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Share your story

Everyone's story is different, and we would love to hear yours. What made you decide to fundraise for your local hospitals? 

Fundraisers Dan and Sammy told us their story of why they set out to fundraise for the Rainbow Clinic at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary:

“Since we had our little one, we just want to help as much as we can. It’s too awful to imagine. We had Tommy in December 2017, and I remember coming home and thinking ‘oh my goodness, I’ve just been left with this little bundle’! But you’ve made it, and you’ve got your health visitors and your midwives who are there to support you. You don’t realise how lucky you are.

In our line of work we meet a lot of people from every background possible, and so many of them have some kind of connection to the cause. It affects so many people, but it stays behind closed doors. Our goal is to raise awareness of just how common it is to lose a baby in pregnancy, stillbirth or in the early days, for all those people out there feeling like they have to go through the experience alone.”

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Published: 19th December, 2019

Updated: 14th July, 2022

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