A BEREAVED parent is looking for people to join her organisation in a bid to spread awareness around baby loss.

Our Sam is a new organisation whose main aims are to raise awareness, understanding and support for baby loss. Through the projects, the team hopes to support people affected personally, and professionals who may come into contact with people affected by baby loss.

Our Sam has evolved from the response to the staging of a play by Suitcase Theatre Company in February 2020, at Theatr Clwyd in North Wales, called ‘Dancing in the Wings’. ‘Dancing in the Wings’ was written by Founder, Philippa Davies, from Mold and is based on her journey through loss of her daughter Sam, who was born asleep in January 2012.

Philippa is reaching out to bereaved parents who love music, to help put together their 'little stars in the sky through music'.

She told the Leader: "We have three fantastic musicians involved including a Music Producer, singer and musician/choir leader. We’re looking for bereaved parents UK wide, affected by miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or TMFR (termination for medical reasons) who just love to sing.

"We have a fundraiser going on alongside to help the project and there’s opportunities for any businesses who would like to help us with a bit of sponsorship including hoodies (to be designed yet) for the choir members.

The organisation will aim to launch a variety of projects over the next year, including physical projects and creative online projects.

Philippa added: "As we start our journey, our very first project comes under the category, ‘Creative Physical projects’. This arm of Our Sam wants to bring bereaved parents affected by baby loss together, through different creative arts.

"The aim is to have fun together, and achieve things you maybe never thought possible, or thought that you would never be capable of, to prove to yourself, with support from us, and other parents who share a similar difficult journey, that you are stronger than you think. Along with this, we hope that these creative projects will raise awareness and understanding of the journey we all face together.

"You don’t have to be an accomplished singer, and there is no requirement for you to be able to read music, you don’t have to audition, you just need be able to be able to hold a note. So if you love singing, whether that’s in the shower, or belting it out sat in a traffic jam, maybe you’ve even taken part in a musical or two, or you’ve been part of a choir at some point, this could be for you."

More information can be found on the website at https://oursam.org.uk/music/our-sams-our-stars-choir-sing-loud-and-proud-for-baby-loss or email Philippa@OurSam.org.uk.

Philippa said: "We hope that this musical journey will continue on to many further adventures long after this first project. As for current restrictions due to Covid-19, that isn’t going to stop us, as we will be starting this project using an online platform, so you will just need access to a computer, and we will take it step by step together from there."