Simba Charity

Simba is all about honouring baby loss. We provide direct support to bereaved families in Scotland at their critical time of loss through our Memory Boxes and our Bereavement Rooms.

In the months and years that follow their loss, we offer comfort and support through our ‘Trees of Tranquillity’ remembrance sculptures and online Support Groups; both offering grieving families a chance to share experience with others who have been affected.

We are the only Scottish based charity that focuses on providing memory making opportunities for parents who have experienced miscarriage as well as stillbirth and have been carrying this out since 2005. We are affiliated with the Royal College of Midwives, and we keep the voices of parents and families at the centre of all we do.

Right now, the demand for our services has never been greater. We work tirelessly to donate hand finished, unique Memory Boxes to individuals at home and to maternity and gynaecology wards, neonatal units, and hospices so that families can, where possible, create memories of precious time spent together.

Where this is not possible, families have a cherished keepsake to acknowledge and honour their baby’s existence. We also refurbish Bereavement Rooms in hospitals to create a peaceful and private space for grieving families, and we install and maintain memorial ‘Trees of Tranquillity’ – each Tree is adorned with copper leaves which belong to individual families and honour their lost little one with a personal engraved message. In our communities, we highlight key yearly events such as Baby Loss Awareness Week in October.