Bath Sands

09/08/2026

Our next support group meeting is on Tuesday 1st September 2026 from 7pm to 9pm at St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath BA1 5SX. Drop in any time between 7pm and 9pm. This meeting is open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby whether recent or long ago. Feel free to bring a relative or friend to support you. We are bereaved parents and we offer a cuppa, a safe space and a listening ear. Come in through the big white door at the front of the church.

26/07/2026

Our next support group meeting is on Tuesday 4th August 2026 from 7pm to 9pm at St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath BA1 5SX. Drop in any time between 7pm and 9pm. This meeting is open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby whether recent or long ago. Feel free to bring a relative or friend to support you. We are bereaved parents and we offer a cuppa, a safe space and a listening ear. Come in through the big white door at the front of the church.

24/06/2026

Our next support group meeting is on Tuesday 7th July 2026 from 7pm to 9pm at St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath BA1 5SX. Drop in any time between 7pm and 9pm. This meeting is open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby whether recent or long ago. Feel free to bring a relative or friend to support you. We are bereaved parents and we offer a cuppa, a safe space and a listening ear. Come in through the big white door at the front of the church.

20/06/2026

We are thinking of all bereaved fathers this week as we approach Fathers' Day on Sunday. Some fathers find the build-up is almost the worst part. Pleas look at the website, link below, for help and support.
National Sands has a phone helpline on Fathers' Day:
0808 164 3332 from 10am to 12 midday
Of course you can call this number before then, too.
Don't forget you can also contact us, your local branch, at [email protected]. You can write to us about your loss, and, if you wish, ask for a chat.

As Father'

10/06/2026

Don't forget our special baby remembrance service this Saturday at 1pm at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath. We would love to see you there.

01/06/2026

Some lovely notes from National Sands on Volunteers' Week - my story as befriender and gardener, and how the Bath Sands garden at Haycombe Cemetery can provide solace for bereaved families. More volunteer stories can be found on the National Sands website. If you'd like to know more about support or about the garden please pm me on this page.

It's Volunteers' Week, and we're sharing the stories of our amazing Sands volunteers across the U.K and the impact they have in their communities 💜🧡

Frances, Bereaved mum and Sands volunteer shared with us how she found meaning out of something 'truly awful'.

Alongside Befriending, Frances is also a volunteer gardener at Bath Sands Garden of Reflection, a beautiful space given to Bath Sands by Haycombe Cemetery, for families to visit, together or individually, to reflect, remember and sit with their babies or each other 🌺

“It’s a lovely space if people don’t want to attend our usual support meetings. Being outside is an excellent tonic for grief and mental health struggles and the garden’s a positive, joyful place for Bath Sands to be associated with. It’s a place of love and beauty."

Read Frances' story. Link in the comments below 👇

14/05/2026

Our next support group meeting is on Tuesday 2nd June 2026 from 7pm to 9pm at St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath BA1 5SX. Drop in any time between 7pm and 9pm. This meeting is open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby whether recent or long ago. Feel free to bring a relative or friend to support you. We are bereaved parents and we offer a cuppa, a safe space and a listening ear. Come in through the big white door at the front of the church.

28/04/2026

Our next support group meeting is on Tuesday 5th May 2026 from 7pm to 9pm at St Stephen's Church, Lansdown, Bath BA1 5SX. Drop in any time between 7pm and 9pm. This meeting is open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby whether recent or long ago. Feel free to bring a relative or friend to support you. We are bereaved parents and we offer a cuppa, a safe space and a listening ear. Come in through the big white door at the front of the church.

19/04/2026

You are warmly invited by the RUH, Bath Sands, and Haycombe Cemetery to our Baby Remembrance Service on Saturday June 13th at 1pm at the Hilltop Chapel, Haycombe. Families are invited to light a candle and write a butterfly dedication in memory of your babies during a gentle service of readings and music. Weather permitting, we may visit the Sands garden in the cemetery afterwards. Full details are in the invitation below.