Centre Event
Guests who have been impacted by pregnancy issues and trauma are invited to light a candle to remember those who have been lost during pregnancy and childbirth.
Wednesday 15th October 2025 Join us from 6.30pm with candle lighting at 7pm
Trafford Palazzo
Trafford Palazzo’s iconic fountain will once again be steeped in coloured light for the fourth year running with candles lit – bringing bereaved parents, friends and family together in a safe and supportive remembrance.
Guests will be welcomed to light a candle at 7pm as part of the Global Wave of Light, where people across the world light candles to honour and remember babies who have died during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy.
Candles will be available to purchase, with funds raised from sales and donations to support Tommy’s, the largest UK charity carrying out research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth, and premature birth.
The event, which is now in its 4th year, has been organised with Tommy’s and the Rainbow Clinic team of midwives at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Manchester, who provide a specialist service for women and their families in subsequent pregnancy following previous complications.
"We’ve visited the Wave of Light event at Trafford Palazzo for the past two years. It’s such a beautiful place to spend, what I consider to be, a significant and emotional time.
Being around other bereaved families, and the staff from St Mary’s, is a comfort and a reminder that you are not alone in the heartbreak that is baby loss.
This year we will be at the event to light candles for our baby Sonny & baby J."
Shedding new light on the causes of stillbirth, miscarriage and preterm birth
Kate Holland, Marketing Director at Peel, said:
“We are proud to host the Wave of Light remembrance event at Trafford Palazzo, as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th – 15th October) to bring bereaved families together and allow them to unite with others across our communities alongside raising awareness of the important work the Tommy’s Rainbow Clinic in Manchester does for the region.
The charity is shedding new light on the causes of stillbirth, miscarriage and preterm birth and has been significantly improving outcomes for mothers, their babies and their families.”
Together, we can stop the heartbreak and devastation of baby loss
Clare Bolton, Tommy’s Director of Marketing and Engagement, said:
“It’s heartbreaking that half of the UK’s adults have experienced baby loss, or know someone who has. Tommy’s is here to change that through our world-leading research into pregnancy loss and premature birth. We’re making breakthroughs all the time, but there is still so much more to be done.
We’re extremely grateful to Trafford Palazzo for hosting this special event and helping to break the silence around baby loss, connect the community and raise funds for our vital work. Together, we can stop the heartbreak and devastation of baby loss and make pregnancy and birth safe – for everyone.
The Tommy’s Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre at the University of Manchester is made up of internationally renowned clinicians, scientists and researchers investigating stillbirth and associated pregnancy complications.
Delivering world-class advances in pregnancy research to inform better clinical care, policy and practice. Improving outcomes for mothers, their babies and their families.
The centre has grown to include a network of 6 research clinics, offering specialist care to women at high risk of pregnancy loss. These women have a chance to take part in clinical studies that improve understanding of stillbirth, fetal growth restriction, hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes. The clinics then translate research breakthroughs into clinical practice.
The Tommy’s Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre at the University of Manchester is made up of internationally renowned clinicians, scientists and researchers investigating stillbirth and associated pregnancy complications.
Opened in 2001, our pioneering research centre in Manchester aims to find solutions to pregnancy problems. The centre focuses on:
• Understanding the causes of stillbirth and developing treatments to prevent it
• Finding ways to identify which pregnancies are at risk
• Working with the NHS to improve antenatal care to help reduce UK stillbirth rates.
1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy or birth; Tommy’s believes that every baby lost is one too many.
Tommy’s is a national charity that works tirelessly to reduce the UK’s unacceptable rates of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. Tommy’s funds pioneering medical research to discover the causes of baby loss and helps women and pregnant people at every stage of their pregnancy journeys, supporting them and their partners with expert information and care.
Tommy’s wants to make pregnancy safer for all and ensure that excellent maternity care is available for every family, every baby, everywhere.
Sands is the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. They operate throughout the UK, supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby, working to improve the care bereaved parents receive, and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies’ lives.
Visit the SANDS charity website for more support and information.
Petals was founded in 2011 to provide and promote specialist counselling for parents across the UK following baby loss.
Petals are aware of the pressure that comes with Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) for those who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss – it is one of those significant dates, like your baby’s birthday or Christmas – you feel it matters, and that you must do something that not only remembers your baby, but also ensures those around you also remember, or more importantly, don’t forget.
With that in mind, they share some of the advice their counsellors have given to women and couples over the past 10 years to cope during this significant week - however you choose to mark this time.
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