Courtney Bailey

Courtney and Henry's Leap of love page SKYDIVE

Fundraising for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity
£1,635
raised of £1,500 target
by 98 supporters
In memory of Rowan Graham
Leap of Love is Sands' Skydive. Hundreds of brave #SandsSuperstars will take to the skies to save babies' lives in 2023. They'll help us fund vital research and support those affected by the death of a baby.

Story

Yes I know we crazy. But what better way to raise money and awareness but to join Rowan in the skies and leap out of a plane for him. Mum Ginah and dad Frazer have been so strong throughout this nightmare, so has their other son Lucas. I want to raise as much money as I can to so Sands charity can support and help damages going through it too. No parent should ever have to go through the pain 💔 so anything I can do to help I will.

No I in team. We will even jump out a plane ❤️ 

Any donation would be amazing please. Skydive will be August this year 

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For those that know me you know I work hard, will always help when I can and rarely ask for anything In return, unfortunately now is the time I need to ask for something. Very few are privileged to this information due to the subject matter and I'm not the best at expressing emotion or sharing personal information, but here I go - on December the 9th 2022 my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby boy called Rowan, he was happy, healthy and had inherited his uncle's devilish good looks. 8 days passed and on December 17th my sister's world came crashing down. Her baby boy stopped breathing, and my sister started CPR on her son. She continued CPR in the hope of keeping his heart beating, it took about half an hour of non-stop calling to finally get through to the emergency services who once contacted were quick to attend the property. CPR continued the entire journey to hospital, but despite my sisters and the emergency services' best efforts Rowan passed away later after arriving at the hospital. Rowan suffered from enterovirus which is a form of meningitis that was found in his spinal fluid and shut down his brain. One of the worst things I have ever had to see was watching my baby sister carry her son in a shoe box-sized coffin into a church to lay him to rest, it's not fair that any family should have to suffer and endure this kind of pain. In the hope to raise awareness my wife and myself will be doing a skydive for the charity Sands which raise awareness and deal with these types of cases every single day. With your support and many others I'm looking to smash the target set and allow Rowans name to be tied into something meaningful to millions around the world.

If I could remove years off my life to have given Rowan a fighting chance I would have, but i can't. All I'm asking for from all of you is any pounds or pennies you can spare to help vital research in the hope that if anything like this ever happens to your family, you will have the help and support needed.

Thanks 


About the campaign

Leap of Love is Sands' Skydive. Hundreds of brave #SandsSuperstars will take to the skies to save babies' lives in 2023. They'll help us fund vital research and support those affected by the death of a baby.

About the charity

Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity

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Sands supports anyone affected by the death of a baby, works in partnership with health professionals to try to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care and funds research that could help to reduce the numbers of babies dying and families devastated by this tragedy.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,635.00
+ £318.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,635.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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