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

Let’s look out for one another - National Grief Awareness Week is a compassionate and important observance dedicated to raising awareness about grief, providing support to those who are grieving, and fostering a better understanding of the grieving process. It acknowledges that grief is a natural response to loss and aims to break the stigma surrounding this deeply personal experience

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Baby Loss Awareness week is coming up very soon. Would you like to see your son, daughter, brother or sister's name on one of our profile picture on Facebook during awareness week.  

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Baby Loss Awareness Week in the UK Every year since 2002 from 9th - 15th October is Baby Loss Awareness Week. Throughout the week bereaved parents, family members and friends can commemorate the all-too-brief lives of their babies., knowing that thousands of other families elsewhere in the world will be doing the same..

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The latest Brief Lives - Remembered" Newsletter has now been sent out to over 16000 families, supporters, charities & organizations- The newsletter includes: news, stories, poems and memorial services. If you would like to receive a copy please feel free to contact us.

We are often asked by families  as to whether we know of a vicar or non-religious celebrant who can say a prayer or some special words at their baby’s grave..

We have been putting together a database of people across the UK who would be willing to offer their services and are proud to announce that there is an ever growing number of people offering their help. Read more...

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...

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 this opportunity to thank all our families, and the amazing people and organisations who have helped to make this happen.

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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The latest Brief Lives - Remembered" Newsletter has now been sent out to over 16000 families, supporters, charities & organizations- The newsletter includes: news, stories, poems and memorial services. If you would like to receive a copy please feel free to contact us.

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....

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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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...