Great Glen to host Baby Loss Awareness service on Monday

Great Glen Crematorium will be hosting a special memorial service on Monday 9 October to bring people together to remember, reflect and celebrate the lives of children who have died or were born asleep as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week. 

‘The Forever Loved’ service will begin at 6pm next Monday to coincide with the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week. 

Those who attend will have the opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones they have lost and write a personal message on a tag, which will be added to a special remembrance tree.

Following the service, the tree will be placed in the crematorium’s waiting room for the whole of Baby Loss Awareness Week, which will run until 15 October.

Great Glen Crematorium is part of Westerleigh Group, one of the UK’s largest independent owners and operators of crematoria and cemeteries, with 39 sites in England, Scotland, and Wales.

Aleksandra Harris, manager of Great Glen Crematorium, said: “According to the charity Tommy’s, one in four people in the UK experience pregnancy or baby loss. At Great Glen Crematorium, we are not just here to support the bereaved in saying their final farewells to a loved one.

“Memorialisation – remembering and honouring those who have been lost – is a big part of what we do and how we help provide comfort and long-term support to the bereaved. An event like this special memorial service is just one way in which we provide that exceptional care.

She added: “This is a free service for anyone who wants to come, but it would really help us if we had an idea of how many people might be attending. For that reason, we would request that people let us know in advance, by phone, email or popping into our office.”

Harris also reassured that attendants do not have to have held a service that the crematorium in the past to attend, maintaining that Great Glen’s doors are open to anyone in the area who “feel they may benefit from coming to this service”.