Aching Arms is a charity that gives its comfort bears to hospitals and hospices, for midwives and nurses to offer to bereaved parents in their care.

Along with the bears, the charity also offers a support service to parents after their loss, whether it was during pregnancy, at birth or soon after.

Aching Arms offers direct support to parents via its Supporting Arms support service, a telephone and email support service which is run by bereaved parents. The service offers families the chance to talk to someone who has an understanding of what they’re going through and helps them feel they’re not alone.