West front of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast in 2010 (Image: Peter Thompson/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Belfast Cathedral will host a special service later this month for those who have been impacted by baby loss in Northern Ireland. The 'Saying Goodbye' service will be held at St Anne's Cathedral on Sunday, June 16, and will provide a space for families to grieve their loss and show their world that their babies were truly loved. The event has been organised by the Mariposa Trust, which was founded by grief expert, author, TV host and campaigner Zoe Clark-Coates MBE and her husband Andy, following their devastating personal journey of five losses.
Read more: Woman, 29, welcomes baby girl after 'breakthrough' fertility study led by Derry scientist Read more: Heartbreak as five-month-old Belfast baby dies of meningitis hours after arriving in hospital It will be free to attend and is open to people of any faith or no faith and to those who have lost recently or decades ago. The charity’s co-founder and CEO Zoe Clark-Coates said: "Our services provide a beautiful opportunity for mothers, fathers, siblings and extended family to say goodbye to their babies and show they are truly loved. Our job at the Mariposa Trust is to ensure every child is recognised, however fleeting their existence.
” Baby loss impacts around one in four pregnancies in the UK with nearly 700 babies lost each day. 28 Saying Goodbye services will take place in 2024 in seven different countries, with the s.