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Babyloss Awareness Week
During Babyloss Awareness week we have joined forces with other baby and pregnancy loss charities to raise awareness of the losses which affect one in five families in the UK. Â We want to reduce the number of people who have to deal with their loss and their grief...
Fundraising – what’s next?
Our cake sale which took place in the Rosie Hospital at Addenbrookes this week was an amazing success, and has kicked off our fundraising for this season with a bang! Â We had so many cakes donated and lots of very happy customers throughout the day, raising and...
Fundraising – music and dancing
Next in our review of our supporters' fundraising efforts, we look towards those who have taken the opportunity to get everyone up on their feet and dancing.... It's almost a year ago now, but Julie Potter chose to support us for the second year running with her...
Raise money without leaving your desk!
Yes, you can!  If you haven't yet signed up with easyfundraising then you need to do so now!  One of our supporters, Roger Hickford, has raised over £1,000 for us just by doing his online shopping using the easyfundraising site. That's a ridiculous amount of money...
Cakes galore!
It is impossible to do any sort of a 'review' of the efforts of our fundraisers over the last year, without mentioning the 'c-word'. Now, it seems, is the time to bake cakes... Â Or if not, then to enjoy eating them! Â And we have seen various fundraisers over the past...
Fundraising Highlights 2014
Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting some of the things that our enthusiastic fundraisers have been doing for us over the last 12 months. Â We are always grateful to anyone who chooses to fundraise for us in whichever way, whether it be by collecting Clothes...
Petals is featured on BBC Look East
If you missed the BBC Look East programme that featured the work that Petals is doing at the Rosie Maternity Unit in Addenbrookes Hospital, here's your chance to see it again. Â We have the kind permission of the BBC to reproduce this on our website, and also...
Cambridge University Research Paper
The researchers at Cambridge University have published their paper, Petals: An assessment of the outcomes of a service for bereavement during childbirth, and will be presenting it at the Psychiatry Conference in Iseo, Italy this week. Researchers Abi Magrill, Jonathan...
Failure to fully address perinatal mental health problems costs over ÂŁ8billion
Failure to fully address perinatal mental health problems carries a total economic and social long-term cost to society of over ÂŁ8 billion for each one-year cohort of births in the UK, according to a new report "The costs of perinatal mental health problems" released...
Localgiving – Grow Your Tenner
Localgiving.com are running their Grow Your Tenner campaign from 10am today, 14th October 2014, until funds run out (or until 31 January 2015, whichever comes first). Throughout the campaign, Localgiving will match one-time donations pound-for-pound up to £10,...

