As part of National Baby Loss Awareness Week, which runs from Octobner 9 to 15, local charity Forget Me Not will be holding their third annual remembrance event on October 15 at 6.30 pm at the Porth Avallen Hotel, Carlyon Bay Hotel, St Austell.

This event will include a short service of remembrance, with poems, readings and music by the Melagari String Quartet. At 7pm there will be a candle lighting to join the Global Wave of Light' joining with others around the world remembering all those babies. Refreshments will follow with an opportunity to meet representatives from SANDS, CRUSE Bereavement Care and other supporting organisations. Baby Loss Ribbon pins are available from Forget Me Not, via the Baby Loss web site, or at the event. All monies raised by sales of ribbon pins are donated to national baby loss charities.

For those unable to attend, Forget Me Not have organised a second event on October 7 at6 2pm at Hotel Penzance, Britons Hill, Penance.

Jenny Moore, Founder of Forget Me Not said: "Our event has grown considerably since it began. Last year around 50 people attended, and this year we are hoping for another good attendance with more people hearing about us over the last 12 months. The loss of baby during pregnancy, at birth or in the first few months of their lives is devastating, it is the loss of a little life and by no means a little loss. After such a bereavement you can feel isolated and as though no one really understands the severity of your loss. Remembrance services can be extremely important to grieving families. They give people the opportunity to stop and think about their loss, people can unite in their grief and access support".

For more information on Forget Me Not please visit their web site www.forgetmenotbaby.org Forget Me Not meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 7 - 8.30 p.m. at St Austell Community Hospital, Porthpean Road.