Severn Hospice memorial flowers reach 5,000
A big-hearted Shropshire family have helped more than 5,000 others find a way of remembering loved ones.
Two years ago Tallulah Lewis-Schulz, 12, and sister Poppy, from Much Wenlock, helped Severn Hospice launch a fundraising campaign which saw metal forget-me-not flowers used to mark the memory of family or friends.
Forget-me-nots symbolise love and memories and Severn Hospice had the flowers specially commissioned in order to boost funds for its work with families living with an incurable illness in Shropshire and Mid Wales.
Today, more than 5,000 families are remembering their loved ones with the keepsakes.
Severn Hospice legacy and in memoriam advisor Elodie Home said: “It is poignant to reflect that there are so many people who are remembering loved ones in this way.
“It is heartbreaking for anyone to have to grieve the loss of someone close and I hope these flowers are in some small way a comfort to remember those missing.”
Tallulah and Poppy’s father Andreas was cared for by the charity and Tallulah bravely chose to start fundraising for Severn Hospice by getting her head shaved – raising more than £10,000.
Her mum Sarah said: “I am so proud of the girls for what they have done after all we’ve been through as a family. To be part of something which will mean so much to people and the help they have given the hospice in its important work is very humbling.”
The flowers, made of copper and brass, have been made by the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry.
Elodie added: “We have been overwhelmed by how well received the flowers have been and our last few are now in our online shop to make them easier to purchase.”
Severn Hospice, a charity, must raise £2 of every £3 it spends, and proceeds from its in memoriam forget me nots help fund its services. They are available from the shop at severnhospice.org.uk
