Cumberland Council’s Distington Hall’s Crematorium will be joining people across the country in marking Baby Loss Awareness Week (9–15 October) with special opportunities for remembrance and reflection.
As part of this important week, a new Baby Loss Book of Remembrance will be available at the Chapel of Remembrance. Families and individuals are invited to contribute messages, reflections, or memories to honour and remember babies lost too soon.
In addition, throughout the week, forget-me-not seed packets will be available in the Chapel of Remembrance. Visitors are welcome to take a packet home to plant as a lasting and personal tribute.
Baby Loss Awareness Week is an opportunity to bring us together as a community and give anyone touched by pregnancy and baby loss a safe and supportive space to share their experiences and feel that they are not alone.
The Chapel of Remembrance will be open throughout the week for those who wish to take part, add to the book, or spend a moment in quiet reflection.
Cumberland Council will also be showing support by lighting up council buildings in pink and blue during Baby Loss Awareness Week.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) will also be joining the national commemoration of Baby Loss Awareness Week by holding two special remembrance services to honour babies lost during pregnancy, at birth, of shortly after. These services will take place at:
- Thursday, October 9 at 6pm in the Cemetery Chapel on Dalston Road, Carlisle.
- Monday, November 17 at 7pm at St Peter’s Church, Kells, Whitehaven.
These events offer a space for families, friends, and staff to come together in reflection and remembrance, and are open to anyone affected by baby loss.