Our impact
Petals specialises in supporting parents who experience mental health issues as a result of bereavement, trauma or loss related to pregnancy including miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons (TFMR) and neonatal loss. Since the launch of the counselling service in Cambridge in 2011, over 10,000 people nationwide have benefitted from our specialist support and we are now delivering more than 500 counselling sessions every month.
Our year 2024 -2025
Average time from triage to first counselling session
%
increase in cases supported
counselling sessions delivered
1542 cases supported – these cases could be individuals or couples
564 counselling sessions a month
45 people accessed counselling in their native language thanks to our partnership with translation service, Language Line
1859 members of our closed Facebook groups, including for groups grandparents, dads and bereaved parents navigating pregnancy after loss
Impact on bereaved parents
After completing an average of five sessions of one-to-one counselling with Petals:
%
of parents reported improved mental health
%
of parents felt they had been able to process trauma they had suffered
%
of parents felt counselling helped them find ways to cope with their loss
100% of parents who used our translation service, delivered by Language Line, to access counselling showed improvement in their mental health
100% of parents who accessed our counselling through our Tommys and Five X More partnership said they now understand their grief process
Pre counselling, 75% of our clients report with clinical mental health issues when first assessed at triage. This reduces to 36% following Petals Counselling.
“I saw myself as someone who could manage on my own – someone who coped by staying busy, going for a run, or diving into work. But losing our baby made me realise that some things are simply too heavy to carry alone.”
Niall, Petals client.