Lewis’s family would like to thank everyone for your kind and heartfelt messages and for the generosity of your donations, which have been overwhelming. These go alongside messages of support and condolence received from people from all around the world. Lewis touched the lives of so many people in so many ways and he will live on forever in our hearts and minds. Donations from this page will support a project involving young people, in particular young men, in Northern Ireland. 

Over the last few weeks, we have made quite a lot of
progress with our project:

- Lewis’s cousin Matthew and two of Lewis’s friends - Carrington and Danny - agreed to be Youth Advisors for Boys in Mind so they will be advising us on the best way forward.

- Hearing of Lewis’s death Henry, one of our Youth Advisors, wrote some words which he called “A Message to Young Men”. This inspired Andrew, our filmmaker, to make a film using footage by people from around the world with Carrington narrating Henry’s words. It is a beautiful film with a message to us all and it encapsulates our Boys in Mind vision.

https://boysinmind.co.uk/a-message-to-young-men/

- We have almost completed a film with one of our lead schools exemplifying a whole school approach to becoming a mentally healthy school. We will share this with schools in Northern Ireland and beyond.

- Matthew is going to make a film with other young men in Belfast who knew Lewis.

- When the films are complete, we will link with a school/schools in Belfast to champion our whole school approach.

The family have been consulted and kept informed of all the above and would like to thank everyone again for your very generous donations and for helping us make a difference.