Welcome to the Sands Wellington-Hutt Valley website.
Sands Wellington-Hutt Valley is a voluntary organisation that provides support and information to parents and families following the loss of a baby or infant. Whether your baby died in pregnancy, around birth, as an infant or toddler, and no matter how your baby died, you are welcome and we offer our support.
We run support meetings in the community, provide individual support on the phone or in person (when we can), lend out books and resources through our small lending libraries, and hold events during Baby Loss Awareness Week and at other times throughout the year.
We provide Moses baskets, clothing and memory books to Wellington and Hutt hospitals and in the community. We also run workshops for health and caring professionals in the community.
We are affiliated to Sands New Zealand and we're part of the network of Sands groups throughout the country who support bereaved parents, families and whānau.
www.sands.org.nz
Phone: 022 398 3917 (Please be aware that as we are a voluntary organisation, we may not be able to answer your call immediately, but we'll do our best to get back to you as soon as we can).
Email: sandswgtnhutt@gmail.com
September 2021 announcement - Support Meetings
While we are in Level 2, we'll be offering online support meetings due to the recommendation to wear masks and maintain a 2 metre social distancing environment. We don't think these elements will contribute to a warm and welcoming environment. Please email us on sandswgtnhutt@gmail.com or text us on 022-3983917 for Zoom details. We'll advise both here on on our Facebook page when we are returning to in-person meetings (which will hopefully be very soon). We apologise for not including this message on our website sooner.
We run support meetings in the community, provide individual support on the phone or in person (when we can), lend out books and resources through our small lending libraries, and hold events during Baby Loss Awareness Week and at other times throughout the year.
We provide Moses baskets, clothing and memory books to Wellington and Hutt hospitals and in the community. We also run workshops for health and caring professionals in the community.
We are affiliated to Sands New Zealand and we're part of the network of Sands groups throughout the country who support bereaved parents, families and whānau.
www.sands.org.nz
Phone: 022 398 3917 (Please be aware that as we are a voluntary organisation, we may not be able to answer your call immediately, but we'll do our best to get back to you as soon as we can).
Email: sandswgtnhutt@gmail.com
September 2021 announcement - Support Meetings
While we are in Level 2, we'll be offering online support meetings due to the recommendation to wear masks and maintain a 2 metre social distancing environment. We don't think these elements will contribute to a warm and welcoming environment. Please email us on sandswgtnhutt@gmail.com or text us on 022-3983917 for Zoom details. We'll advise both here on on our Facebook page when we are returning to in-person meetings (which will hopefully be very soon). We apologise for not including this message on our website sooner.
