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Speaker 1: We do know that the loss of a child, no

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Speaker 1: matter their age, is one of the hardest things that

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Speaker 1: any parent can experience, and it changes your life and

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Speaker 1: the lives of the people around you. Now that loss

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Speaker 1: is often not talked about, and it is actually more

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Speaker 1: common than a lot of us realize. July is indeed

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Speaker 1: Bereave Parents Awareness Month, and it is dedicated to raising

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Speaker 1: awareness of the support which is necessary after the loss

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Speaker 1: of a child. And joining me on the line right

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Speaker 1: now is Amber and T Patron and our former news

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Speaker 1: director from a few years back, Kirie Blenkenstop. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Kirie.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Wilfy.

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Speaker 1: How are you very well? Great to have you on

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Speaker 1: the show. And I'll tell you what Crystal's run off

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Speaker 1: her feet today. So if you feel like another job, mate,

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Speaker 1: you can come in and help again if you'd like, for.

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Speaker 2: Come and give Crystal a bit of a hand.

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Speaker 1: She is incredibly busy. Now, Kirie, this is such a

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Speaker 1: tough topic for so many people. I know that the

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Speaker 1: loss of a child, there's something that so many of us,

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Speaker 1: so many experience, but don't often talk about. But indeed

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Speaker 1: July is Bereave Parents Awareness Months. Is what is this

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Speaker 1: month all about.

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Speaker 2: So Katie, it's all about awareness.

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Speaker 1: It is.

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Speaker 2: It's an incredibly tough topic to talk about. For some reason,

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Speaker 2: it's still taboo. The loss of a child, the loss

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Speaker 2: of a pregnancy is actually a lot more common than

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Speaker 2: people think that. For some reason, people feel like they

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Speaker 2: feel about it. But we really want to create awareness

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Speaker 2: that this stuff happens and families do need to be supported.

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Speaker 2: And amber ENSI is really developing this month into our

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Speaker 2: annual fundraising and awareness month. It's an opportunity to promote

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Speaker 2: awareness around the critical support services that our organization provides.

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Speaker 2: And you touched on it a little bit earlier. The

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Speaker 2: fact that this is sadly so common. One in four

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Speaker 2: pregnancies will end in miscarriage, and despite Australia being one

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Speaker 2: of the safest places in the world to give birth,

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Speaker 2: tragically six babies are stillborn every single day here in

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Speaker 2: this country. And the support that amber NT provides it's

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Speaker 2: not only to the parents that experienced the lots of

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Speaker 2: their child, it's also the entire family. It's brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, grandparents,

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Speaker 2: friends and in fact, the white community now sadly already.

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Speaker 2: This year's actually had forty eight referrals. And from that

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Speaker 2: forty eight referrals, there's a kind of a whipple of

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Speaker 2: that there are many, many more people that we provide

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, so forty eight referrals in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: just this year alone.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's sadly true.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, I know that Amber and obviously works

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Speaker 1: with those families and really does their best to help

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Speaker 1: them through what must be an incredibly difficult, difficult time.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it is. It is one of the most

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Speaker 2: unimaginable tragic things that a family can go through the

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Speaker 2: loss of a child, and Amber and provides confidential, free

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Speaker 2: non clinical services where here to listen, support, remember those

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Speaker 2: babies and children that will lost, create memories, educate and

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Speaker 2: also advocate. And this month it is around an education

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Speaker 2: anyone that comes in contact with parents or families tower

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Speaker 2: indeed people in the community that have been impacted by

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Speaker 2: the loss of a child. We've got train that helps

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now, Garrie, some people listening might be thinking to themselves,

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Speaker 1: did this used to be Sids and Kids? Is you know?

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Speaker 1: And is this the same organization or a different organization?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it is. So. Our organization started out as

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Speaker 2: Sids and Kids then TEA. It was founded by two

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Speaker 2: bereaved mothers back in nineteen eighty five. Sadly they suffered

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Speaker 2: created Sids and Kids. Now. Over the next three decades,

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Speaker 2: accidents and suicide. And then in twenty twenty one, to

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Speaker 2: simplify and to focus our vision emission, we became Amber

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Speaker 2: and Tea excuse me, and our tagline is besides doing

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Speaker 2: Greek and I think that really just sums up the services.

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Speaker 2: We are here to listen and support families absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Now there are a number of different events that are

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Speaker 1: happening throughout the month of July to do just that.

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Speaker 1: What are some of those events and where can people

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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, We've got a number of wonderful events. The

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Speaker 2: engaging and participating. So this week we're focusing on connection.

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Speaker 2: We've got a picnic down at the Columbay launch tomorrow

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Speaker 2: on well being. We've got a mind and Motion class

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Speaker 2: the eighteenth of this month, we've we've got an awareness

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Speaker 2: the thirtieth, we've got a Walk to Remember at Sanctuary

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Speaker 2: Lakes in Parmesan and that's a really beautiful reflection event

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Speaker 2: for families that are impacted by loss to really come together.

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Speaker 2: So if you or anyone you know is interested in

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Speaker 2: our events, all the informations on our Facebook page, in

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Speaker 2: our website if you just search Amber and Te you'll

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Speaker 2: be able to find it. Tickets are available via Spiking

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Speaker 2: Tickets and also individuals and workplaces can host technology free

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Speaker 2: And one of the most important things about all the

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Speaker 1: It is so incredibly important and being able to provide

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Speaker 1: loss of a child is just something that is absolutely

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Speaker 1: appreciate you having a chat with us this morning. Tell

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no worries, Katie. So if they head to our

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Speaker 2: Facebook page or our website, if you just search Amber

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Speaker 2: And we've also got a run down of all the

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Speaker 1: Well, Amber, NT, Patron, Kirie, Blink and st. We really

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time this morning. Thanks for chatting with us.

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Speaker 2: Oh thanks so much for having me on, Katie, really

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Speaker 2: appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.