Bolton Baby Memorial Garden

21/06/2020

Father's Day can be a very difficult time for Dads who didn't get to take their baby home. Today especially, our thoughts are with all those Dads.

With love from all at Remember My Baby this Father's Day.

03/06/2020

Hi All, I hope you are all coping during this difficult time?
I have been asked by a couple of you about accessing the Baby Garden. As I am working from home at the moment I just wanted to check with with the Hospital Managers and Grounds staff as to whether this was possible.

The answer is yes families can come to the Baby garden, please observe Social Distancing, and not to come in larger groups. My suggestion is to avoid lunch times particularly during the week as staff use the garden in the nicer weather for their lunch breaks. Probably the best time is late afternoon, early evening during the week or weekends.

The grounds staff will be doing some tidying up of the baby garden this week. If you notice any w**ds, rubbish, or dead flowers/plants please can I ask you to help us keep the Baby Garden clean and as tidy as possible. Thank you for your support.

Hope that helps?

Catherine

02/06/2020

The Bolton Baby Memorial Garden now has it's own email address babygarden@boltonft.nhs.uk

28/05/2020

Hi All
Update on Baby Garden Plaques
My name is Catherine I am the Deputy Head Chaplain. I have only recently got access to the admin to this page. I wanted to update you in regards to plaques for the baby garden with the current situation.
We are not able to order plaques at the moment as we get them through Timpson's which are closed. I also need to sort out a new way of ordering them.

Those who have ordered a plaque before January and are still waiting a plaque can you please email me the details and I will get someone in the chaplaincy office to locate the plaques.
babygarden@boltonft.nhs.uk

For new plaques, I will put another notice on here as soon as I have sorted the situation out I will let you know when we can order plaques again.

12/05/2020

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17/11/2019

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23/10/2019

This is a helpful resource on how people can support and respond to those experiencing miscarriage and baby loss xx

When a baby dies we might either struggle to interact with the bereaved parents/family or we might say the wrong thing. Get online and complete the National Bereavement Care Pathway free e-learning to know how to support a bereaved parent. For info: http://ow.ly/Iuy750wR1iD

15/10/2019

14/10/2019

Today we have had the new sculpture installed in the baby memorial garden. We would like to say a special thank you to everyone at Fishwicks for all their hard work to get this finished in time for the wave of light event. Thank you to everyone who donated and a special thank you to everyone at Greenhalgh’s bakery for their donation.

01/10/2019

We need your help. We want to do a tidy up of the garden in preparation for the wave of light event. The best day in the weather forecast is for this coming Saturday. We need parents and families to come along and help. If we get enough volunteers it only takes a couple of hours. If you can spare some time please meet in the garden at 10.30 on Saturday.

22/09/2019

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09/07/2019

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12/06/2019

We are currently setting up an e mail list for the Baby memorial garden. We have noticed that some people didn’t fill in the e mail address on the form. If you didn’t give your e mail address but wish to be included please send your details to Andy.Lee@boltonft.nhs.uk. If you did include your e mail you don’t need to send your e mail address again

22/05/2019

A space for all seasons


Welcome to Bolton’s Baby Memorial Garden.

Our garden honours and acknowledges all babies who have died during pregnancy, during birth or in the months after birth.

The garden has been visited by countless individuals and families over many years. Recent and continuing work will help to maintain a beautiful haven for families and people to reflect on their loss and remember their baby or babies.

We want the baby garden to be a special place for all to come to as a place of peace and reflection. You are gently reminded that the only items which may be left in the garden here are fresh flowers.

We respectfully ask families not to place other ornaments, such as soft toys, plastic flowers, balloons, or silk flowers. Items which may have been left here will be removed and kept for six months for families to reclaim. Please help to keep the garden tidy and make it a special place for all.

For further details or to discuss any concerns, please contact the chaplaincy team on 01204 390 770 or via email chaplaincy@boltonft.nhs.uk

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has a no smoking policy. Please respect this baby memorial garden by not smoking in this area, or indeed anywhere on the site

16/05/2019

What an amazing job our volunteers from NHS BSA have done today. The garden is w**d free and looking amazing. Thank you so much to everyone who has been involved today and you should be proud of the amazing job you have done.

16/05/2019

Today we have a team of volunteers in from NHS BSA to do a tidy up in the garden.