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I've raised £2 to support Hannah, Olly and Finley.

Organised by Martin Cooper
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Health and medical

Story

Hannah and Olly’s love story began back in 2013, when they became boyfriend and girlfriend. Over the years, they built a beautiful life together — getting engaged in 2019, marrying in 2022, moving into their first home, and then, in March 2025, welcoming their perfect baby boy, Finley. It should have been the happiest time of their lives. But just weeks after giving birth, Hannah suddenly became critically unwell, and everything changed.

On 17th April 2025, she was rushed into hospital. The young family’s world was torn apart overnight. Hannah was diagnosed with Postpartum Psychosis — a rare and devastating illness that strikes just 0.1% of new mothers — alongside Catatonia, something experienced by only a fraction of psychotic patients. In the space of days, the Hannah that Olly knew and loved seemed to vanish.

She stopped eating, drinking, or speaking. She hid under chairs and tables, gripped by terrifying hallucinations. She didn’t recognise her husband — the man she had just married. She believed she was about to be murdered, mistook nurses for dead relatives, saw demons, and even threw away her wedding rings. It was as though the woman Olly loved had disappeared into a nightmare, leaving behind someone too frightened to exist in her own skin.

What followed was a fight for life. Hannah was moved between hospitals and psychiatric units, detained under the Mental Health Act for her own safety. Alongside her mental illness, she battled sepsis, severe blood loss, and needed an iron transfusion. When all other treatments failed, doctors resorted to Electroconvulsive Therapy — a last-resort but life-saving measure. Slowly, agonisingly slowly, it began to work.

During those dark months, Finley was cared for by his grandparents. Olly’s parents stepped in to raise him while Olly sat by Hannah’s side every single day, desperately willing her to come back. Hannah’s parents looked after the family dog, and friends did everything they could to hold them up. But no matter how much love surrounded Finley, nothing could replace his mum. He had no idea where she was, or why she wasn’t there to hold him.

For two long months, Hannah didn’t even recognise Olly. Yet he stayed, day after day, refusing to give up. In July 2025, after months of treatment, the real Hannah finally began to emerge again. She came home, and at last, she could hold her baby boy properly. The reunion between mother and son was instant, raw, and unbreakable. Since then, they’ve been catching up on lost time — baby spas, swimming lessons, Finley’s first trip to the aquarium, playdates, even his very first boat ride. Every moment is precious, because for a time, it seemed those moments might never come.

But recovery is a long road. Doctors say it could take a year or more for Hannah to truly heal. She still needs daily medication. She’s lost her driving licence. She attends regular hospital and therapy appointments. She cannot work. Olly is caught in an impossible position — torn between working to keep the household afloat, caring for his wife as she recovers, and trying to be the dad Finley needs during these once-in-a-lifetime first months of his childhood. The emotional, physical, and financial strain on this young family has been overwhelming.

That is why they need help. Donations will give them breathing space in this critical time. They will help cover the endless travel costs to hospitals and therapy sessions. They will make childcare possible so Hannah can focus fully on her recovery without guilt or fear. They will help ease the financial pressure so Olly doesn’t have to choose between earning a living and being present for his wife and son. Most of all, your support will buy them something money can’t usually buy — time together, as a family, healing and rebuilding after the most terrifying chapter of their lives.

Hannah is living proof that even in the darkest moments, love and persistence can carry someone through. But she and Olly cannot do this alone. Every donation, no matter how small, will change what the next year looks like for them. It will give Finley the gift of a safe, secure home with both of his parents. It will give Hannah the chance to continue recovering, without the crushing fear of financial collapse. And it will give Olly the strength to keep holding them all together.

I’ve set no fundraising target — because how can you ever put a price on life? Please, give as generously as you can. Let’s help the Moss family find a little bit of financial freedom, and the space they so desperately need to heal and rebuild.

Please, if you can, donate today. Help this family through the hardest fight of their lives, so they can finally move forward — stronger, together, and free to give Finley the childhood he deserves.

About fundraiser

Martin Cooper
Organiser

Donation summary

Total
£3,079.00