“I have been a Rainbow Trust supporter for four years now, I am 41 and I live with my five-year-old son Freddie and my partner Adam. I work in market research and I love running.
When Freddie was born, he spent a week in hospital with breathing difficulties. It was the start of the Covid pandemic and I was in Manchester on my own, away from my family and friends.
Adam could only be at the hospital during the day so it was just me with Freddie at night. It was terrifying.
As a new parent, this was a really anxious time. Finding out that your newborn is unwell and you can’t take it away from them is so scary and overwhelming.
We are lucky that Freddie made a full recovery. But it made me realise how tough it is for families with seriously ill children, because some of them may never get that moment of “we are past that now”.
That is why Adam and I decided to leave a gift in our Wills to Rainbow Trust.
What I find particularly special is Rainbow Trust’s holistic approach. Family Support Workers care for the sick child and also help the family, driving to appointments, giving them some respite or looking after brothers and sisters.
I had been thinking for a year that I needed to write a Will and when I read about the free Will offer in Rainbow Trust’s Families First magazine, it encouraged me to write one.
Writing a Will may appear confusing and overwhelming but the process was very simple as Rainbow Trust has partnered with Octopus Legacy, a user-friendly and easy to understand Will writing service. It is not a scary form or a huge document. It took me just 20 minutes.
If you need to write a Will, this is a win-win: a free service and it is going to support seriously ill children should you decide to include a gift to Rainbow Trust.
It is nice knowing that something good is going to happen and I am going to leave a legacy.”
Stacey
