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Fundraising in Honour of Baby Isaac Joe..

9/29/2017

 
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These precious little hand and footprints* belong to baby Isaac Joe Wilkinson, who was born sleeping on the 23rd of June 2017.

On the 2nd of September, Isaac Joe's family and friends held a fundraising event at the Dickie Bird in Keighley. The night featured local live bands along with a raffle and tombola. £2000 was raised in Isaac Joe's honour, which his parents Laura and Joe split equally and donated to both Aidan's Elephants and The Sunbeam Support Group.

Laura says:
"The Memory Box has given us something of our son we never thought we would have had. It takes pride of place in our living room and we open it often. From the moment we saw the Memory Box we said how beautiful it was, and knew we wanted to help others who sadly need the boxes. After coming home from the hospital we wanted to occupy ourselves, so we got stuck in with organising the charity event. The evening was truly amazing and we felt some sense of achievement for Isaac Joe."

The £1000 we have received in Isaac Joe's memory will pay for approximately 38 grieving families to receive an Aidan's Elephants Memory Box, giving each family the opportunity to create precious memories with their little one before they sadly say goodbye. Isaac Joe's family and friends - we can not thank you enough for all your support. You have already achieved so much for your beautiful boy, and he has a legacy that will help many other families who sadly walk in your shoes.
* Prints edited/shared with permission from Isaac Joe's parents.

The Sunbeam Garden Project Begins..

9/14/2017

 
For many years, the staff at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT) have been exploring the idea of creating a baby memorial garden within the hospital grounds.

In July this year, with the help of David Moss (Deputy Director of Strategy, Business Development, Estates and Facilities at ANHSFT), a secure area within the hospital grounds was approved by The Airedale Foundation Trust Board. Finding a secure, private area was particularly important, as the garden has been planned around the concept of a memorial statue which parents can attach their babies' names to.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust's Head Gardener, Steve Marshall has worked closely with the Bereavement Team and local families, to drawn up designs for the garden.
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The Baby Memorial Garden will be named 'The Sunbeam Garden', due to it's vast support from families who attend the local bereaved parents support group which is run by Airedale Midwives.

The Bereavement team and supporting co-workers at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust have worked (and are working) incredibly hard to create a safe, special place for bereaved families in the local area to visit and remember their children. We look forward to sharing progress with you as this beautiful project continues. If you would like to help with the Sunbeam Garden in any way, please get in touch.

Butterfly Awards Nominations for Airedale Hospital Midwives..

9/9/2017

 
Earlier this year we (Aidan's Elephants) nominated both Airedale Hospital's Bereavement Team and Bev Beaumont (Airedale's Bereavement Midwife) for Butterfly Awards. The awards recognise and celebrate inspirational contributions to supporting families who have lost a baby or young child.  Both Bev and the Bereavement Team have been successful in being shortlisted. We would like to ask for your support in voting for these wonderful people, who dedicate so much of their time and love to supporting families who have lost their precious babies. You can find out more about why we nominated Bev and the Airedale's Bereavement Team below.
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Best Bereavement Support Worker:
Bev Beaumont.

The Butterfly Awards Nominee Page for Bev Beaumont: Best Bereavement Support Worker: please click here to view/vote.
To show your support for Bev, please open the link above and press the 'heart' button.

In the five years we have known Bev, her compassion, attention to detail and dedication to ensuring that every family who loses a baby receives outstanding care - has been truly inspiring.  Bev constantly goes over and above her duty, very regularly working in her spare time to support families and improve services. Over the past few years, Bev has been working on the idea of having a Baby Memorial Garden installed within the hospital grounds at Airedale. This year, all her persistence and hard work has resulted in Airedale Hospital's Sunbeam Garden beginning to take shape - an incredible achievement.

Bev's skills, kindness and compassion are second to none. She works tirelessly to make sure that there is support available to everyone who needs it, no matter when their loss occurred or what their circumstances of losing a baby are. This incredible woman and Midwife has nurtured not only the families she cares for, but the service as a whole - which she has expanded and improved to a level which is exemplary. Her dedication, hard work and love has left a lasting imprint on the hearts of every family she has helped. We are honoured to know her and work with her, but we are the luckiest to be able to call her a friend.

Bev's 'Best Bereavement Support Worker' Nominee Video:
Please click here to show your support for Bev.
Thank you so much.

Best Hospital Bereavement Service:
Airedale General Hospital.

The Butterfly Awards Nominee Page for Airedale General Hospital: Best Hospital Bereavement Service: please click here to view/vote.
To show your support for Airedale's Bereavement Team, please open the link above and press the 'heart' button.

The Bereavement Team at AGH dedicate so much of their spare time to ensuring that AGH's bereavement services are outstanding. They realised that there was not a local support group for bereaved families, and set up The Sunbeam Support Group last year. There is always at least two AGH Midwives at the group meetings, and they attend in their spare time to ensure that families receive the best possible long term care. The team are always bursting with new ideas of how to improve their bereavement services, and work very hard to bring these ideas to fruition. At present, the team are working on an incredible project (mostly in their own time, outside of working hours) to create a Baby Memorial Garden within Airedale Hospital's ground. This project will mean so much to local families, and is a wonderful example of how much time, effort and love the team put into caring for bereaved families long after they have left the hospital. We are very regularly contacted by families who have lost a baby at AGH, and in the five years we have worked with the team, we have never heard anything but the very highest praise for them. We provide memory boxes for AGH, but without the outstanding care provided by the bereavement team, our memory boxes would be meaningless to parents. We can not thank them enough for all their hard work and dedication, and we are truly honoured to work with such an amazing team of people. Each and every one of them is truly deserving of an award which recognises everything they do for bereaved families.
Airedale Hospital's 'Best Hospital Bereavement Service' Nominee Video:
Please click here to show your support for Airedale Hospital's Bereavement Team.
Thank you so much.

Good Luck Bev & The Team!

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  • Home
    • Welcome
  • What We Do
    • Our Memory Boxes >
      • My Memory Box: What It Means To Me.
      • Our Memory Boxes 2012-2017
    • The Sunbeam Suite
    • The Sunbeam Garden
    • Tree of Tranquility
    • Support for Parents and Families
    • Funding Professional Education
    • Working In Association With...
  • Support
    • For Bereaved Parents >
      • Finding Support
      • Making Memories
      • Registering your Baby's Birth and Death
      • Planning your Baby's Funeral
      • Ways to Honour and Remember your Baby
    • For Family and Friends of Bereaved Parents
    • Support for Healthcare Professionals >
      • AGH Staff Login
    • Sunbeam Support Group
  • Resources
    • Baby Loss Awareness Week 2018 >
      • Baby Loss Awareness Week 2017
    • Local Support: Recommended Services
    • National Support: Recommended Charities/Organisations
    • Book List: Baby Loss and Beyond
    • In Our Shoes: Stories from Bereaved Parents
    • Aidan's Elephant: Free Knitting Pattern
  • News
  • Get Involved
    • Donations
    • Fundraising >
      • Fundraising Tshirts
    • Community Support