Our baby boy Oscar was born on 27th May 2024. From the moment he was born we were in love and mesmerised. He was the beautiful boy we had waited so long for.

Sadly on the morning of 26th June 2024 Oscar passed away. The month that Oscar was in our lives, we made many memories that we will cherish forever.

Whilst his life was brief, he will never be forgotten and a lovely way to continue to live our lives for him, is to raise money for charities in his name - Oscars Dream.

In May, the month of Oscars birth, I will be undertaking a running challenge in memory of Oscar. I will be raising money for Petals, which is a child bereavement charity that have been so wonderful in supporting my wife and I since our loss.

From 20th – 23rd May I will be running 4 half marathons in 4 days in memory of the 4 precious weeks that Oscar was with us.

These will be run in the morning of each, and in the following locations:

Wednesday 20th May – Royal parks, London

Thursday 21st May – River run in Henley

Friday 22nd May – Oxford

Saturday 23rd May – A local run close to home in Brill, Bucks

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I would be very grateful for any donation you are able to provide.

All the best,

James

A little detail about Petals is below:

We are Petals, the baby loss counselling charity. The specialist counselling service that we provide is life-changing for parents who have suffered the devastating loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby. We know that these tragic experiences not only result in grief but also in trauma. Our wonderful counsellors are there to help our clients navigate their grief and trauma and to guide them to a place of hope.

Supporting this challenge you will be helping us to deliver more vital counselling sessions to bereaved parents when they need us.