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Oct 2022
Harrogate church to hold baby loss event
People who have lost babies are being invited to light a candle or leave a message at St Peter's Church, Harrogate next week.
Baby Loss Awareness Week, which runs from October 9 to 15, is an awareness and support campaign around pregnancy and baby loss.
One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage and 250 babies are stillborn every day in the UK.
Reflect, a pregnancy loss support charity, will be holding a Light a Candle remembrance event from 12.45pm to 2pm on Tuesday at St Peter's Church. People will be able to light a candle or leave a message in remembrance of their loss.
Baby Loss Awareness Week, now in its 20th year, enables those affected to come together to remember and commemorate lost children.
The week also provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss and the importance of bereavement support.
Tanya Allen from Reflect charity said:
Baby Loss Awareness Week is observed internationally and culminates with the Wave of Light on October 15, when people across the world light a candle at 7pm local time and leave it burning to remember all babies that have died too soon.
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