Healthcare partners and local charities across Coventry and Warwickshire are supporting Baby Loss Awareness Week 2025 with a special service at Coventry Cathedral. The service will take place on Sunday 12 October 2025 at 2.00pm and is open to anyone affected by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby.
Last year, more than 300 people attended this beautiful event.
Organisers of the event said: “We hope our beautiful and uplifting service will help those who have been affected feel more connected and less alone. We want to support families to help to break the silence and talk openly about baby loss. We also want to share the hope that can be found even in the darkest moments.”
The informal service will include readings, music, and a talk by Alicia Burnett, Founder of Black Baby Loss Awareness Week. Alicia will speak about her own experience of baby loss as well as the disproportionately high rates of pregnancy and baby loss in Black communities, and the importance of raising awareness of the services and professionals who provide care and support.
There will also be the opportunity for attendees to light candles in memory of their little ones. After the service, people are invited to share refreshments and connect with others who understand the impact of baby loss. Children and babies are welcome, and the cathedral provides space for anyone who wishes to join quietly.
The service is open to everyone, regardless of religious or cultural background. After the event, participants will also be able to draw chalk hearts on the floor of the Cathedral Ruins.
Baby Loss Awareness Week is led nationally by Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, in collaboration with more than 40 charities across the UK. Locally, NHS Trusts, groups, and charities in Coventry and Warwickshire work together each year to support families through awareness events and activities.
Wave of Light
Baby Loss Awareness Week concludes with the global Wave of Light on Wednesday 15 October at 7.00pm. Families around the world light candles to remember babies who have died too soon. Photos can be shared on social media using #WaveOfLight.
For more information about the national campaign, visit www.
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Alicia Burnett
Alicia is a registered midwife who founded Black Baby Loss Awareness Week in 2023 to bring attention to the disproportionately high rates of pregnancy and baby loss in Black communities and raise Black communities' awareness of the professionals and services that provide care and support for those who have experienced these types of loss.
Black babies are twice as likely as white babies to die in the first 28 days after birth, and black women are 43% more likely than white women to suffer a miscarriage.
Alicia has personal experience of pregnancy and baby loss, as well as years of professional experience of supporting bereaved parents. She understands how crucial it is to build supportive, culturally sensitive and understanding networks for everyone affected.
Most recently, Alicia founded the Equitable Bereavement Care Conference 2025: Honouring Loss & Confronting Racial Disparities. This first of its kind, this gathering connects bereaved Black and Asian families with clinicians and researchers working to prevent baby loss and improve perinatal bereavement care. Through panels, conversations and collective reflection, we aim to explore what equitable, compassionate and culturally responsive care truly looks like, and how we can work together to make it a reality.
Date: 19 November 2025
Location: Harris Birthright Centre | 20 Windsor Walk #16 London SE5 8BB United Kingdom
Nearest Station: Denmark Hill Station
Doors Open to Public: 9:00 AM
Event Starts: 10:00 AM | Ends by: 4:00 PM
