On Thursday 19th June 2014 Oscar Noah Cole died.

Oscar was in hospital being treated routinely for an infection and nobody imagined that he would not make a full recovery. A post mortem and investigation followed and at a meeting with his consultants at the beginning of this year Hannah and David were finally able to understand what was likely to have caused Oscar's death. Essentially it was a combination of bad luck and bad timing with Oscar contracting Rotavirus during his treatment which in turn lead to Encephalitis, which is a very rare outcome.

The objectives for ‘Thinking of Oscar’ are:

The relief of sickness and promotion of the health of children, young people and their families whilst in hospital care across England, in particular but not exclusively by:

 - Providing support and activities to patients (children) their families and medical teams who strive to make their time in hospital as comfortable as possible.

  - Providing funding for the development of research and development into and the provision of improved diagnostic techniques and technology.

  - Providing increased access to relevant knowledge and data via the sharing of best practice and the application of technology.

This cause is of a huge personal importance as the Cole family are dear friends and neighbours of me and my family. 

Hannah and David are currently in the process of acquiring a HMRC Gift Aid number which means that we cannot at this stage claim Gift Aid on your contributions.  However once they have received this we will then retrospectively be able to apply for Gift Aid manually.  If you are happy for us to do this then please include the word "YES" at the end of your donation and we will get in touch with you at the appropriate time.

Thank you so much for your support. Any amount of donation, large or small is greatly appreciated.