Colin Pollard was a self employed single dad of 6 beautiful children. His wife left the family soon after his youngest daughter Penny was born and despite the hardship, he took on the sole responsibility of raising his children. Since he passed away, his eldest daughters are currently taking time out of their studies in order to care for the children.

Georgina (20 years old): Gina is a Visual Design student at Backstage Academy where she will pursue a career in the live events industry. Collin was the strongest man she'd ever met and she is proud to call him her dad.

Katharine (19 years old): Katharine is a student nurse at the University of Leeds and wants to achieve a masters in Adult Nursing. Despite her IBS and Celiacs, she is headstrong and talented young girl who loves to spend her leisure time playing with Penny and Ethaniall.

Elleanor (16 years old): Eleanor is a confident and bright young girl determined to study Medicine at University. Her dad "always believed in her" and knew she would help thousands of people one day.

Mehgan (15 years old): Although she suffers from autoimmune hepatitis and sclerosing cholangitis, Meghan wants to study Zoology or Marine Biology at University due to her passion for animal life. Her dad would always encourage her to pursue her dreams, no matter the barriers.

Ethaniall (8 years old): A true adventurer. Ethaniall loves playing outside with his friends and sisters as well as playing sports such as football and rugby. His Dad was his "best friend in the whole entire world".

Pennelope (5 years old): Penny loves drawing, painting and reading as well as playing with her friends and family. She loved it when daddy took her to the park but now she misses him very much.

We have started this campaign to raise money for the summer holidays so that we can take the children out and do fun activities with them to keep their spirits high. We hope that by doing this we can give them a summer to remember as this will sadly be the last one we all spend together. Most likely the children will be fostered either by family friends or another family who can provide them with the love, care, support and stability they deserve.

Your donation may also be used for school trips, extra circular activities, new clothes/toys etc, that will help bring some joy into these children's lives. Unfortunately we have no disposable income or support from relatives so some of this money may also be used ensure we can pay for bills and food. This may be essential as our mother (who has never provided for us) may be entitled to all of Collins assets and leave us with nothing.

We would like to thank all the amazing, selfless people that are going out of their way already to help us in any way they possibly can! You our helping our little family in a time of need and we truly appreciate it.