Earlier this year my wife, Laura and I received the devastating news that we had lost our daughter Penelope to miscarriage 5 months in to pregnancy. Obviously this was the most tragic of news and truly the most difficult and saddest times we have had to face.

Penelope was born sleeping on 7^th February in the Louis Suite at  Sunderland Hospital, with the support of the amazing team of
midwives and this is where we became familiar with the 4Louis charity. The 4Louis charity provide keepsake memory boxes to families suffering still births to help them capture memories and treasure the little time available with their children. This was a great comfort to Laura and I in the saddest of times and although I wish these memory boxes are never needed, sadly they are.

I hope you will join me in supporting a cause very close to my heart and offering a little support to families in their time of greatest need. We always dreamt that our girl would change the world so I will be running the Great North Run in 2018 in her memory.

Even the smallest of feet have the power to leave everlasting footprints.

Your donation can make a difference by buying:

£10 – will help make a hand made small moses basket

£25 – will buy a medium sized moses basket, called a pod

£30 – will buy a standard sized moses basket

£30 – will help make a memory box

£250 – will buy a photography pack including camera, case, printer, ink and paper

£1,600 – will purchase a specialist piece of equipment called a cuddle cot, enabling parents to spend more time with baby before having to say a final goodbye

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

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