Aching Arms UK

Aching Arms is a charity that provides comfort and support to those who have lost a baby during pregnancy, at birth or shortly after. We work with over 170 hospitals across the UK to offer our teddy bears as a comforter to parents and their families. Our bears ensure parents know they are not alone and provide an essential link to the support services available to parents after the death of a baby. We also send our comfort bears to bereaved parents who contact us directly via our website, email, Facebook and Twitter. “It’s not just a bear, it’s like someone walking up to you and holding your hand through your darkest days. I treasure my bear. It brings a kind of comfort that no-one else can” "Mine has been a real comfort to me and makes me smile as I share mine with my little boy, so happy times as well as sadness" “As a man, I honestly couldn't have imagined a bear meaning that much to me, after all, it's not a male thing, right? Our daughter passed away shortly after she was born. We were given an Aching Arms bear at the hospital. I remember how touched I felt when we received it and how tightly my wife clenched onto it as we left the hospital. We knew we weren't alone and we weren't leaving totally empty handed. Our bear, Grace, has become a loved member of our family”.