimer
Angela Millsopp
Jill Kelly
Denise Merry 
The ladies at Yate Knitwits
Dorothy Potts (x2)
Sue Martin
Wendy Woo
Susan Glover (x2)
Julie Kalandra
Una O'Malley
Helen Morris
Sammi Latimer
Ann Hilpert
Evelyn Clarke from Ev's Teds
Catherine Law
Julie Dixon
J Snuggs
Sue in Cornwall
Louise Goldsby
Liz Whitfield
Pauline Thomson
Daisy Tudor


A huge thank you to the following for August donations: 
Emma Nguyen
Lynn Brackstone
Tricia King
Gemma Staples from Miss Lizzy Knits 
Christina Nightingale (x2)
The ladies of the Coaley Knitting Group
Sue Latimer (x2)
Maureen Harvey
Emily Barrett
Nina Zekai
Jayne Chalwood
Melanie Baxter from P1 K1 Project
Jill Kelly
Tracy Smith
Michelle Blencowe
Ann Gentle
Leander Johnson
Charlotte
Susan Glover
Sue in Cornwall
Angel Millsopp (x2)
Julie Kalandra
Liz Wright


A huge thank you to the following for July donations: 
Sammi Latimer
Dorothy Potts (x2)
Manda Bates
Holley Redfearn
Albert Bear
Claudia Brucken
Jenny Odell
Tina Canning
Sue in Cornwall
Ann Gentle
Lynn Brackstone
Pauline Thomson
Joyce Kenny - in memory of her angel grandchild
Isabell Bell
Ann Wanning - in memory of her angel childchild


A huge thank you to the following for June donations: 
Sue Latimer
Pat Davidson and her Knitters
Sylvia Cusiter
Marjorie Nicholson
Sue in Cornwall (x2)
Suzanne Flinn
Ann Hilpert
Dorothy Potts
The Knit and Natter Group consisting of Jane, Rachel, Corina and Mandy
Sue Glover (x2)
Lynn Brackstone
Sharon Young
Michelle Blencowe
Belinda Proctor
Leander Johnson
Mandy Jones
Frances and Catherine Bond and Rachael Quigley
Catherine Law - in memory of her sister
Kez Bell
No Name - 
No Name -


A huge thank you to the following for May donations: 
Marian in Lymington
Jayne Whittle
Hannah Hall
Debbie Attenborough from Patchwork Presents
Dorothy Potts
Susan Glover
Aprille Collar
Michelle Belencowe
Jo Halsey from B'lossom


A huge thank you to the following for April donations: 
Melanie Baxter from K1 P1 Project
Dorothy Potts (x2)
Belinda Proctor (x2)
Maureen Harvey
Maggie Williamson 
Ann Hilpert
Sherri Kapadia from The Free Knitting Group
Catriona Burns
Denise Merry
Jean Jenkins
Penny Hadley
Sue in Cornwall (x3)
Diana Colman from Yate Knitwits
Jodie Beal-Huges
Maureen Myers
Tina Canning
Pauline Thomson
Susan Glover
C Hocker
Michelle Blencowe
Jo Halsey from B'lossom
Alex via her Gran Mavis Birnie
The members of the Trauma Team ~ Dulcie Frizell, Susan Teasdale, Gill Sandbach and Paula Green 
Sue Latimer (x2)
Angela Millsopp
Nina Zekai
Tracey Smith
Julie Dixon
Jenny Odell
Tracy Wragg
Suzanne Flinn
Rae Allison in memory of baby Naomi
Sheila Kerr
Ann Gentle
Autumn Day
Albert Bear
Sam Griffiths
Una O'Malley
Ann Fyfe
Jen at 2nd Kettering Girls Brigade
Jo Nuttall
Lynn Brackstone (x2)
No Name -


A huge thank you to the following for March donations: 
Wendy Woo
Rachel Ridgeon (x2)
Ann Hilpert
Albert Bear
Faith Finch
Bev Newman
Teresa Redding
Judith Bugg
Ginny Smith
Mandy Jones
Sue in Cornwall
Claire Nisbett in memory of baby Jacob
Gemma Staples
Donna Range
Michelle Blencowe
Sammi Latimer
Lynn Brackstone
Michelle Channon
Joyce Kenny
Heather Wallace
Miriam Walker-Owen
Sian Holcroft
Nora Gould
Susan Glover
The ladies from the Temple Church Group
Jen Jones
Una O'Malley
Linda Morse
Ann Ramsden
Pauline Thomson (x2)
Anne Fyfe
Linda Vickers
Sue Martin
Michelle Blencowe
Amica Rose Page
Tina Canning
Sue Latimer


A huge thank you to the following for February donations: 
Jenny Odell (x2)
Emma Burgess (x2)
Miriam Walker-Owen in memory of her babies Xavier Glyn and Jonathon Conner
Feleena MacDonald
Tracey Bristow
Michelle Blencowe (x2)
Gemma Maloret 
Janette Thiraway-Jones
Heather Wallace
Pauline Thomson
Jackie Q
Sue Latimer
Margaret Williamson
Belinda Proctor
Susan Meade
Sian Holcroft
Melica Patmore
Maureen Harvey on behalf of Hayley Henderson 
Susan Glover
Ann Gentle
Pauline Prynne
Sammi Latimer (x2)
Anita Jones
Anne Wicks via the ladies from Temple Church Group 
Suzanne Flinn
Sarah Tarrant
Dimple Mistry
Lynn Brackstone
Sylvia Cusiter
Yasmin Koleilat (x2)
Una O'Malley
Penny Hadley

Jen from Little Hands Design
Louise Parker - in memory of baby Emilia Louise
No Name -
No Name -  
No Name - 


A huge thank you to the following for January donations: 
Olwyn Elliott (x2)
Jean Jenkins
Sarah Ryan (x2)
Jenny McIntosh
Rachael Ridgeon
Jayne Whittle
Lynn Brackstone
Sarah Jacobs
Sue Martin
Louise Spink (x3)
Emma Burgess
Sammi Latimer (x2)
Clare Ashby
Claire Nisbett - in memory of baby Jacob
Sue Latimer (x2)
Wendy Woo
Sarah Hayes
Ann Gentle
Michelle Blencowe
Denise Merry (x2)
Ann Gentle
Val Shipley
Ann Hilpert
Heather Wallace
Hazel Grange
No Name -

Raising Awareness Around the World

Sometimes you come across wonderful human beings who share the same aim as you, who have experienced the same devastating life changing moment that you have but who are sadly half way across the world.

These ladies are Nikki, Vicki and Annie.

Please pop over to their wonderful non profits and help in any possible way you can.

Chances Clothes Project ~ Australia

Dedicated to the memory of baby: 
Chance Nicole Graf Howden

'About' taken from their FB page:
The Chance's Clothes Project aims to ensure that hospitals are provided with beautiful home-made wraps and outfits so that newly bereaved parents can dress their angel babies. We seek the talents of ladies (and gents) who enjoy knitting, crotchet and sewing who are prepared to contribute to our Chance's Clothes parcels. Our packages are inspired by the memory of all angel babies.

Contact Email:

chances.clothes@yahoo.com.au

Facebook Page:

www.facebook.com/chances.clothes.project 

Website:
www.chancesclothesproject.com  

Postal Address:
Cowra Neighbourhood Centre
Chance's Clothing Project
15 Vaux St
Cowra NSW 2794

Evans Embrace ~ Washington US

Dedicated to the memory of baby:
Evan Riley Davis

'About' taken from their FB page:

A Washington State non-profit benefiting families whose babies die before or shortly after birth. We provide Memory Baskets to their parents as well as Angel outfits for their sweet little ones.

Contact Email:
EvansEmbrace@gmail.com

Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/evans-embrace

Website:
www.evansembrace.org

Postal Address:
EVAN'S EMBRACE
PO Box 12371

Mill Creek, WA 98082

Calvins Hats ~ Based in the US posts to all over the world

Dedicated to the memory of baby:
Calvin John

'About' taken from their FB page:

Calvin’s Hats is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide hand made hats for babies who are born too early to survive. Hand knit in loving memory of Calvin John, who went to be with Jesus on April 17, 2008. Our wish is that these tiny hats will carry with them a small amount of healing, comfort, & peace.

Contact Email:
calvins.hats@gmail.com

Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/calvinshats

Website:
www.calvinshats.com

Postal Address:
Calvin's Hats
PO Box 4723
Salem, PO 97302

Wave of Light 2012

Tonight marks 2012's Wave of Light ~ 24 hours of continuous light lit in memory of the babies lost to the sky, all around the world.

Over on our Facebook page we have had some lovely messages left and photos uploaded of candles lit in loving memory.

We are wishing you all a memorable night and sending sweet kisses up to all of our babies.

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For Baby Bobby and his friends - Lucy & Steve xox

- - - Will be lighting candles for Phoebe, Joe, Nathaniel, tiny twin and Olivia, as well as all the angels I know xxx god bless - Lisa Davies

 - - - My candle will be lit for all the precious angels, especially Cára Rose – Julianne Williams

 - - - I will be lighting a candle for my beautiful Daisy-May and Pip and all the others babies ♥ - Jenny Harrison

 - - - I will light a candle for our angel Amy – Kerrie McFadzean 

 - - - For my God Daughter Shannan. Lost after 2 years of fighting a rare chromosome deficiency. It's been 11 years and I still miss you beautiful girl. Sleep sweet and shine bright and send my love to all the angel babies with you. Xxx – Nina Zekai

 - - - Who would ever had dreamed that so many tiny little feet could have such a huge impact on so many? My love and eternal gratitude to those tiny feet who continue to inspire me. Xxx – Nikki Howden (Chances Clothes Project)

 - - - Thinking of all the precious babies taken far too soon ♥ Hugs to all the family members left behind to help us cope too ♥ - Kerri Crowther Lack

- - - Lighting a candle for baby Sarah and all the angel babies watching over us – Beth Maconaughey Comfort 

- - - For those many family's who have angel baby's and children. May they be having fun on those fluffy clouds - Melanie Johnston

 - - - U will always be remembered Hayden Alfie Gyawu. Mummy loves & misses u so much xxxxxxx - Yaa Gyawu

 - - - For my beautiful second Son Ryan Mark Mitchell born sleeping on 22 September 1997 at 40 weeks. Every day in our thoughts and hearts. Until we meet again my precious son, love mummy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Karen Mitchell

- - - We lost our angel Grace-Ellen 10 Nov 1992 it's through our sad lost that we got the Forget me not room and the Forget me not Garden and our Forget me not support group which I run with my friend Jo Lane, over the past 20 years I have seen such a massive change in our hospital that's for the better xxx - Karla Cairns

 - - - I'm lighting this candle for our baby girl Libby Leigh. Born sleeping on 30th June 2006 at 30wks. You are always in our hearts angel x x x x - Clair Brown

- - - For my beautiful boys Reece 12/11/03 and Kylan 26/6/12. I miss you everyday and not a day goes by that I don't think of you or wish you here with me. Knowing your together gives me a little peace. I will see you again one day, but until then be good boys, mummy loves you lots n lots. Sweet dreams little men xxxx - Lindsey Wood

- - - For a beautiful baby grandson James Andrew Fryer who is now in the care of other special people in heaven who will cherish him just as we would have born to early 21 November 2011. Shine bright beautiful star love Mamar Grandad and Christina XXX - Peggy Morton

- - - A candle lit for our beautiful Angel James born sleeping on the 21st November 2011. Fly high and sleep tight baby boy. Lots and lots of love forever and always you are forever in our thoughts. Big floaty kisses Mummy & Daddy, Joem, Kallum & Laila-Grace xxxxxxx - Kelly and Andy Bailey-Fryer

- - -  For my beautiful nephew William, born to the angels . Miss you so much little man . Love you forever. XXXX- Lisa

- - - For our beautiful baby girl Nevaeh Hope born 03/02/2010 to early with a rare chromosome abnormality that was over looked. We miss her dearly. Love mommy daddy and your big sisters xoxoxo - Samantha Adolph

- - - For my beautiful son Brandon John Reece Wilkinson 31st May 2011 - 3rd July 2011. Sleep tight baby boy on that pillow in the sky. Mummy loves and misses you so much xxx - Gail Wilkinson

- - - For our beautiful angel Alexis (Lexi) Jean Lauren Wheatley who was born asleep on 15th July 2012. Love always, Mummy, Daddy and Shayla xxxx - Lauren Avis

- - - To Baby George who we sadly lost 7 years ago this month to Edwards Syndrome. Not a day goes by without you touching our hearts. We miss you terribly. We light this candle to remember you and all the other sleeping angels in the sky. Lots of love and hugs Mummy, Daddy, Alice and William xxx - Claire Tremaine-Kendall

- - - We lost our little baby boy Michael James a year ago at just 5 days old and we are heartbroken. I hope to meet him again one day. Love Mummy, Daddy and big sister Olivia. xx - Joanne Hampson

- - - We lost our precious little boy Mason Leigh Hall on the 18th October 2011 he was born at 23+2 weeks. Not a day goes by that we don't think of him and we miss him so much. It is still very tough for me on a daily basis and i hope one day this can be prevented so no more mums suffer like we have. But i am very grateful for upon butterfly's wings for providing me with a beautiful memory box so i have somewhere to store all my memories of my little boy who will live forever in our hearts. So a big thank you to you xxx - Nadine Hall

- - - My partner and I lost our baby boy ten years ago now and he remains forever in our hearts. Please take the time to donate something however small to this worthy non profit organisation - Ash Creenan

- - - To Baby Bobby and all of the other babies 'lost' to the sky. We light this candle in your memory and know you sleep with the angels in heaven now.x -  Lightacandle Team 

All our Love - Nanny and Grandad

Lauren Robbins

- Angie Chandler

Matilda - Abi Lang

- Gemm Staples

Tamsyn Short

In memory of Tiny Pip. Thinking of all the angel babies xxx - Sarah Seddon

Georgia Bethany xxx - Emma De'loyde

For all the angels I had pleasure in meeting - Caroline Kennedy

For our gorgeous wee princess, love you always xxx - Kathryn Boyd

Oliver James Winkworth 10/06/11 - 12/06/11 - Louise Winkworth

In memory of my three angels Sam, Charlie and Robyn xox - Mary Badenoch

Maggie 18th October 2008 - Jane Somers

Noah and Luca until we meet again - Laura Duncan

For Chloe - Rosie Callaghan

Ell Barker 6th September 2007 - Debbie Barker

For Lee, Toni and Jo and all other angels - Tracy Stevens

- Lisa More

Connor x - Jane Stein

Still shining brightly in memory of Evie and all of the precious angels x - Emma Smith

Baby Loss Awareness Week 2012

A huge thank you to Christine Bevington for allowing us to use the following poem.

Tomorrow of course marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness week which ends on the 15th with the Wave of Light.

If you have a candle you would like to share on our facebook page on Monday, then please feel free to do so. Please also dont forget that you can add a message and light a virtual candle via our remembrance board too by clicking the 'Light a Candle' link on this website.

We are sending all of those who this week effects massive hugs and love.

"9th – 15th Oct Wave Of Light" 

This week it is very special, It is national baby loss week, 

Where the nation remembers all babies, To small to survive or born asleep, 

To remember the precious babies, Stolen too soon by SIDS or disease, 

Let us say their names out loud, Let us remember them all with ease, 

From 9th to the 15th all we ever, Really want to ask of you, 

Is to remember these precious children, For just a day or two, 

Special events are being held, In our cities and our towns,

To remember all these babies, Who are sadly no longer around, 

We are letting off 17 balloons, Why 17? I hear you say, 

Because 17 babies in the UK alone, Yes 17! Die every single day, 

Our final request, it’s not too big, To create a wave of light, 

Please on Oct 15th at 7pm, Light a candle for us to unite, 

Let a wave of light shine out bright, For each and every Angel we know, 

Let the nation unite in a wave of love, Let their precious memories glow. 

Christine Bevington

UBW Turns a Big Fat One!

Today is UBW's first birthday and what a fantastic first 12 months it has been.

From myself and my team, I would like to say a HUGE thank you for all of your hard work, commitment and patience over our first 12 months, it has been appreciated beyond belief and if it wasn’t for you we would not be able to do what we do.

I very strongly feel the need to share with you a personal post from my blog which I hope will pretty much sum up how I feel about making it to our first birthday. Because it is a personal post, it is quite a hard hitting post and if you do not wish to read any further then please do not do so. It is meant with the best of intentions, from the heart and from the mind of an angel Mum.
Thank you again for helping us make a difference to people like myself and my family.

Lucy xox

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The Need

The creation of human life is one of the most complex and shockingly beautiful things that our bodies are designed to do.

The micro-anatomy that goes into this task is so astonishingly complicated that it's a miracle any of us walk around at all. And yet, most of us do.

Most ... but not all.

When a baby dies, we are fragmented. Shattered, we must pick up the pieces and put them back together as we pay tribute to our children, our tables forever missing one, our families incomplete, our treasures in heaven, our babies alive only in our hearts. It is through our stories that they live forever. These children were here and they mattered. They were loved.

They are loved.

It’s taken me all evening to work out what to type so expect pure ramble.

I used to love writing. To spill my thoughts and feelings out onto the screen, but then life and 'stuff' got in the way and for months now I have forgotten to sit down and have a decent one-to-one with myself.

Who am I? I am Lucy and I am 31 years old. On Thursday, July 2, 2009, as my son was dying I - the Lucy I had grown into over the past 28 years - was reborn into someone unknown.

When your baby dies, you have three options.
1. You become so consumed in your grief that you cannot see a way out from it, other than to end your life, as all you can think about is wanting to be with your baby.
2. You go through the grief process, you meet lots of friends through your grief and it soon becomes your life - you let it define who you are.
3. You go through the grief process, you meet lots of friends through your grief but somewhere along the line, you go off on your own, needing to do something, somewhere, somehow but not quite sure what, how or where.

I won’t lie; over the last thirty-eight months I have experienced all three of the above - although not to the extreme where I did take my life. Obviously.

I simply cannot explain the overwhelming need to be with your baby in the beginning, even though the logical part of your brain knows that the only way to be with your baby means that the overwhelming need will take you away from everyone you love and from everyone who loves you.

I do not think badly of the women – and men - who do follow that need, in fact, I think they are ultimately stronger then they believe themselves to be; it takes a lot of courage to take yourself away from all that you have ever known. Thankfully I was able to bring myself out of those thoughts quite early. Instead I turned to the ever-so-faithful Jack Daniels for a short while, before again coming to the realization that it didn't matter how many bottles I downed or how many tears I shed, he, Bobby, my son, will not come back.

It’s easy to look back now and see that I was stuck in point two for pretty much 18 months after his death. Due to fertility problems, it had taken Steve and I 28 months to get pregnant with Bobby. Not surprisingly, we were not able to fall pregnant again straight away - even as I type this we still dont have an earth baby. I fell into the world of Internet support groups. I even became an admin on a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Board, helping others who had recently lost or those who I had met through Bobby's death.

As time went on, it dawned on me that those whom I had spent so many hours, days, and months, not to mention emotional effort, into helping, were moving on without me. One by one they all fell pregnant. They formed new friendship circles and because I could no longer relate, I was left behind. That realization cut deep to the core and sadly I allowed the green-eyed monster and depression to take over.

I know that it was not intentional by these people, but my depression convenience my mind that I had been used and I felt let down and emotionally stuck because ultimately, I had put my grief on hold, instead concentrating on helping them move forward. Resentment slowly set in; with every new pregnancy announcement came the sweaty palms, the rushed heartbeat, the sick feeling at the bottom of my stomach. I felt I had no choice but to be outwardly 'happy' for my friends, to not take it personally when pictures of their healthy baby scans appeared on their profile.

I realise now that I would subconsciously remove myself from their life for those nine months until their baby was born safely. I am ashamed to say that at my lowest, a tiny, nasty part of me had wanted that pregnancy to end so that I could get my friend back. Then I would again be needed and things would go back to how they were. It is amazing what your baby dying does to you, both physically and emotionally. This is the first time I have ever confessed to those feelings and reading them back doesn’t so much make me sad but instead makes me proud for how far I have really come in this new journey.

I remember falling into the third point as though it was yesterday. It was in November 2010 and a very dear friend at the time had set up a non-profit organization to help those like us. Unlike before, this help wasn’t an emotional, intense ‘help’ - it was practical help. It gave me the freedom to still make a difference, but at a safe distance.

Having volunteered for this non-profit for a year, the opportunity came for me to go off and start my own. I am very proud that my new baby, Upon Butterfly Wings, turned one today. It wouldn’t be over dramatic to say that UBW has saved my life - not physically so much but mentally.

Still having empty arms three years on, it has finally given me a purpose and it has given me a meaning to my life.

Before Bobby died, I never knew what I wanted to be ‘when I grew up.’ I obviously still have moments where I will sit and cry over the need to have my little man here, right now. The need to see him in his preschool uniform, the need to know the color of his eyes and the sound of his voice. Thankfully, these days are overshadowed by the feeling of pride that not only was his death not so much in vain, but that through him, there are babies like him who are being treated with dignity and love. Because of a personal need to help, by learning to live with and eventually understanding my new mind, I now have the drive and determination to change a very small part of the world. But no longer alone. With the help and support of many. That in itself feels amazing and extremely humbling.

Bobby's Beanies ~ Baby Towle

A Beanie Bag on its way to Ashley in memory of Baby Towle

Bobby's Beanie ~ Baby Matilda

A Beanie Bag on its way to Baby Matilda's Mummy.

Bobby's Beanie ~ Baby Isla

A Beanie Bag on its way to Sara in memory of Baby Isla

Event: Picnic, Knit-a-Long and Butterfly Release - Holland Park, London - July 2012

On Sunday 29th July UBW will be hosting a picnic, knit-a-long and butterfly release in Holland Park in South West London. We hope you can make it.

The details of this event are as follows:

Date:
Sunday 29th July 2012

Meeting:
Between 13:00-14:00 at the Ilchester Place entrance

Ticket Price:
Free to attend

Location:
Holland Park. Ilchester Place, London. W8 6LU

Transport Links: 
Train: The nearest train station is Kensington Olympia Station which is approx a 20 minute walk away
Tube: Kensington High Street Station – served by District and Circle Lines is a 10 minute walk
          Holland Park Station – served by Central Line is a 15 minute walk
Bus:  The six main bus routes that pass the Earls Court entrance to the park on Kensington High Street are 9, 10, 27, 28, 49 and C1
Car:  There is limit parking around the park. This is not in the congestion zone area.

Website and Information on Holland Park: HERE
“The Royal Borough’s largest park with 22.5 hectares of gardens, children’s play facilities, sports areas, a cafeteria and large areas of woodland abundant with wildlife. Contained within the park is the beautiful Kyoto Garden; a Japanese garden donated by the Chamber of Commerce of Kyoto in 1991 with carp in the giant pond and waterfall and wild deer and peacocks roaming freely throughout the grounds”

Afternoon’s Agenda:
- Picnic in the Park: Please feel free to bring along ‘snack’ food and wine or soft drink should you wish. This will be a chance to have a chat about everything and anything, knit or crochet, share your current projects and/or chat to other baby loss families in general
- Butterfly and Balloon Release: A little while after the picnic, we shall take a stroll through the park to the bluebell woodland where we shall carry out our butterfly release followed by a balloon release

Everyone is free to come and go as they please.

Butterfly and Balloon Release:
At present we have a limited number of live, mature butterflies - consisting of the Monarch and the Swallowtail - to release, which can be sponsored via the two options:
- £10 sponsorship: which will give you your own butterfly for release, photos of your butterfly which will be emailed to you if you are unable to attend and the envelope given to you/posted to your address as a keepsake of the day. You will also have a name of your choice added to our memorial balloon.
- £5 sponsorship: which will give you a 'share' in a butterfly and a name of your choice added to our memorial balloon. As well as photos of the butterfly and of your name tag; both photos will be emailed over to you if you are unable to attend.
The sponsorship of the butterfly should be made via Paypal to ubwdonations@googlemail.com no later then 22nd July.

*** Please note there are a limited number of butterflies available to sponsor ***

If you require further information about this event, please email us direct or contact us via Facebook.

We would love for this day to be a relaxing, chilled out event with a go with the flow atmosphere about it.

This day is for all, and anyone can sponsor a butterfly not just those who have lost a baby. You do not need to sponsor a butterfly in order to attend. This event is FREE to attend. There are many things for the children to do within Holland Park, so please feel free to bring along the whole family.