The Sammysauruses! - You Raise Me Up

It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce the closure of You Raise Me Up due to a lack of ongoing financial support.

We have loved being able to support so many families for the last 15 years in memory of Megan and Jane Brooks.
We would like to thank everyone who has supported the charity for the past 15 years and we are so grateful to have had this opportunity for as long as we have.
We also pay tribute to all our staff, counsellors and supporters – including many local businesses – for all the hard work they have done. It has been a privilege working with everyone.
You Raise Me Up has been an incredibly special place for so many and we will treasure the experiences we have had and the wonderful families we have met.
This decision has not been easy and we have explored all viable options, but unfortunately due to a lack of sustained financial support and rising operational costs we can no longer operate.
This is an incredibly difficult time and we know how much upset this will cause. But we are immensely proud of everything You Raise Me Up has achieved. Megan and Jane’s legacy will continue beyond the organisation itself.
As of now we will no longer be operating. Our priority now is to ensure a responsible and compassionate wind-down.
Should you have any questions, please email trustees@youraisemeup.co.uk

Hannah Richards, Rose Akerman, Bethany Dickens, Mark Coward, Will MacKenzie and Martin Hodgson took part in Tough Mudder in mem0ry of Sam Richards.

They wrote “Last year we tragically lost one of our closest friends, Sam Richards. Sam was part of our extremely close-knit group of friends who talk every day and have known each other for years. It was an absolute heartbreak to hear of Sam’s death for all his friends and family and loved ones; This is something we will all struggle to come to terms with for the rest of our lives.

Sam was the happiest person to be around and could always be counted on to bring you to stitches of laughter. He was an invaluable part of our friendship group and will never leave our memory through all of the love he has given us in the time we have known him.

During this extremely saddening time, a local charity, ‘You Raise Me Up’ have given the very best support to his close family for which we are extremely grateful for. As a thank you, we would like to try and raise as much money as we can for this incredible charity to help them continue doing the remarkable work of helping other families that are going through similar experiences.

So for Sam, we are going to push ourselves to the limit and make complete fools out of ourselves in memory of simply the best person by participating in a gruelling tough mudder course that will involve running a half-marathon on top of 20 exhausting obstacles, all through mud! We’ve chosen tough mudder as we thought Sam will laugh through the whole thing while we push ourselves through the course.”

They did it raising an awesome £1835! Thank you so much xx