Since we started the charity back in 2013 we have been privileged to meet some amazing people. 

We have met people from all walks of life and from all over the UK. 

Every time we have hosted an event we have had to be quite ballsy when we have tried to get prizes or support. 
I don't think any of us has found it easy as we have never been in a position where we have had to be like this.

As time has gone on I think we are now getting used to it and even enjoy it lol.

We have also been thrown into the professional world where we have had to attend NHS meetings with the big bosses of the hospitals. 

It was quite nerve wracking to start with but over time we have come to realise that they are normal people, well most of them, and we are there because we have a cause to fight. 

So far we have had reasonable responses from them and have been made to feel welcome at most of them.
We know that at some of these meetings we are telling the people things they don't want to hear and where they are getting things wrong. 

But if we don't do this then nothing will ever change and when we are feeling nervous we just focus on Charlie and this keeps us going.

The biggest part of this experience so far has been meeting the amazing families that have been willing to share their stories with us. We are so honoured that they feel able to open up to us and share their stories of their angels. 

Our ultimate goal is to make sure that no family ever has to go through the loss of their baby or child alone, if this means that we have to personally support everyone of them we will. 

We know that if Carrie had been given the opportunity to get this type of support her grief might have been made a little easier to cope with.

This is why it is so important to us that every family that contacts us gets to speak to one of us and not an answer machine.   

Knowing that there is someone there to talk to you no matter what time of the day or night is so important.

We are trusted with some really sad stories and every time we talk to a parent or family it shows us just how much improvements to bereavement support has to happen.

We are not qualified counsellors but we can talk to families from a parent, grandparent. uncle. aunt point of view. 

We can understand the pain that they are going through. 

Sometimes you need to talk to people who have been through a similar thing as you feel able to talk openly without worrying about upsetting them. 

We found that talking to a stranger was sometimes easier because you didn't want to upset your family and they felt the same about talking to you. 

Now we have 5 fantastic bereavement counsellors on board we are now getting professional help out to families so quickly. 
A lot of families who have come to us have been told that they might have to wait for anywhere between 6 weeks to 18 months for counselling. 
With us families have started their counselling within a week.
These counsellors give their time to us free. 

They are truly wonderful people.

We know that we are just going to keep getting busier and busier but we are happy about that. We want to get our care and support out to as many families as possible.

In an ideal world we would have not had to set up our charity as the support needed by families would have been there but we all know we live in a world of NHS cuts and government strategies. 

Charlie Arthur Curtis will now always have his legacy and many families will be supported because of him.

What an amazing thing to say about our gorgeous little angel.