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    Tree of Life Appeal – #DoTheTreePose challenge

    This year, we are commemorating 10 years since our founder, Jo Edwards, set up Friends of Serenity following the loss of her own son, Luke, in 2013.   We knew we had to do something special to commemorate the occasion and behind the scenes this year, we have been working to get a special project […]

    £19383 Donated
    38.77% Funded
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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 […]

    £590 Donated
    11.8% 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 […]

    £608 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 […]

    £693 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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  • Run For Charity

    July 30, 2023

    You can now sign up for a number of events through Run for Charity. There are all different kinds of events whether you want a fun inflatable, a run through Alton Towers, a giant bungee jump, or a duathlon. If you fancy something that isn’t on our list, you can go straight to the Run […]

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  • Our story- Baby R

    July 30, 2023

    We had talked about having a baby from really early on in our relationship and we naturally got to a point where we both knew it was what we wanted to actually happen and started trying but without any pressure attached to it. The more our friends started to have babies, the more we realised […]

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  • 10 years old!

    April 18, 2023

    In May this year, Friends of Serenity will be 10 years old. It is hard to believe that a whole decade has passed since it all began. I’ve recently been collating photographs and news articles from over the years and looking back on some of our key events and fundraising activities. It has been emotional. […]

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  • Welcome to new trustee Lisa!

    April 18, 2023

    The team at Friends of Serenity are small but mighty! We are all full-time working parents who put as much time and effort into the charity as possible. Sometimes it isn’t as much as we would like, and sometimes we find a way to cram in a few productive sessions. We recently asked one of […]

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  • Share your story- Meredith & Michael

    July 8, 2022

    A letter to Michael   To my sweet boy, It had been over a year of trying with two miscarriages and no answers so we stopped tracking and trying about a month before the night I found out you were there. I was going out with your Aunt’s so I took a test just to […]

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  • Jacob and Emily’s Story

    March 8, 2021

    Emma is mummy to Jacob who has Mosaic Trisomy 8, this is their story:       When I was pregnant the doctors found an increased nuchal behind Jacob’s neck on our 12 week scan. I had the screening for Down’s Syndrome which came back clear although the doctors said they couldn’t rule out a […]

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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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  • Tree sculpture illustration

    Tree of Life Appeal – #DoTheTreePose challenge

    This year, we are commemorating 10 years since our founder, Jo Edwards, set up Friends of Serenity following the loss of her own son, Luke, in 2013.   We knew we had to do something special to commemorate the occasion and behind the scenes this year, we have been working to get a special project […]

    £19383 Donated
    38.77% Funded
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION

  • 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 […]

    £590 Donated
    11.8% 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 […]

    £608 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 […]

    £693 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 […]

    £3093 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 […]

    £12981 Donated
    MORE DETAILS or MAKE A DONATION
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