Baby Loss Awareness Week 2025
This year marks the 22nd year of #BLAW, a time for people to come together to remember their babies, raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss, and drive change. We are honoured to be working with organisations across the country to honour the memory of the baby’s we could not raise.
OBAN: Wave of Light with Evening Tea
This year, we are honoured once again to gather with bereaved families for the Oban Wave of Light and Evening Tea, in partnership with Miscarriage Support. This year’s service will be held in the beautiful library at the historic Glencruitten House Hotel.
Guests are invited to arrive at 6.00pm, with our service beginning at 6.15pm. We are delighted that singer Elissa Conway will once again open our service, creating a space of reflection and comfort. Throughout the evening, we will also hear moving poems read aloud, written by bereaved parents in memory of their precious children.
At 7.00pm, we will join with families across the world to light candles in memory of our babies, children, and young people. This moment forms part of the international Wave of Light — a global chain of love and remembrance as bereaved families in every time zone let their candlelight shine.
Following the service, Glencruitten House Hotel will provide a scrumptious evening tea for our guests, all at no cost to bereaved families. For those who wish to stay a little longer, we have been warmly invited to relax and enjoy the hotel’s atmosphere — and bar — after the service.
We are also very touched that Glencruitten House Hotel are kindly crafting leaves engraved with our children’s names, a special act of remembrance to accompany this year’s gathering.
If anyone requires a lift from Oban town centre, we will be glad to arrange this.
To help us prepare catering and ensure everyone is cared for, we ask that all guests complete the form below.
We look forward to welcoming you to this special evening of remembrance, reflection, and togetherness.
Why We Mark Baby Loss Awareness Week
Why We Mark Baby Loss Awareness Week
Each year, from 9–15 October, Anam Cara Fasgadh joins with more than 130 charities in the Baby Loss Awareness Alliance to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week. This week supports bereaved parents and families while uniting with others across the world to commemorate babies’ lives and lost pregnancies.
The Alliance is committed to raising awareness of pregnancy and baby loss, improving bereavement care, reducing preventable deaths, and ensuring support for all who are grieving. For us, this week is a chance to stand alongside families, to break the silence around loss, and to show that every child’s life, however short, matters deeply.
We warmly invite families, friends, and supporters to join us in remembering together — whether by taking part in the Wave of Light on 15 October at 7pm, sharing their baby’s name with us, or simply lighting a candle at home. Together, we bring comfort, connection, and love to a community that should never have to grieve alone.