"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for others" George Elliot.

The latest Brief Lives - Remembered" Newsletter is now out - The newsletter includes: news, stories, poems and memorial services.if you would like to recieve a copy please feel free to contact us.

Terminology / Language We Use - As you may already be aware in the last two decades the language that is used when a baby dies seems to be far from the reality of what you, the families have lived through. We also believe it is not fitting with decades to which your babies died or were stillborn..Read more...

We have finally entered the world of social media and have set up a Facebook page so that we can get our charity out there and more parents can find us.

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July 2024 is the 20th anniversary of the founding of Brief lives - Remembered. We are so incredibly proud of what we have achieved in this time and very excited to look to the future of our unique charity.

We would like to take ths oppurtunity to thank all our families, and the amazing people and organisations who have helped to make this happen.

Brief Lives - Remembered have had close association with Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM).for many years and have recently become official members.

The ICCM was founded in 1913 and since that time has provided policy and best practice guidance to Burial and Cremation authorities.  Read more...

Helen Hone-Millard talks movingly in this documentary about her twin sister who was stillborn at their birth in May 1968 and the effects on her and her parents lives

Directed & Edited by Alasdair Millard

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A beautifully written editorial about the work of "Brief Lives - Remembered" was published in the Guardian newspaper.on he 28th May 2024. The piece included the stories of four of our "Brief Lives - Remembered" families;

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The latest Brief Lives - Remembered" Newsletter is now out- The newsletter includes: news, stories, poems and memorial services.if you would like to recieve a copy please feel free to contact us.

Churchyard Angels are a specialist memorial gift service offering a unique range of personalised memorial products. All their products are hand made in the UK, completely weatherproof and personalised using high quality laser engraving.

There is  a special discount of 20% for any of the  “Brief Lives - Remembered” family.

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The Benefact Group, does financial services differently – we give all available profits to charity and good causes. Movement for Good is our annual programme of giving that anyone can get involved in, and again this year we’ll be donating over £1 million to charities and good causes nominated by you. Read more....

We are currently looking for two new Trustees to work with our Charity and assist us to move forward into the future. .Do you have passion, skills and expertise that could help Brief lives - Remembered to continue to develop?  Please see attached document. Read more....

When your baby has died, Christmas can be unbearably difficult. The whole world seems to be celebrating, everybody appears to be obsessed with preparations, which seem to go on for weeks. These confront us at every turn - in shops and streets, on TV, radio, in magazines. We can often feel isolated by our grief.

As we contemplate Christmas – we wonder how we will survive. It is normal for parents to feel they just want to ’cancel’ Christmas. Read More..