Continuing Bonds: Honouring Your Child’s Journey
Always Close Collection
A meaningful keepsake, chosen to help you carry your child close.
We understand how important it can be to have things to remember your child and so offer a range of keepsakes to give you something to hold, wear or see to help you feel close to your child.
A keepsake shaped around your memories
Choose something that feels meaningful to you and your family.
Your choice of keepsake
Explore the collection and choose the keepsake that feels most meaningful to you. Each option offers a different way to remember your child and keep them close.
Personal to
your child
Depending on the keepsake you select, it may incorporate clothing, ashes, a fingerprint, a photograph, artwork or other details that are special to your family.
Made with
care
We work with carefully selected specialist partners who understand how precious these items and memories are. We will explain what is needed and support you through the next steps.
Something meaningful to keep close
Grief is deeply personal, and there is no single keepsake that will feel right for every family. You may want something you can hold, something made from your child’s clothing, a piece of jewellery you can wear or something beautiful to keep in a special place.
The Always Close Collection brings together a carefully chosen range of keepsakes. Each one offers a different way to remember your child and hold onto the connection you share.
Take your time to explore the options. When you have chosen the keepsake that feels right for you, complete our request form and tell us about your choice.
However you remember them, they will always be part of your family’s story.
Choose a keepsake that feels right for you
Explore the Always Close Collection
Each keepsake is created by one of our specialist partners. Select an option below to learn what is available, what can be personalised and what we will need from you.
Please explore the information carefully before completing the request form, as we will ask which keepsake you have chosen.
Our brochure includes photographs, available options and important information to help you choose
Clothing Keepsakes
A treasured item of your child’s clothing, lovingly transformed into something you can hold and keep close.
Created by Love Keep Create
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Created by Love Keep Create
Love Keep Create transforms items of your child’s clothing into handmade keepsakes that can be held, displayed or kept close.
Using familiar fabrics, colours and patterns helps preserve some of the memories connected with the clothing. Because each keepsake is individually made from the items you provide, every finished piece is completely unique.
The collection includes memory bears, different animals, cushions, blankets and letter cushions. Each design requires a particular type and amount of clothing, so it is important to check the details before choosing.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, clothing requirements, available options and further information.
Self-fill Ashes Jewellery
A discreet piece of jewellery that allows you to carry a small part of your child with you.
Provided by Urns for Ashes
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Provided by Urns for Ashes
This collection includes discreet necklaces, bracelets, rings and charms designed to hold a token amount of your child’s ashes within a small, secure compartment.There are different styles and finishes available, including pieces suitable for women and men. Some can also be personalised through engraving, different chains or other details.
Most pieces are supplied with a filling kit, allowing you to place the ashes into the jewellery yourself when you feel ready. This creates a personal keepsake that can be worn regularly or kept somewhere special.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, available options and further information.
Keepsake Cards
A personal image, ashes or hair captured in a card to keep, display or carry with you in your purse or wallet.
Created by Print-a-Plate
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Provided by Print-A-Plate
A Keepsake Card is a small, personal keepsake designed to fit inside a wallet or phone case, allowing you to carry something meaningful with you wherever you go.The card can bring together a treasured photograph with a fingerprint, small lock of hair or token amount of ashes. These are carefully protected within the card, creating something discreet that can be held, displayed or kept close.
Some families may choose one card to remember their child, while others may find comfort in having a card for each parent, carer or sibling.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, available options and further information.
Ripples Comfort Cat
A soft companion for bereaved siblings, with a fingerprint charm offering a special connection to their sibling.
Created by Ripples of Compassion
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Created especially for bereaved siblings
Ripples is our soft Comfort Cat, created to give bereaved siblings something familiar to hold and keep close when feelings of grief become difficult.
Ripples can be provided alongside a small Button & Bean charm featuring their sibling’s fingerprint. The charm offers an additional, personal connection that can be kept safely or temporarily attached to Ripples’ collar during a quiet remembrance activity.
The fingerprint charm is a memorial keepsake rather than a toy and is supplied separately from the Comfort Cat. Families should read the full safety guidance before deciding whether this option is suitable for their child.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see the eligible charms, important safety information and further details.
Fingerprint Jewellery
A unique impression of your child preserved in a piece of jewellery or a charm.
Provided by Button & Bean
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Created by Button & Bean
Button & Bean creates jewellery and keepsakes featuring your child’s actual fingerprint, handprint or footprint.
A print can be carefully engraved onto a ring, necklace, bracelet, charm, earring or keyring, preserving its unique details within something personal to you. Depending on the item, you may also be able to add a name, date, short message, birthstone or additional charm.
The collection includes a variety of shapes, sizes and finishes, with options suitable for wearing, carrying or keeping somewhere special.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, available options and further information.
Ashes Glass Jewellery
A small amount of your child’s ashes, carefully held within a handcrafted glass gemstone you can wear and keep close.
Created by Alba Rose
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Created by Alba Rose
Alba Rose creates memorial jewellery by carefully enclosing a small amount of your child’s ashes within a handmade Venetian Murano glass gemstone.
Each piece is individually created, allowing you to choose a design and gemstone colour that feels personal to you. The glass is set within jewellery that can be worn and kept close, creating a subtle and lasting connection with your child.
The collection includes rings, necklaces, earrings and charms in sterling silver, with yellow-gold or rose-gold plated finishes also available.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, gemstone colours, available options and further information.
Ceramic Flowers
A handcrafted flower created to last and kept somewhere that feels special to your family.
Created by Ceramic Flowers UK
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Created by Ceramic Flowers
Ceramic Flowers creates handmade and hand-painted porcelain flowers that can be placed at a grave, within a memorial garden or somewhere special at home.
Each piece is carefully fired and finished with a protective glaze, helping it retain its colour and making it suitable for indoor or outdoor use. Unlike fresh flowers, they offer a lasting tribute that can remain part of a special place throughout the year.
The collection includes individual flower stems, arrangements, bouquets, robins, butterflies and larger memorial flowers in a range of colours and styles.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, available options and further information.goes here
Ashes Pebbles
A smooth, lasting memorial handcrafted using a small amount of your child’s ashes.
Created by Afterstone
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Created by Afterstone
Afterstone transforms a small amount of your child’s ashes into a solid memorial piece that can be held, carried with you or kept somewhere meaningful.
Each piece is individually made, creating its own unique colour, markings and texture. Its smooth, tactile finish can offer something comforting to hold during difficult moments or when you want to feel close to your child.
The collection includes a solo pebble, heart, robin and teddy bear, with personalisation available on some designs. Any ashes that are not used are returned to you.
Explore the Always Close brochure to see examples, available options and further information.
Ready to make a request?
Once you have explored the brochure and chosen the keepsake you would like, complete our request form.
Please make a note of the item and any choices we will need, such as the colour, size, finish or personalisation.
Please do not order or pay a provider directly. Ripples of Compassion cannot normally reimburse purchases that have already been made.
“It's been an extremely hard 5 years trying to cope with the loss of my son and when it happened it was all very new and I was unaware of the support systems available for this kind of death. I can now wear him (his ashes) on my hand, it feels like this will give myself the comfort I've been missing for all these years. My heart breaks daily and having this keepsake of him close by means I can feel at ease and a sense of closure.”
— Bereaved Parent
How to request support
Help another family hold their child close
Give a keepsake filled with meaning
A donation of £75 can help provide remembrance jewellery, giving a bereaved parent or sibling something meaningful to keep close.
Every family’s grief is different
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If this support feels right for you, we would love to hear from you. All Ripples support is free to families.