26th March 2020
With all that is going on our education sessions are on hold, but hopefully our education hub SafeSleepscotland can be useful for parents and staff working with new families in healthcare, social care, and childcare settings when thinking about Safe Sleep. On the site there are a variety of resources from awareness videos, evidence-based messages, […]
18th March 2020
We have taken the decision today, guided by government guidelines, to close our office and have staff work from home. The best way to contact us is via email: contact@scottishcotdeathtrust.org Our family at Scottish Cot Death Trust is dedicated to supporting you through the difficult weeks ahead at what is already for many families we […]
17th March 2020
With events, collections and fundraising activity being cancelled for the time being, we think that now is a good time to celebrate some of your amazing fundraising achievements from the past year. Facebook Fundraising: Birthday Fundraisers, Individual Donations and Facebook fundraising pages have generated the phenomenal sum of £13761 Fundraising Volunteers: We’ve […]
21st February 2020
The team were out and about this week as Martin, Liz, and Jacky attended The Gathering. We were lucky to win SCVO’s annual competition for an Exhibition stand in 2019, so we decided to go along for a 2nd year in a row and it was well worth it! Organised every year by SCVO, The Gathering […]
6th February 2020
Royale was such a big, happy, healthy boy who was perfect in every way possible. “From the minute he entered this world, he was amazing. It was like he had read the baby book before he was born! I knew he was special the moment I set eyes on him; his two big brothers were […]
8th January 2020
As 2020 kicks off, we have been looking back at what was a very busy and productive 2019! Along with our ongoing support work, we had very strong years on the education and fundraising fronts of the charity. As well as Kiltwalking and Tough Muddering, we won competitions and were nominated for national awards. We […]
20th December 2019
Liam McGrory enjoyed the Kiltwalk experience so much, he took part in 4 of the events in 2019! “I decided to raise funds for the Scottish Cot death trust in memory of Adam Kelly. Adam is my cousin’s son, who sadly passed away at just 4 months old in February 2011. It had a profound […]
2nd December 2019
This week is #UKCHARITYWEEK, a campaign designed to give the people of the United Kingdom an opportunity to place awareness and fundraising for charities high on the national agenda. Since 2009, UK Charity Week runs during the first full week in December, and for the last two years we have been a Charity Partner. It […]
21st November 2019
The importance of available support for those affected by a sudden and unexpected death of a child cannot be understated. When providing support, we try to offer help specific to the individual whether that be parent, a grandparent, a professional, or even when those needing support are children themselves. This week we, like many others, […]
8th November 2019
November has begun as busy as ever with our Afternoon Tea in Glasgow and education/awareness events in Edinburgh, Dundee, Inverclyde, and Inverness already this month. August, September, and October were just as busy. Our activity map below gives a snapshot of what we have been working on and who we have been meeting with across […]
