Zander Nation to DJ at fundraiser to help grieving parents cope with losing baby

Baby Loss Retreat is teaming up with Zander Nation to raise funds for the Airdrie lifeline, which offers support to heartbroken mums and dads.

The charity was set up by Coatbridge baby ashes victim, Julie Morrison, who wants to help families like hers.

Julie Morrison is on a mission to help other families like her own (Image: Sourced)

We previously reported how the 42-year-old lost her own baby girl, Erin, in 2003 and was horrified to discover her ashes were abandoned in a funeral parlour cupboard for 13 years.

Now she is fundraising to provide vital services like counselling and respite to give others the help she never got.

On Saturday, they are hosting a party night for anyone over the age of 16 years old.

Julie told the Glasgow Times: “As a charity, we get very little in terms of support, funding and grants.

“All of the money that Baby Loss Retreat raises comes from fundraising.

“Our services have become so important in the last four and a half years and it has proven time and time again with the number of family members that walk through our office door.

“Everyone that walks through our door will be supported in one way or another - free of charge.

“By buying a ticket to our Zander Nation fundraiser, you are helping us to keep those services going.

“If you can come along, please buy a ticket and join us for what will be an excellent night.”

Julie is teaming up with Zander Nation (Image: Sourced)

The event will take place at Digital Night Club on Keith Street in Hamilton from 6.30pm with tickets costing £22.15.

Julie said: “Buying one ticket provides funds for families to go on retreats for two days.

“Buying two tickets provides a sibling with a safe space to talk with a counsellor, to create lasting memories of their sibling and to create music playlists to help encourage positive feelings.

“Buying any number of tickets means we can help ease the pressure on families who have lost their baby and that is our ultimate goal.”

We previously reported how it is thought as many as 450 families were affected by the baby ashes scandal in Scotland.

It came after staff at crematoriums across the country disposed of the ashes of babies and then falsely told grieving parents there were not enough remains to return to them.

Julie had no idea she was one of these victims until she contacted a lawyer who discovered her child’s remains had been in the Jonathan Harvey Funeral Directors branch in Glasgow.

They were discovered among 11 other sets of infant ashes dating back to 1999.

Julie is now committed to helping other parents who are going through the same heart-breaking experience she did.

Find out more about buying tickets and the event here.