As we move into the 3rd month of the year we are still totally amazed by how things are growing for the charity and the members of the family and friends involved. 2017 is exceeding all our expectations already and it looks like it is just going to get bigger and better.

Our telephones and emails continue to get busier and busier and  we are getting inquiries from across the country and from lots of different agencies.

The support we are now getting from professionals that are wanting to get the services we provide linked to their own services has been fantastic. We have been contacted by other bereavement support services, chaplaincy and many more specialist provisions.

We can see that the support bereaved families can access is starting to get bigger and it is now becoming a subject that is talked about more openly. There is still a long long way to go but at least it is starting to go in the right direction.
Part of the reason that child and baby loss has become more talked about has been down to some of the TV programmes over the last couple of years covering this subject and doing so in a sympathetic and informative way. 

Usually it is the big well known charities that can be effected by this type of story line but we definitely found that the number of people contacting us or visiting our website has increased.

We have also been busy with award nominations. 

We have 2 of our fundraisers shortlisted for the Yorkshire Choice Awards, which will be held on the 1st April, so we are keeping our fingers crossed for them.They are definitely winners already in our eyes but it would be great for them to receive recognition for their commitment.

The National Diversity Award nomination procedure has started and we have been told already that we have been nominated again for the Community Award. We wont know if we have been shortlisted until later in the year and as soon as we have all the details for you all to go along and vote for us we will let you know. 

This week we received a phone call from a reporter from The Sun newspaper stating that someone had nominated Carrie for 'Mum of the Year' and they wanted to come along and take pictures to go with an interview that will be published in the paper this Sunday.
It is fantastic that people are seeing Carrie, as we all have seen her every day since she lost Charlie, as a truly inspirational woman. Seeing Carrie & Charlies story in a main stream newspaper will makes us all feel so proud. 

We are also in the Yorkshire Mafia Gold Sponsors of the 'Buy Yorkshire Conference'. If we get the most votes from the public we would receive a sponsorship package worth £20,000. This amount would mean so much to us and would help us to continue to support the families we currently work with as well as allowing us to increase the support further.
We will let you know when we hear anything from them regarding our position in the scheme.

As you can see there are so many positive things going on for us right now and this is increasing every week. 
We know it is going to be hard work but we are all determined and dedicated to improving the provision of bereavement support for parents and families after the death of a baby or child.