Upcoming sessions: (drop in sessions, no booking required)
7pm – 9pm Monday the 28th Apr 2025
7pm – 9pm Monday the 19th May 2025
7pm – 9pm Monday the 30th June 2025
7pm – 9pm Monday the 28th July 2025
How does it work and who is it for?
The HOPE Group is a group for those who are pregnant after loss, or are trying to conceive. The HOPE group meet-ups always have a focus activity or guest speaker. Each session gives you the chance to chat to others, sharing in hopeful and positive stories, as well as giving you the opportunity to gently connect to yours or your partner’s pregnancy. Sessions can include birth planning, creative activities, relaxation techniques, mindfulness, yoga, and managing anxiety, alongside professional support from midwives and other healthcare professionals.
When and where?
We (usually) meet on the last Monday of the month, between 7pm – 9pm. The address is By Our Hands Workshop, 42 Freckingham Street, Sneinton Market, NG1 1DQ. If you need help finding us, read more here. You can call us on 07915 995532 on the day of the session.
What is helpful to know before attending?
We wish you our gentlest congratulations if you or your partner find yourself pregnant, or are ready to try to conceive again after loss. Becoming pregnant after losing a baby or child can feel like a roller coaster of mixed emotions. These sessions are here to welcome you into a supportive and understanding group of people who find themselves on a similar journey.
Mindfully led by Zephyr’s peer support volunteers Louise and Natalie, and frequently joined by visiting practitioners offering nurturing and supportive antenatal activities and care, members of HOPE and the volunteer team all support each other within a safe and understanding space.
You can find out more about the meet ups on HOPE’s public Facebook page, you may also wish to join HOPE’s closed Facebook page for those TTC or pregnant after loss, to connect with the community privately.
A little more about the history of HOPE
HOPE was born in 2017, when a group of Zephyr’s volunteers decided that there should be somewhere to turn to; somewhere that provided a safe space for those on the journey of pregnancy after loss.
Louise and Natalie joined our team, and they now run the HOPE group with support from Zephyr’s founder Carly. They both came along to the first HOPE sessions during their own ‘rainbow’ pregnancies, and they are now the team who host the monthly support sessions, also providing communication and support via email and Facebook. The HOPE group focuses on nurturing our community inclusively.
Please feel welcome to contact us for more general information about the support we have available.
Please note these sessions are for bereaved adults only, and are on offer for those who are bereaved through pregnancy loss or the death of a baby or child. If you are looking for support on a 1-2-1 basis, please make an enquiry about our counselling service here.
If you would like to receive updates on our support sessions you can sign up to Carly’s update emails, sent out monthly. Express your interest at contact@zephyrsnottingham.org.uk and we’ll add you to the mailing list. Alternatively, you can keep up to date with our activity by following any of our social media accounts, by signing up to our general newsletter here or by simply checking in here on our website.
If you have taken part in our sessions and would like to give us feedback or a testimonial, please feel free to send an email to admin@zephyrsnottingham.org.uk to share your experience.