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30 September 2025

Memorial service to help grieving parents and families in Wolverhampton

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A memorial service is being held next month for parents and families who have experienced baby loss.

The annual event, held by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, is for people who have lost a baby at any stage of pregnancy, birth, or infancy.

Families can expect to meet with the Trust’s Chaplaincy Team, alongside Specialist Bereavement Midwives and Nurses and other Neonatal and Maternity staff. SANDS Wolverhampton and LAPS (Looking After Parents and Siblings Group) – two charities which regularly support RWT and its service-users – are also supporting the event.

The service takes place in the days following Baby Loss Awareness Week 2025 (BLAW). Taking place from 9-15 October every year, BLAW raises awareness of pregnancy and baby loss in the UK and the wellbeing support available.

All parents and families who have suffered the loss of a baby regardless of gestation are invited to attend the service which will take place on Sunday 19 October 2025 at 2.30pm and will be held at St Patrick’s RC Church in Wolverhampton (WV10 0QQ).

Families of faith and no faith are welcome to attend.

Kirsty Malcolm, Specialist Midwife for Bereavement Services, said: “The memorial service means so much to families. This is a uplifting event for people to come together and remember their babies.”

Rev. Joe Fielder, Lead Chaplain for RWT, added: “As Chaplains we know how important it is for parents and families to have “stepping stones”  for remembrance, to grieve well and to recover and grow.

“This memorial service gives a Sacred Space and time for all that to happen. It is so important that we do this as a Trust.”

The service will contain music by The RWT Singers and a space for reflection, poems and readings.

For more information please call the Trust’s Chaplaincy Team on 01902 695098.

Details of other BLAW events, including the global ‘Wave of Light’, will be shared on the Trust’s Facebook account: @RWT_NHS.

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