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Mariposa Trust
UK-based charity
The Mariposa Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded by Zoë Clark-Coates, to support people who have suffered baby loss, in pregnancy, at birth or in infancy. It holds public Services of Remembrance, of any or no religious faith, across the UK to acknowledge the loss of a baby by their families, and by arranging specialist support divisions to help people with their associated grief and trauma. It is one of the organizations that supports baby loss awareness week.[1]
Clark-Coates and her husband Andy set up the trust after remortgaging their home. The charity soon generated more than 600,000 online hits per month. There are now 250 volunteers – doctors, midwives, counsellors, fundraisers, and ambassadors including Nigella Lawson and Gabby Logan.[2]
It is a British charity that supports people through miscarriages, infant death, stillbirth and other problems with pregnancy and early parenthood.[3] The charity has organised numerous "Saying Goodbye" services at cathedrals and minsters around Britain [4] as well as fundraising events.[5]