Event Overview

Cafés are held within the beautiful landscapes of our Parks where you can feel the uplifting and healing power of nature around you.

Our Bereavement Cafés are welcoming spaces where the topic of death is not a taboo, but an open and honest conversation. Here, you can say your loved one’s name, share your memories, and talk about your grief with others who truly understand.

For those not ready to share, Bereavement Cafés offer the opportunity to simply listen, to be in the presence of others navigating loss, and to find comfort in knowing you’re not alone.

These gatherings are not about fixing grief or rushing healing – they’re about creating a safe, compassionate community where every experience of loss is respected, and every story matters. Whether you come to talk, listen, or just be, you are warmly welcomed.

All are welcome. Free coffee and cake!

Event Overview

Every year since 2002 from 9 – 15 October is Baby Loss Awareness Week. Throughout the week bereaved parents, family members and friends can commemorate the all-too-brief lives of their babies, knowing that thousands of other families elsewhere in the world will be doing the same.

The week also provides a crucial opportunity for people to talk openly about the subject of and raise awareness of baby loss. The week ends with Baby Loss Awareness Day and many choose to take part in the global ‘Wave of Light’.

On Sunday 12 October we invite you to Chiltern Park for our Wave Of Light service. You will have the opportunity to light a candle, take some peaceful reflection time in our beautiful service halls, take a walk around the Park, and write a message on a wooden heart for remembrance on our memory trees.

This is an open house event at Chiltern Park, so you are welcome to drop-in anytime between 10am and 12noon. Registration is not required.

Free tea, coffee and cakes will be available along with a warm reception from our team.

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