Become a befriender
Becoming a befriender is a rewarding experience where you can offer support and guidance to others in their own bereavement.
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New and expectant families panel
Do you have a baby on the way? Or do you have parental responsibility for a child under 12 months? We’re looking to recruit more families to our ‘new and expectant families panel’. This includes foster parents/carers, guardians, adoptive parents and people from under-represented groups such as LGBTQ+ families, parents with disabilities, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic families.
The aim of this panel is to make our safer sleep messaging accessible and useful for all families. We want to know how you think we should reach families, what information is important to you, and what we can do to improve our resources and services. You will have input into the resources we produce and the projects we embark on.
As a minimum, you would need to commit to at least one virtual meeting per year, as well as providing feedback via emails. Register your interest below and we will follow up with an email and arrange a time for a phone call to discuss the panel in more detail with you.
Bereaved families panel
Our bereavement support service is accessed by many different people – mums, dads, grandparents, adult siblings, aunties, uncles, etc – so it’s important that our bereaved families panel reflects this. We are keen to hear from all family members, from all backgrounds, and all experiences of baby loss, whether you have used our support services or not.
We welcome applications from under-represented groups including:
- Single parents
- Adoptive parents
- Foster carers
- Families with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds
- LGBTQ+ families
- Parents with disabilities
- Families with lived experience of poverty
The aim of the panel is to help shape our bereavement services so that we are supporting families in a meaningful and helpful way. We want to know how you think our support can be improved, and what you found helpful or unhelpful at different points along your journey. You will also give feedback on the bereavement resources we create and input on the projects we take on through the year.
As a minimum, you would need to commit to at least one virtual meeting per year, as well as providing feedback via emails.
Register your interest below and we will follow up with an email and arrange a time for a phone call to discuss the panel in more detail with you.
Please note: This is not a support group and we ask that you are at least 2 years bereaved and feel comfortable talking about bereavement without it becoming a trigger for you. If you need support, contact our helpline.
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