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Iʼve raised £4,384 to fund a 'Buddy Bench' for our local park, in memory of our son Jude Drinkwater.
- Stockport
- Funded on Wednesday, 12th May 2021
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Story
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER
Our beautiful son Jude was born on 25th February 2018. From his first day, he struggled feeding, had low muscle tone and eventually delays with speech and mobility. Despite all of this he was the happiest, strongest and most resilient little boy. We were in and out of hospital for most of his life. During his third stay on ICU, we discovered that Jude had a very rare condition called RETT SYNDROME. Twelve days after his diagnosis, Jude peacefully passed away on 1st January 2020.
Since his death, we have been trying to process our overwhelming grief and turn it into something positive as a tribute to our brave, happy little boy.
On March 6th (Covid-restrictions depending) Phil - Jude's Father - will be walking from our front door in Stockport to Antony Gormley's art installation Another Place on Crosby Beach - a distance of over 40 miles - in a single day, to raise money to have a 'buddy bench' in our local park in memory of Jude. Manchester Road Park is a place we came to with Jude and continue to come to with his big sister Mathilde. We want to do something that honours our son and brings joy to our community and this felt like the right thing to do. With the permission from the local community we will display a memorial plaque on the bench to help raise awareness about Jude and his story. If there is any money left after the purchase of the bench, it will go to the charity Reverse Rett - the only UK charity funding research focused on treatments and a cure for Rett Syndrome.
Thank you for reading and donating.
Phil, Claire and Mathilde x
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- 4 years ago
Phil Drinkwater
4 years agoPhil walked an amazing 41 miles from our home in Stockport to Crosby Beach in 14 hours and 34 minutes. Thank you so much for your encouragement and donations. Your generosity and messages of support really do help us with the grief of losing Jude. We are so proud of Phil and his epic journey. Thank you for sticking around whilst we bombarded you with updates! The next update will be to let you know that the JustGiving page has ended and what the next steps for the Buddy Bench will be. Thank you. Thank you so much x
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- 4 years ago
Phil Drinkwater
4 years agoThis time next week this guy will be close to tears as he nears the end of his epic walk from our home in Stockport to #antonygormleysanotherplace at Crosby Beach. So for now he can drink his beer in the sun and appreciate my public display of affection whilst I tell him how proud I am that he’s doing this for our boy. The money we’ve raised so far for the Buddy Bench is unbelievable. Thank you to everybody who has donated. #ifoundjude #fromoneplacetoanother #willhesurvivethis
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264
Anonymous
May 12, 2021
£20.00
John Morrison
May 12, 2021
Best wishes to you all. xx
£10.00
Pat Davern
May 10, 2021
Back of the Net! Aha!Well done Phil
£10.00
Gina
May 8, 2021
Well done on the 41 miles!
Chris
May 7, 2021
Phil, your strength is astonishing and an inspiration.
£10.00
TGJ
May 7, 2021
You are such an inspiration Phil. God bless you all. x
£50.00
Anonymous
May 7, 2021
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