Sophie's Legacy

Such a brilliant night, we came joint 10th out of 19 teams! A huge amount was raised, thanks so much to Rob and his team at Menzies for their support.

Today was meant to be the Great South Run. We had 75 runners signed up ready to pound the 10 miles to raise money for us. Sadly due to the weather the run was cancelled, I believe it was the first time the event has ever been cancelled (apart from covid year). We had the runners taking part yesterday in the 5k run, kids races and the mascot race. It was great to see children wearing their Sophie's Legacy tshirts and running for us. One little girl ran it even though it was her 6th birthday!! So many of the 75 runners have decided to run the 10 miles this weekend regardless of the weather. They had raised the money and didn't want to let anyone down. That's dedication for you. The support we have is just unbelievable, we have the best fans. Even one dad ran his 10 miles from Southampton hospital as his child has been in intensive care this week. We have helped the family so many times from their frequent admissions and he was determined to raise the money to give back. If you have any photos or videos from your run this weekend we would love to see them. When we checked this week the total raised it was just over £15,000 and likely to increase this weekend. This money will make such a difference to families in hospital, ensuring they have access to all the essentials when in hospital. It's only when you end up in hospital do you realise the impact it makes to your stay. #sophieslegacy #greatsouthrun

We are so proud to introduce our Sophie's Legacy QA Family Support Workers; Katie-Lily & Gemma. Katie-Lily and Gemma will be on the children's ward Sunday - Friday and they will be offering parents emotional and practical support. They are already making a huge difference. The wonderful QA hospital nurses have started to call on them when they know a parent or carer needs support. The support varies hugely but can be anything from making a referral for ongoing support to our referral team, getting clothing/toiletries/parent packs from our storage in the hospital, showing where the parents room is and what is in there, sitting with the child so their parent can use the bathroom or make a call, taking parents for a Costa if they are overwhelmed and lending a listening ear or shoulder to cry on. Having a presence on the children's ward whose sole focus is to support parents is something we have wanted to do since we set up the charity. The difference the support they can offer to families going through the toughest times is absolutely invaluable. These roles are funded by Sophie's Legacy with thanks to the donations and fundraisers of our wonderful supporters. Going forward we would love to have Family Support Workers in Southampton Hospital children's wards too. Our hope is to extend Katie-Lily and Gemma's roles beyond their initial one year contract and are hoping to secure grant funding to do so. To help us with this, we need as much feedback as possible to support the applications. If you have been supported by Katie-Lily or Gemma please pop a comment below or email hannah@sophieslegacy.org.uk 🙏🏻💛 #sophieslegacy #creatingchange #seethegoodineveryday #QAhospital #familysupportworker

Sophie's 10k is back!! The first 10k was in December 2020 and Sophie absolutely loved it, she handed out medals which she had designed. In the last two weeks of Sophie's life she sat in her hospital bed and designed three medals for us to use for future 10k events. We had the Easter 10k in 2022 and the Halloween medal last year. This years medal is the final medal that Sophie designed and is a special Christmas medal 🎄💛 Date - Saturday 7th December Time - 10am until 4pm Place - Crofton Community Centre in the Sports hall. Price - £15 per medal How to order - go to https://lnkd.in/dabGm8Nw The main idea behind the 10k is to get people moving. You can run, walk, cycle, swim, scooter, skip etc. your 10k your way. You can break it up by doing 1k a day for 10 days or all in one go. We will have a suggested route which will include Sophie's bench but you can do this anywhere. There will be lots of fun and festivities on the day with some special Christmas guests. We will be opening this up around the country for virtual participants. Medals will be posted out closer to the time. If you are ordering the medals and want to collect on the day please choose office pick up. If you would like them posted to you, please choose the postal option. Please share this with your friends, family, colleagues and let's raise lots of money for Sophie's Legacy whilst getting fit and spending time together. #sophieslegacy #creatingchange #seethegoodineveryday #10kchallenge #10k #runningcommunity #running

Can't believe what happened today. This is for the whole team who male this happen and ultimately Sophie who wanted this change. Pride of Britain here we come..... https://lnkd.in/eAQneSGB

See below for the link if you would like to watch.

We are so excited to announce that Charlotte has been nominated for a Pride of Britain award and has been shortlisted to the final four for the Meridian region🌟 Charlotte's video will be shown at 6pm tonight on ITV Meridian. They felt it would be fitting to show the video today on the 3 year anniversary of Sophie's death 💛 Please tune in to ITV Meridian at 6pm 🌈 It looks like a number of people nominated Charlotte, which she's extremely grateful for. Charlotte finds out on Friday if she's made it to the final of Pride of Britain. #sophieslegacy #creatingchange #prideofbritainawards #ITV #meridian

I visited 9 hospitals in the North of the country which Sophie's Legacy are funding. These hospitals have all committed to continuing to feed parents beyond when the pilot project finishes. Incredible feedback already from the families in hospital. These are just some of the 15 hospitals we're funding to ensure parents are fed. As a charity we work hard on a national level to change things around the country to ensure parents are fed. It's about time parents are valued for what they do with caring for their child in hospital by making sure they have access to food. #sophieslegacy #creatingchange #feedtheparents

please watch the video below.....

Charlie is 8 years old and has spent some time in hospital. He knows how important it is for families to have support during their stay and has become a huge champion of Sophie's Legacy. Charlie wanted to raise money for Sophie's Legacy and set himself the incredible task of climbing not one, but THREE mountains 🏔️ Snowden and Ben Nevis have been completed 💪🏻 And Charlie will climb Scafell Pike on the 7th September. A young boy taking on such a mammoth challenge is awe-inspiring in itself but the strength and determination Charlie has shown over the last few months is beyond inspiring... Charlies dad sadly passed away in February and even through his grief, Charlie has not given up on his goal and has continued to push himself to complete his challenge. The courage and resilience he has shown has blown us away. We are so proud of Charlie. He is our hero 💛💪🏻 Please check out his Just Giving page and support him. You can also follow his insta page charlies_climb https://lnkd.in/e2GigD8y