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  • Reach for Rainbows

    Our Rainbow boxes cost us between £45-£50 to create with each item carefully selected and wrapped by hand. In 2021 we want to Reach for Rainbows and we’ve created a fundraising campaign to help us do that. If you would like to donate to the campaign or run a fundraiser for this project just click […]

    £70 Donated
    1.4% Funded
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  • Mama Academy Wallets

    For the past two years, Friends of Serenity have funded 7500 Mama Academy Wellbeing Wallets for families in East Lancashire. MAMA Academy was set up in 2012 to help more babies arrive safely, as the UK has one of the highest stillbirth rates in the developed world. These Mama wallets would normally cost families £2 […]

    £88 Donated
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  • Rainbow Baby Boxes

    Our newest project is creating Rainbow Boxes to give families following the birth of their Rainbow Babies. A rainbow baby is a baby born after a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss. We understand how challenging a Rainbow pregnancy can be and know that the birth of a Rainbow Baby may well be full of bittersweet […]

    £88 Donated
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  • The New Butterfly Suite is launched-June 10th 2015

    (Article from the trust) The Mayor of Burnley, Cllr Liz Monk, was joined by staff from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust as she officially opened the new Butterfly Suite at the Central Birth Suite at Burnley General Hospital. The idea and the main drive for the Butterfly Suite came from Joanne and Mark Edwards and […]

    £20015 Donated
    100.08% Funded
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  • Medafore Scan Trainer

    For many years East Lancashire hospital trust have been focused on trying to prevent stillbirths. We are aware that one of the preventable causes of stillbirth is babies that have not grown appropriately, intrauterine growth retardation or IUGR.  Women who are at risk are referred for a scan. However, there is shortage both locally and […]

    £28324 Donated
    101.16% Funded
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  • Memory Boxes

            ‘Luke’s Angel Friend’ Memory boxes are to support families in collecting cherished memories of their baby, no matter what gestation they are born.  These are put together by Joanne our founder.         We were pleased to have delivered our first 10 of  ‘Luke’s Angel Friend’ memory boxes to the hospital on Monday 23rd […]

    £2574 Donated
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  • Serenity Suite Conversion-The project begins

    The room that will become a 2nd Serenity Suite This photo is of the room which we are raising money for.  Currently this clinical room is your basic delivery suite.  Our hopes are to make this suite comforting for women who are ill or suffer loss during pregnancy.  It will be used by parents who […]

    £12412 Donated
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  • Trisomy 13 Awareness

      Our Logo represents Trisomy 13/Patau’s Syndrome the 3rd most common Chromosomal syndrome after Down’s syndrome(Trisomy 21) and Edwards Syndrome(Trisomy 18). The colours in the ribbon represent love, life and joy. What is Trisomy 13/Patau’s Syndrome? Inside all of the cells of our bodies there are tiny structures called chromosomes. These chromosomes carry the genes […]

    £2179 Donated
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  • Raise money for Friends of Serenity by Reaching for Rainbows!

    January 22, 2021

    Stick it to 2020 by Reaching For Rainbows 2020 was a year full of disappointments, to put it lightly, with job furloughs, cancelled holidays and postponed weddings to name but a few. However, it was also a year that sparked hope with neighbours looking out for one another, random acts of kindness being performed and […]

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  • Share Your Story- Zoe & Maisie

    August 15, 2020

    I had an easy pregnancy with Maisie, she was such a wriggle bum and I could tell she was going to have an attitude!  At 39+5 days, I realised that evening that she hadn’t moved like she usually did, and when I woke the next day, she was still quiet.  We went to the local […]

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  • Share Your Story- Amanda & Milo

    August 13, 2020

    I gained and lost a son on July 15, 2020.   My story began with the horrid words Bilateral Renal Agenesis. This was supposed to be the day I found out the gender; it was supposed to be a joyous day. I was not supposed to leave the hospital crying, but there I was with my head […]

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  • Share Your Story- Racheal & Layla Rae

    August 11, 2020

    Nothing can ever prepare you for the loss of a child. Carrying a child is supposed to be one of the most joyful times of your life. Until it isn’t. Until your body betrays you, makes an error. Your doctor is supposed to be there to support you, your decisions and your beliefs. Mine did […]

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  • Share Your Story- Kristian & Stanley

    August 8, 2020

    It was early January 2019 when we found out our unborn son had CDH (Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia). We hadn’t a clue what it was, all my wife kept saying was that the midwife just said “they usually die” when she asked her what it meant. “They usually die…”, that was it, I’m not sure the […]

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  • Share Your Story- Shona & Joey

    August 6, 2020

    Me and my partner had been trying for a few years and had an early miscarriage the year before, we were starting to lose hope and even went for a private appointment at a clinic in the hope that we could get some help. However, after the first appointment, I found I was pregnant so […]

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  • Share Your Story- Emma & Grace

    August 4, 2020

    Hello –  I’m Emma. I’m 28 and I live in Lancashire. I’m writing this the week before what will be 4 years since our first baby died. Her name is Grace. It was Grace then and it’s still Grace now. (Pictured above earlier on in my pregnancy, I didn’t take many photos, I wish I […]

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  • Share Your Story- Nichola & Lauren

    August 1, 2020

    In early 2004 I found out I was pregnant and like all other new “to be” parents we were excited and scared at the same time. The early stages of the pregnancy all (appeared) to be well. We went through the various stages and all was good. The 20-week scan gave us the info we […]

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  • Reach for Rainbows

    Our Rainbow boxes cost us between £45-£50 to create with each item carefully selected and wrapped by hand. In 2021 we want to Reach for Rainbows and we’ve created a fundraising campaign to help us do that. If you would like to donate to the campaign or run a fundraiser for this project just click […]

    £70 Donated
    1.4% Funded
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • Mama Academy Wallets

    For the past two years, Friends of Serenity have funded 7500 Mama Academy Wellbeing Wallets for families in East Lancashire. MAMA Academy was set up in 2012 to help more babies arrive safely, as the UK has one of the highest stillbirth rates in the developed world. These Mama wallets would normally cost families £2 […]

    £88 Donated
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • Rainbow Baby Boxes

    Our newest project is creating Rainbow Boxes to give families following the birth of their Rainbow Babies. A rainbow baby is a baby born after a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss. We understand how challenging a Rainbow pregnancy can be and know that the birth of a Rainbow Baby may well be full of bittersweet […]

    £88 Donated
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • The New Butterfly Suite is launched-June 10th 2015

    (Article from the trust) The Mayor of Burnley, Cllr Liz Monk, was joined by staff from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust as she officially opened the new Butterfly Suite at the Central Birth Suite at Burnley General Hospital. The idea and the main drive for the Butterfly Suite came from Joanne and Mark Edwards and […]

    £20015 Donated
    100.08% Funded
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • Medafore Scan Trainer

    For many years East Lancashire hospital trust have been focused on trying to prevent stillbirths. We are aware that one of the preventable causes of stillbirth is babies that have not grown appropriately, intrauterine growth retardation or IUGR.  Women who are at risk are referred for a scan. However, there is shortage both locally and […]

    £28324 Donated
    101.16% Funded
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • Memory Boxes

            ‘Luke’s Angel Friend’ Memory boxes are to support families in collecting cherished memories of their baby, no matter what gestation they are born.  These are put together by Joanne our founder.         We were pleased to have delivered our first 10 of  ‘Luke’s Angel Friend’ memory boxes to the hospital on Monday 23rd […]

    £2574 Donated
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • Serenity Suite Conversion-The project begins

    The room that will become a 2nd Serenity Suite This photo is of the room which we are raising money for.  Currently this clinical room is your basic delivery suite.  Our hopes are to make this suite comforting for women who are ill or suffer loss during pregnancy.  It will be used by parents who […]

    £12412 Donated
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • Trisomy 13 Awareness

      Our Logo represents Trisomy 13/Patau’s Syndrome the 3rd most common Chromosomal syndrome after Down’s syndrome(Trisomy 21) and Edwards Syndrome(Trisomy 18). The colours in the ribbon represent love, life and joy. What is Trisomy 13/Patau’s Syndrome? Inside all of the cells of our bodies there are tiny structures called chromosomes. These chromosomes carry the genes […]

    £2179 Donated
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION
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