Miscarriage Support (MISS)
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Mission Statement
MISS offers a confidential space for anyone in Scotland to receive support, information and advice as well as understand they are not alone after going through miscarriage.
About This Cause
MISS was formed in March 2017 as the Chairperson had a personal experience of baby loss in 2015 and following from this, felt that there was a lack of support and advice in North East Scotland for early pregnancy loss. After further research, there was no early pregnancy loss charity in the area therefore Abi Clarke decided to start MISS to provide a platform where members could talk, be open about their experience and not feel judged. The vision for MISS is to support women and men after an early pregnancy loss by providing peer group support and recommending non-profit organisations and businesses. There are various platforms of support including face to face/online support groups and 1:1’s and a 24/7 phone service. As well as this additional support is provided for men and partners through the Mister service; pregnancy after loss and a different pathway (including fostering, adoption and IVF). Our aims are: • To raise awareness about miscarriage by organising regular information events for members to attend; providing support and advice at awareness weeks including Baby Loss Awareness Week, Fertility Week, Adoption Week and several others; encourage businesses to support their teams by allowing miscarriage leave. • Give support to anyone (regardless of background, gender, age or ethnicity) in the form of 1:1’s, coffee and chat sessions and support groups held at locations across Scotland including Aberdeen, Inverness and Ellon; 1:1 support with counselling; 24/7 phone service; social media pages with regular activities and posts; WhatsApp groups for members; offer support packs, memory boxes, pregnancy after loss bags or a different pathway bags. • Continue to ensure that all of our services are free of charge to members and hospitals including all materials, packs and boxes provided. • Encourage members to share their experience and talk with others; meet with other members and improve overall mental health and wellbeing • Continue partnerships with Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Peterhead Hospital and Dr Grays Hospital in Elgin by providing materials, support and funding as required for their early pregnancy units • Supporting local medical centres and other third sector organisations with materials on MISS services and how we can support • Collaborate with the Robert Gordon University by providing student placements and offering individuals an insight into volunteering in the third sector and the opportunity to learn new skills. Some of our activities include: • Regular coffee and chat sessions and in person and virtual support groups organised by our Support Coordinators • 1:1 meetings for women and men after miscarriage. These are offered both in person and virtually • A phone service which runs 24/7 with options of either speaking to one of the MISS team or messaging via text or WhatsApp • A different pathway support and an online group for bereaved parents who are looking at alternative options. These include adoption, fostering and IVF. • Pregnancy after loss support with regular social media activities and 1:1 online sessions with a midwife from Aberdeen Maternity Hospital • Fundraising activities to raise awareness and donations for the charity held virtually and in person. • Supply of memory boxes, pregnancy after loss bags & overnight packs for midwifes at hospitals across Scotland to offer patients after early pregnancy loss. • Supply of support packs to the community for those who have suffered a miscarriage. These commenced in March 2020 when physical meetings were restricted due to COVID and the committee voted to continue with these following positive member feedback.