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'Today is/would have been Elliot's 14th Birthday...families still need help' - Andrea, Elliot's mum

Elliot's Footprint

May 244 min read

'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...

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Meet Nicola - Our Bereavement Support Worker

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Apr 52 min read

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...

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Elliot's Footprint

Mar 181 min read

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...

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My Head Knows What My Heart Will Never Accept

Elliot's Footprint

Mar 36 min read

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...

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Elliot's dad John shares his lived experience of losing his son

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Oct 21, 20233 min read

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...

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The Many Milestones of Grief ...... seeing the person and not just their grief

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May 25, 20235 min read

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...

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Elliot's Mum's thoughts on the eve of running the Leeds Marathon

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May 13, 20234 min read

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...

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Elliot's Footprint

Apr 23, 20235 min read

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...

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A decade that only feels like 10 minutes....

Elliot's Footprint

Mar 2, 20236 min read

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...

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Elliot's Footprint

May 27, 20212 min read

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...

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Dows

May 27, 20191 min read

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...

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Dows

Mar 31, 20191 min read

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 ...

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Dows

Mar 31, 20191 min read

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,...

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