HOPE -Pregnancy After A Loss NOTTS

25/01/2026

Zephyr's HOPE group runs on the last Tuesday of every month, 7-9pm at Sherwood Community Centre.

Warm, welcoming, and friendly, our peer support for anyone who is pregnant or trying to conceive after loss, has different themes, activities each session, and from time to time visiting practitioners too.

Sherwood Community Centre, Mansfield Road, NG5 3FN. Find the community centre, with free parking right outside, behind the long red brick wall opposite Woodthorpe Park. Accessible by bus too.

This fb page is not very active, but the support group is! Do check out our private fb group :
'Hope' The Pregnancy after a loss closed support group. NOTTINGHAM

Or find out more on our charity's website : https://zephyrs.org.uk/support/hope

We support families following pregnancy loss, or the death of a baby or child. We are so sorry if you find yourself here because of the loss of someone dear to you.

09/10/2025

A lovely coffee morning, and fundraiser is being held and hosted in support of Zephyr's next week - Tues 14th October. Open to all, and particularly aimed at those with young children... do book a ticket and come along!x

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Join the Nottingham Baby & Toddler Community for a coffee morning packed with fun – all while raising money for charity Zephyr’s 💜A local charity supporting families through pregnancy and baby loss (Charity no. 1199772)

📅 Tuesday 14th October�🕙 10am–12pm�📍 Sherwood Methodist Church, NG5 1EN
What’s on:�👶 Sensory play with Baby Sparks Sensory�🧸 The Power of Play pop-up play area�🎨 Crafts with ARTventurers Nottingham�🕯️ Tea-light jar decorating�🖌️ Personalised gifts from The Wright Craft�🎈 Magical displays from The Balloon Barn Nottingham
🍰 Refreshments & cakes

🎟️ Tickets are limited – grab yours today and support a wonderful cause!
�👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nottingham-baby-toddler-community-family-fundraiser-tickets-1735752836459?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAVERFWANBH-JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp_G9n54isBUdj7MoPI4QMnZz4oPsxofdAG2PxYhobGVGJ8swTx1Kc3L73pku_aem_b5UmfiEbcK2Jlgarx38j0g

If you can’t make it, donations are welcome via the ticket page.
Everyone welcome – bring family, friends & neighbours!

26/03/2023

Our monthly support session is this Tuesday evening 7-9pm at By Our Hands workshop in Sneinton Market. Feel free to drop by or send us a message if you need any further information.

04/09/2022

Too beautiful for earth... 18mm freestanding Angels in any colours of your choice. Seen here in white with blue but I have done many other colours too, pale pink, light blue, pale green, lilac, green, cream, Lemon so please ask if theres something you'd like. These are £6 each + £3.50 delivery

02/09/2022

Yoga Nidra is a relaxing and gentle guided meditation; it forms part of the session that Hannah, from The Yoga Village, offers during our Zephyr's Yoga Circle.

The morning Hannah runs for bereaved mums, and gives plenty of space for comfort, connection, relaxation and calmness...

You are welcome to join us to take part, 10am-12.30 on Sunday 18th September. Please get in touch so we can hold a place for you, contact@zephyrsnottingham.org.uk

20/08/2022

Meet Emma, Rainbow Clinic Specialist Midwife at our Stillbirth Research Centre.

In 2013, Prof Alex Heazell and his midwifery colleagues at our Manchester Research Centre set up the Tommy’s Rainbow Clinic. Since then, the team has delivered a specialist service to help families who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal loss through future pregnancies. Their expert care and treatments have been developed through research studies made possible by funding from Tommy’s.

Emma joined the Manchester team in November 2019 and took over as Rainbow Clinic Specialist Midwife last year. She splits her time between research and clinical care, supporting families at the Rainbow Clinic through pregnancy after loss whilst also helping roll out this model of care to other NHS Trusts through the Rainbow Clinc Roll-Out Study.

Emma first became passionate about the work of the Rainbow Clinic when the team supported her own family. After her sister-in-law and brother-in-law sadly lost their daughter Grace, they welcomed her little sister, Niamh, under the team's care in 2017. Having seen the impact of the clinic first-hand, Emma now supports other families through the anxieties of pregnancy after loss:

“The most rewarding part of my job is building a relationship with families and supporting them during their pregnancy after loss. Some families have sadly experienced multiple losses, which can mean they’re often very anxious and need extra reassurance visits in between scheduled appointments.

“Being a part of the journey and often being present for the birth of their much-wanted baby is the most amazing experience. I'm so lucky to still receive updates from families who had their rainbow baby when I first started at the clinic almost 3 years ago.”

Emma and the team are working hard to roll out the Rainbow Clinic model of care across the UK, so as many parents as possible can get specialist care after a late-term or neonatal loss – no matter where they live.

Read the full Q&A with Emma here: https://bit.ly/3pyu4os

16/08/2022

Group B Streptococcus (Group B Strep, Strep B, Beta Strep, or GBS) is a type of bacteria which lives in the intestines, re**um and va**na of around 2-4 in every 10 women in the UK (20-40%). This is often referred to as ‘carrying’ or being ‘colonised with’ GBS. Group B Strep is not a sexually...

04/08/2022

We're thinking ahead and planning in the next few months of HOPE sessions for you...
As well as Hypnobirthing later this month in person with Kerry from Barefaced Birth, at By Our Hands space in Sneinton Market, we have online sessions with some other lovely folk coming up too - Christa, local bereavement midwife will be joining HOPE online in September, and Manisha of Nurturing Mama - Hypnobirthing & Perinatal Emotional Wellbeing joining in online later in the year also.

All of our HOPE sessions are here for you to join in if you wish.
If we can support you to take the step to join us for the first time, just let us know... we all appreciate and understand that stepping into pregnancy after loss can bring lots of mixed emotions. x