4th Floor Room 3
54a Fountainbridge
Edinburgh EH3 9PT
Befriending Helpline: 0131 622 6264
Administration Line: 0131 622 6263
FAX: 0131 622 6265
All About Us
Monthly Meetings
Befriending Network
Next Pregnancy Support Group
Long Ago Bereaved
How You Can Help Us
Edinburgh SANDS Contacts
Other Useful Contacts
Forthcoming Events
All About Us:-
Edinburgh SANDS is a registered Scottish charity whose aim is to offer support, understanding a and assistance, both of a practical and emotional nature to bereaved parents who have recently lost a baby through stillbirth or whose baby has died soon after birth.
Our group in Edinburgh is one of many groups and contacts
set up in the UK.
An annual membership subscription can be paid to cover the cost of regular newsletters and information. This membership is entirely voluntary
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Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Monthly Group Meetings:-
Talking helps tremendously in getting through the grief and
beginning to come to terms a little better with what has
happened.
Our monthly group meetings give bereaved parents the opportunity
to speak with others who have found themselves in the same
situation and where talking of the baby who has died is not a
taboo subject.
The meetings, which are very informal, are held on the 1st
Monday of each month (except in January) at our Fountainbridge address from 8pm to 9.45pm.
They are open to mothers, fathers, grandparents and friends. We
realise that attending such a meeting can be very daunting at
first but most people find that the once the initial step has
been taken, they feel better about attending future meetings.
We hold a small library of books which can be borrowed and
which many people find helpful.
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Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Befriending Network:-
Of course, a group situation may not be liked by everyone and
this is where our network of befrienders are available to talk
with you.
Our befrienders are not professionals but are all other
bereaved parents whose babies have died a few years ago but
they remember all too clearly the pain and emptiness you are
feeling.
If you would prefer to talk with one of our befrienders an a
one to one basis either by telephone, letter or a visit, please
contact us at the Fountainbridge telephone number/address.
Please do not be put off by our answering machine. We may be
visiting or counselling a bereaved parent at the time you are
phoning. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Next Pregnancy Support Group:-
Our group also hold a separate monthly meeting, normally on the
3rd Monday of each month at our Fountainbridge address at
8pm for those who are either pregnant or who are considering
embarking on a subsequent pregnancy following the loss of a
baby.
The next pregnancy is a very stressful and traumatic time, with
much reassurance and support needed from partners, family,
friends and the medical profession.
The aim of the monthly meetings of this group is also to provide
support and reassurance, to meet with others in the same
situation and to meet with members of the medical profession
who can offer their knowledge and support.
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Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Long Ago Bereaved:-
Edinburgh SANDS also has a Long Ago Bereaved group. Although
there are only about one or two meetings each year, we believe
that people who lost their children many years ago may still
have a lot of grief inside them.
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Forthcoming Events
How You Can Help:-
There are many ways in which you can help Edinburgh SANDS.
Below we have listed a few examples but the list is endless.
Organise an event.
Make a Donation.
Do a sponsored event with the proceeds going to
Edinburgh SANDS.
Remember us in you will.
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Edinburgh SANDS contacts:-
Here are the committee members of Edinburgh SANDS. Although
they are on the committee, they are also bereaved parents.
Dorothy McKenzie. Group Co-Ordinator.
Jenny Rudge. Treasurer.
Jane Rose. Fundraising Co-Ordinator.
Carol Stemp. Next Pregnancy Support Group.
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Other Useful Contacts:-
Here are other groups which can be contacted. Please let us
know by email if there
are any other groups which may be relevant to this site.
In Scotland
West Lothian SANDS
Meetings held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 8pm to 9.45pm
at St Paul's Church, Fernbank, Ladywell, Livingston, West
Lothian.
Contact Edinburgh SANDS for further details.
In The U.K.
National SANDS
28 Portland Place, London W1N 4DE
Help Line: 0171 436 5881 (overseas +44 171 436 5881)
Admin/Publications: 0171 436 7940 (overseas +44 171 436 7940)
Worldwide
Australia
SANDS Queensland
SANDS Victoria
SANDS Western Australia
The Compassionate Friends - Western Australia Chapter
Canada
Bereaved Families of Ontaria
Malta
The Compassionate Friends - Malta Chapter
U.S.A.
The Compassionate Friends - National Office
The Compassionate Friends - South Central Missouri Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Greater Salt Lake Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Baton Rouge Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - South East Texas Chapters
The Compassionate Friends - San Diego Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Boise, Idaho Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Troy, MI Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Orlando, FL Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Southern Maryland Chapter
The Compassionate Friends - Atlanta, TX Chapter
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Forthcoming Events
Note from the author:
My name is George Cormack and I have produced these pages in
appreciation of the help which Edinburgh SANDS has given my
wife, Allison, myself, and our
daughter, Hayley, following the death of our son/brother, Sean,
in December 1994, aged 10 days. Please feel free to
email me if you
would like further information about this website. Although I am
a bereaved parent myself, I would prefer it if you contacted the
office directly should you be in need of assistance
from Edinburgh SANDS following the death of a child.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
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Edinburgh SANDS is a registered Scottish charity whose aim is to offer support, understanding a and assistance, both of a practical and emotional nature to bereaved parents who have recently lost a baby through stillbirth or whose baby has died soon after birth.
Our group in Edinburgh is one of many groups and contacts
set up in the UK.
An annual membership subscription can be paid to cover the cost of regular newsletters and information. This membership is entirely voluntary
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Monthly Group Meetings:-
Talking helps tremendously in getting through the grief and
beginning to come to terms a little better with what has
happened.
Our monthly group meetings give bereaved parents the opportunity
to speak with others who have found themselves in the same
situation and where talking of the baby who has died is not a
taboo subject.
The meetings, which are very informal, are held on the 1st
Monday of each month (except in January) at our Fountainbridge address from 8pm to 9.45pm.
They are open to mothers, fathers, grandparents and friends. We
realise that attending such a meeting can be very daunting at
first but most people find that the once the initial step has
been taken, they feel better about attending future meetings.
We hold a small library of books which can be borrowed and
which many people find helpful.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Befriending Network:-
Of course, a group situation may not be liked by everyone and
this is where our network of befrienders are available to talk
with you.
Our befrienders are not professionals but are all other
bereaved parents whose babies have died a few years ago but
they remember all too clearly the pain and emptiness you are
feeling.
If you would prefer to talk with one of our befrienders an a
one to one basis either by telephone, letter or a visit, please
contact us at the Fountainbridge telephone number/address.
Please do not be put off by our answering machine. We may be
visiting or counselling a bereaved parent at the time you are
phoning. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Next Pregnancy Support Group:-
Our group also hold a separate monthly meeting, normally on the
3rd Monday of each month at our Fountainbridge address at
8pm for those who are either pregnant or who are considering
embarking on a subsequent pregnancy following the loss of a
baby.
The next pregnancy is a very stressful and traumatic time, with
much reassurance and support needed from partners, family,
friends and the medical profession.
The aim of the monthly meetings of this group is also to provide
support and reassurance, to meet with others in the same
situation and to meet with members of the medical profession
who can offer their knowledge and support.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Long Ago Bereaved:-
Edinburgh SANDS also has a Long Ago Bereaved group. Although
there are only about one or two meetings each year, we believe
that people who lost their children many years ago may still
have a lot of grief inside them.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
How You Can Help:-
There are many ways in which you can help Edinburgh SANDS.
Below we have listed a few examples but the list is endless.
Here are the committee members of Edinburgh SANDS. Although they are on the committee, they are also bereaved parents.
Here are other groups which can be contacted. Please let us know by email if there are any other groups which may be relevant to this site.
Note from the author:
My name is George Cormack and I have produced these pages in
appreciation of the help which Edinburgh SANDS has given my
wife, Allison, myself, and our
daughter, Hayley, following the death of our son/brother, Sean,
in December 1994, aged 10 days. Please feel free to
email me if you
would like further information about this website. Although I am
a bereaved parent myself, I would prefer it if you contacted the
office directly should you be in need of assistance
from Edinburgh SANDS following the death of a child.
Top /
Contacts /
Forthcoming Events
Webpages designed by
This page is hosted by those wonderful people at