Sands United FC Basingstoke

What a month it’s been 🤩

It was a pleasure having the BBC visit our training, but we never expected the video to reach over 1 million views and nearly 100,000 likes! 😱

What means the most, though, is the messages, love and conversations it has sparked within families, giving people the opportunity to talk about their angels 🕯️

Every donation is hugely appreciated, but seeing them come from across the world is incredibly special and shows just how far the message is reaching 🙏

We’ve even had people at CarFest and on holiday recognise the BBC piece and speak to our lads about it 🤝

The BBC visit came through our nomination for the Make a Difference Award, but the awareness created — and keeping our angels being spoken about — will always be our biggest goal. ❤️

Thank you bbc_berkshire, bbchampshire, sandscharity

SANDS United at Carfest 2026 🤩

Another huge thank you to Dan Chandler as he organised another opportunity to speak about SANDS & SANDS United at the new home of Carfest - Silverstone! Another thank you to the volunteers 🤝

Not the best weather for it, but the conversations and awareness that came from it was worth every second!

We look forward to Carfest 2027 👀🙏

Match result for yesterday ⚽️

Man of the match was voted to be Jack Wingate 🤝

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Our match squad for this Sundays fixture ⚽️

📆 - 30/08/26
🕚 - 11:00 KO
📌 - Winklebury Football complex

In memory of
Ella Maria, Hope, Henry, George & Amelia 🕯️

Up the SANDS
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Not that we work from an office, but hopefully catch the drift 😂

I am off to Creamfields whilst our other admins will be enjoying and spreading awareness of SANDS & SANDS United at CarFest 🙌

We have had lots of messages and comments especially as a result of the BBC post of which we are so grateful for, we are typically quick to reply to messages, but we have a long weekend off!

Thank you for the support, have a lovely bank holiday weekend all 💜🧡💙

Our next fixture this Sunday ⚽️

Looking forward to greeting these lads who are travelling to allow us another match day fixture 🧡💙

After the success of last year, SANDS United will be returning to CarFest 2026 in the new home of Silverstone 🙌

Another brilliant opportunity to raise awareness and giving the opportunity to talk about early pregnancy and baby loss, and in some cases, a chance for people to speak their angels name 🕯️

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Pen Y Fan ✅

Little leg stretch before next month 3 peaks 🗻🗻🗻

For all precious angels 🧡💙

Few of us on a little walk up Pen Y Fan for a bit of training before our 3 peaks next month 🥾🗻🧡💙

https://sands.enthuse.com/pf/sufcbasingstoke-3-peaks

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Today is Rainbow Baby Day 🌈 We know that many of you will have mixed emotions about this day. You may have your Rainbow Baby or you may be navigating pregnancy or baby loss right now. Some of you may be trying to conceive after loss.

We also know that while having another baby after loss can be a joyful time, it can also be a reminder of what was lost and is often a very worrying time for bereaved parents.

Please know we are here, if you need to talk 💜🧡