Still Parents Podcast

Baby loss does not discriminate! A global community, uniting bereaved dad's worldwide through honest, raw and inspiring stories. We challenge societal norms and encourage men to embrace their emotions rather than conform to traditional expectations.

We give men a voice and validate that it is ok to speak about the ‘worst day of your life’!

MEET THE TEAM

  • Ryan Jackson

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE LILY MAE FOUNDATION | BEREAVED DAD & STILL PARENTS PODCAST FOUNDER

    ryan@stillparentspodcast.co.uk

    I enjoy football, boxing, going to the gym and playing golf. I support Aston Villa FC .

    I live by the motto that nobody can do everything but everyone can do something!

    My favourite part about doing the podcast is the ability to be able to get men talking and breaking stigmas around the idea that men should be strong and not show weakness using the universal mens language…………. SPORT.’

  • Dan Kelly

    RADIO & PODCAST PRESENTER/PRODUCER | STILL PARENTS PODCAST FOUNDER

    dan@stillparentspodcast.co.uk

    I love laughter. I love feeling inspired by people better at life than me (pretty much everyone I meet). I love a comeback story. I LOVED finding out the 'you can't make new friends after 40' rumour is total bollocks. I really bloody love a good steak!

    Oh, and I am a Leicester City Fan.

    My favourite part about the podcast? Seeing it start to grow to a larger audience, going on national TV and obviously moving into our very own studio. I'm proud of the journey so far’

  • Matt Whitehouse

    BEREAVED DAD & CHARITY COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES MANAGER AT THE LILY MAE FOUNDATION

    matt@stillparentspodcast.co.uk

    I support the baggies (WBA FC) and in my spare time I enjoy running and watching football.

    My favourite part about doing the podcast is firstly making my daughter, Callie, proud but also I think showing men that it’s okay to be vulnerable and to open up about things that they may not talk about if they hadn’t found the Still Parents podcast.’

  • Matt McConnell

    AUSSIE PODVOCATE AND BEREAVED DAD

    Matt is our Australian Podvocate and has joined the Still Parents Team to help us be there for more bereaved dads through the devastating and isolating world of baby loss.

    “I am married to my beautiful wife Madeline and a father to 3 beautiful children, Edie, Wren and Noah. Our daughter Wren, passed away in our arms when she was 8 days old in April 2022. I have spent the last 18 months creating the Love From Dad website dedicated to helping dads through the grief that accompanies perinatal loss. The Love From Dad website is something that I was forever looking for after Wren died to help me with my grief, but was unable to find- so I built it.” - Matt McConnell

    Working together, we hope to raise awareness & create a community for bereaved parents not just in the UK but across the globe with Matt being our AUSSIE Podvocate. 🤍🤝

  • William Ellis

    BRAND AMBASSADOR AND BEREAVED DAD

    We are delighted to announce that actor and bereaved father William Ellis, has joined the team and becomes our NEW brand ambassador for the Still Parents Podcast.

    William was a guest on the Still Parents Podcast in October 2023, joining us to share his story and journey of grief following the loss of his precious son, Dash in 2017.  William bravely opened up about how grief affected him and spoke honestly and with great dignity. You can listen to his episode here:link

    William has shown incredible support to the podcast and we are so pleased to announce that we will now be working together to raise awareness of baby loss and support for bereaved dads going through this devastating grief. 

    We hope the podcast continues to offer a supportive community base for bereaved dads and parents throughout 2024 and highlights it is ok not to be ok!

  • Kelly Jean-Philippe

    USA PODVOCATE AND BEREAVED DAD

    Kelly Jean-Philippe is foremost a husband of 6 years to his wife, Rose; father of two living children, Julius’Camillo (4) and Eden (17 months); and cat-dad to Jackpot (8) and Lucky (6). Kelly and his wife experienced a total of five miscarriages while expanding their family.

    These losses exposed Kelly to the troubling reality that the dad’s experience of loss and grief are often overlooked, undermined, and outright invalidated. In response, Kelly launched The Miscarriage Dads podcast with the purpose of humanizing the experience of miscarriage by normalizing dads openly talking about its impact on men and fathers.

    Kelly has joined the Still Parents Team to help us help more bereaved dads through the devastating and isolating world of baby loss. Working together, we hope to raise awareness & create a community for bereaved parents not just in the UK but across the globe with Kelly being our USA podvocate. 🤍🤝 goes here

Ryan, Dan and Matt appeared on ITV’s Lorraine Kelly Show with Christine Lampard. The opportunity to appear on the show was a fantastic opportunity to speak to a wider audience about the importance of the Still Parents Podcast and the support it offers to bereaved men following the loss of a baby.

INTERNATIONAL PODVOCATES

Working together to support bereaved dads across the world

The devastating impact of baby loss and its effects on bereaved parents are still to this day a stigma amongst society, both in the UK and across the world. Research shows that men grieve loss as intensely as women yet the social stereotype that men should be strong and bottle up their grief is stopping bereaved men accessing and getting the support they need.

The Still Parents Podcast talks candidly to men who have suffered the devastating loss of a baby to Stillbirth, Neonatal Death, Miscarriage or Medical Termination. The discussions are honest, genuine and hard hitting with the aim of dispelling the societal expectations men are so often expected to show.
Baby loss is s***! We normalise the discussion but most importantly we validate all those feelings that may be hidden through fear of showing weakness.