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Raising Awareness Of SUDIC
Elliot's mum Andrea has written the following blogpost for Child bereavement UK's website to increase the awareness and understanding of...
Elliot's Footprint
Mar 303 min read
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"I cannot thank you enough for listening" bereaved mum thankful for Nicola's help
We are thankful to one mum who has recently been supported by Nicola and who was willing to share her experiences here to help show how...
Elliot's Footprint
Mar 31 min read
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'Today is/would have been Elliot's 14th Birthday...families still need help' - Andrea, Elliot's mum
Today is/would have been, Elliot’s 14th birthday. I still find it incredibly hard to use the terms ‘was or would’ rather than ‘is’ on...
Elliot's Footprint
May 24, 20244 min read
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Meet Nicola - Our Bereavement Support Worker
We will be doing a will be doing a series of 'meet us' pieces for people involved with our charity - first up here is Nicola Thornton our...
Elliot's Footprint
Apr 5, 20242 min read
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Parliamentary Reception 2024
We were so pleased to be invited, what a day it turned out to be! Although the topics were challenging to discuss, days like these make...
Elliot's Footprint
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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My Head Knows What My Heart Will Never Accept
Today is the 11th anniversary of Elliot's passing, a day which never gets any easier for Elliot's family. His mum Andrea has written a...
Elliot's Footprint
Mar 3, 20246 min read
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Elliot's dad John shares his lived experience of losing his son
It felt a privilege to be able to go along to the Child Bereavement UK study day in Glasgow and speak to the delegates about my personal...
Elliot's Footprint
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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The Many Milestones of Grief ...... seeing the person and not just their grief
May 27th would've been Elliot's 13th birthday. His mum has written the following piece about her experiences of grief. You can feel the...
Elliot's Footprint
May 25, 20235 min read
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Elliot's Mum's thoughts on the eve of running the Leeds Marathon
Sometimes we talk about the ‘perfect storm’. I’m sure many of us don’t have to look to far from either our own situations or what is...
Elliot's Footprint
May 13, 20234 min read
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Insights from former trustee -Shirley Potts
I first encountered Andrea and John a little later in 2013 – a few months after Elliot had so suddenly and tragically died. I was working...
Elliot's Footprint
Apr 23, 20235 min read
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A decade that only feels like 10 minutes....
A decade. Sounds a long time doesn’t it. Ten years. Guess if you ask most people to reflect on the past decade, some will feel it has...
Elliot's Footprint
Mar 2, 20236 min read
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Letter to Elliot
Today would have been Elliot's 11th birthday and his mum has written him a letter for his birthday...... Hello my little man, Although...
Elliot's Footprint
May 27, 20212 min read
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Happy Birthday EJ
Elliot would of been 9 today. His mum Andrea shares a poem today to remember him. EJ, Happy Birthday my little man. The quietness hurt so...
Dows
May 27, 20191 min read
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A Mother's Day Poem
EJ my little man, Like so many other mums, I wish I could step out of ‘now’ And step into back ‘then’. To wake up on Mother’s Day ...
Dows
Mar 31, 20191 min read
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Support for Mother's Day
We know some days the grief feels a little easier to deal with and that other days it can really hit you hard. Like anniversaries,...
Dows
Mar 31, 20191 min read
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