A charity which gives bereaved parents 'memory boxes' with hand and foot casts of their little ones faces closure after a collapse in donations amid the rising cost of living
Mrs Shields told LBC: “My favourite thing in our box is a wee pouch of Freya’s hair. That’s a tangible piece that we have and it’s evidence that she was real."As your family grows it becomes invaluable, it’s a lovely way to keep Freya as part of the family.” The 35-year-old said her family had added to the box on Freya’s birthdays, as well as bringing trinkets back from family holidays.
But after almost two decades of steady growth, public donations had almost completely disappeared within a matter of months. “We were all off over the festive period, and when we came back, we’d only reached a quarter of what we wanted to achieve.” They include the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow, Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, Nottingham General Hospital and Royal Alexandra Maternity Hospital in Paisley.
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