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4Louis founder Kirsty Knight looks back on 15 years of Sunderland bereavement charity
Sunderland Echo
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29/01/2025
4Louis founder Kirsty Knight looks back on 15 years of Sunderland bereavement charity
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So Kirstie we're marking 15 years of four Lewis, for those who don't know can
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you explain how the charity began? Of course I lost my son Lewis in December
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2009. I was 38 weeks pregnant and sadly his heart stopped due to a placenta
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abruption and he passed away and I had to go to hospital and deliver Lewis. Back
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then it was such a taboo subject and there was very little in terms of memory
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keeping and support available and we just kind of decided as a family that it
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needed a change. And since then how many families have you helped over the course
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of those 15 years? Over the last 15 years we've supplied quarter of a million
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memory boxes right across the UK including Northern Ireland and Wales and
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Scotland and if you use the power of six, so mum, dad, grandparents, siblings, it's
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the equivalent of filling Wembley Stadium 16 and a half times. And these
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boxes really do help people see their hardest of times? They do yes, it's
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something tangible for them to walk out of hospital with, it lets them know that
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they're not alone, their child mattered, we're thinking of them and they've been
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described as a cuddle at the worst time. And you still have great
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relationships with families that you've dealt with over the years, haven't you
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been invited to weddings and christenings? We have yes, it's always great to see
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families want to have their rainbow baby and to receive that invite to watch them
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get married and mark special occasions in their lives as well.
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