Holding Hearts Baby Loss Support

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Holding Hearts Baby Loss Support

Providing early pregnancy loss support and memory gifts to women and families in Gloucestershire.

02/06/2026

🚨 WE NEED YOU! 🚨

Applications are now OPEN for our 10 charity places in the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2027! 🏃‍♀️💜

Join Team Holding Hearts and take on one of London's most iconic races whilst helping us support bereaved families across the UK.

✨ Closed roads
✨ Incredible atmosphere
✨ Iconic London landmarks
✨ Amazing team spirit
✨ A chance to make a real difference

Every mile you run helps us provide memory hearts and support resources to families facing the loss of a baby.

📅 Sunday 4th April 2027
💜 10 charity places available
💷 £25 registration fee
🎯 £350 minimum fundraising target

Whether you're an experienced runner or looking for a challenge to work towards, we'd love to hear from you.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: https://1cdccvwm8ca.typeform.com/to/CNvGZELq

Please tag anyone who might be interested in joining Team Holding Hearts.

09/05/2026

Today we were invited to Woodland House at . A beautiful, purpose-built bereavement centre created for families experiencing pregnancy and baby loss.

It was incredibly special to see the space in person, meet some of the amazing people behind it, and spend time with the charities, fundraisers and individuals helping to support bereaved families through the hardest moments imaginable.

We’ve only recently started sending our Holding Hearts and books to Birmingham Women’s Hospital, so it meant a lot to be invited to visit and learn more about the incredible work taking place there.

Woodland House opened in 2024 and is described by the hospital as the first of its kind in a UK hospital setting. A calm, private space away from the busy wards where families can be supported with dignity, compassion and care.

Thank you so much for having us 🤍

12/04/2026

Our amazing London Landmarks Half Marathon runners who have, so far, managed to raise an amazing £3,146 year to help our charity.

To put that in to context - that’s 2097 Holding Hearts.

Over 2,000 babies acknowledged, remembered and respected by a resin heart which means so much to so many families when they’re going through loss.

Runners you’re all amazing! (We are just missing Jade from our photos - but she’s there somewhere! 😂)

GO AND SMASH IT, GUYS!! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💪🏼

27/02/2026

Mothers Day Raffle, raising money for Holding Hearts Baby Loss Support 🌸
Holding Hearts Baby Loss Support is a charity dedicated to providing baby loss books, resources, and memory hearts to hospitals across the country for families who have experienced the loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy.
This is a fabulous charity, so please help me in supporting them ❤️

Winning raffle number will be drawn on Thursday 12th March, and will be ready to collect from Blakeney or Longhope, whichever you’re closest to, on Saturday 14th March.

Please message to buy tickets, once your money has been received, you will be given your ticket number/s.

10/02/2026

How much do we spend on books in a year? 📚

In the last 12 months alone, we’ve spent nearly £2,800 on books.
That’s around 400 books placed into hospital units for families navigating the unimaginable.

And this is only going to grow.
Since January, we’ve added 4 new hospital units, so over the next year this number will rise even further.

Alongside books, our handmade hearts cost £1.80 each; and we order hundreds every single month.

Every fundraiser, every donation, every bit of support genuinely keeps this charity moving.
It’s what allows us to say yes to more hospitals, and yes to more families who need support in their darkest moments.

We’re endlessly grateful to everyone who helps us keep going!

Thank you for being part of this.

09/02/2026

Even the smallest hands can make a big contribution!

This charity doesn’t run on big offices or corporate teams.
It runs on kitchen tables, spare time… and little helping hands.

Sammy had made 550 hearts, which meant there was a lot of sorting to do. Her nieces jumped in and helped organise every single one into bags of 50, ready to be sent out to hospitals. Sitting together, chatting, counting, helping. Families showing up for other families.

This is what we mean when we say every little helps.
The smallest contribution really does make the biggest difference.

From making, to sorting, to sending. It all matters.
And it all adds up.

28/01/2026

We’re thrilled to now be supporting families at Northwick Park Hospital with our hearts and books.

This month we’ve added four new hospitals and units and the response from healthcare workers, bereavement midwives and nurse practitioners has honestly blown us away.

Thank you for sharing London North West Healthcare Charity ❤️

24/01/2026

We are beyond proud to share that we’ve been chosen as
Captains’ Charity of the Year 2026 ⛳️

For a small charity like ours, this is huge. The funds raised will help us continue to make sure every hospital we support is always stocked with hearts - so every baby is remembered and represented, no matter the circumstances.

This partnership will not only help us financially, but will raise vital awareness of the work we do and the families we support. The impact of that is truly incredible, and we’re so thankful to be part of it.

Here’s to a year of working together and making a difference 💛

(I suppose I should probably learn how to swing a golf club now… 🏌️‍♀️)

16/01/2026

Today I want to talk about something that feels small, but carries so much meaning.

Our scan cards.

These are given out in EPAU so that every patient leaves with a place for their scan photo. Whether they’ve had good news or bad, everyone receives the same card.

That matters more than people realise.

When we went through our first miscarriage, my Husband and I came out of the ultrasound room having just been told there was no heartbeat. We sat down in the waiting area in complete shock. We didn’t even speak. We just sat side by side, trying to process what had just happened.

Opposite us was a lady holding her scan photo, taking pictures of it to send to her mum. They were smiling and laughing and talking about the baby in the photo.

We just sat there, silently, trying to hold ourselves together. It felt like a small torture. We were desperately trying not to cry in public, trying not to fall apart in a room full of strangers and hoping the nurse would call us in quickly for our follow up.

The scan cards exist to protect dignity and privacy. Nobody knows whether you’ve had good news or heartbreaking news when you walk out of that room. Everyone is treated the same and nobody feels exposed in their grief.

They also give families a safe place to keep their scan photo, even if they’re not ready to look at it yet.

And for those who receive good news, it becomes a beautiful little keepsake.

At the moment only a handful of our hospitals receive scan cards, but it’s something we would love to roll out to many more when funds allow.

Because dignity, kindness and compassion should be part of every single appointment.

15/01/2026

Four miscarriages can break you.
Or they can build something you never imagined possible.

Holding Hearts was born from our darkest days.
From walking out of hospital empty handed.
From feeling invisible, unheard and completely shattered.
From promising ourselves that no other family should ever feel that alone.

Some days it’s exhausting.
Some days the demand feels overwhelming.
Some days the weight of it all feels heavy.

But baby loss happens every single day, everywhere.
And every family deserves comfort, compassion and to know their baby mattered.

So we keep going.
We keep packing hearts.
We keep showing up.
We keep turning pain into purpose.

Because this heartbreak had to mean something.
And this charity is our way of making sure it does 🤍

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http://www.holdinghearts.org/

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