A band of 12 mothers took to Mount Snowdon this month to raise awareness of Sudden and Unexplained deaths in children after each of their own children passed away over the last 18 years.
Lucy Potter, a part time dog groomer and bookkeeper from Bracknell lost her two-year-old son Gibson 10 years ago without explanation or reason.
Since the UK charity, SUDC UK was founded 5 years ago, she has been part of the community of mothers who support each other to climb their virtual mountains each day.
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Lucy said: “All of the group brought a memento which represented his of their child which they left at the peak of Snowdon on September 17.
“Although I wasn’t able to climb in the end, I travelled there with the group and supported them from the base with messages of support throughout.
“They were also able to take up a memento that I made for Gibson. This was a keyring that said ‘Gibson’s hugs’ because he was famous for his hugs.”
The climb was organised by SUDC UK, a charity supporting mothers who have lost a child between the ages of 18 months and 18 years.
The group of climbers was made up of mother's registered with the UK and US based charity which was founded by three women five years ago.
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Nikki Speed, CEO and co-founder of SUDC UK who lost her child Rosie at age 2 in 2013 and also joined the climb, said: "There is nothing quite like looking another parent in the eye that truly understands the impact of losing your little boy or girl so suddenly and not knowing why. Coming together to climb this mountain gave me immense comfort and hope.
“We would have done anything to save our children and together, we are determined to inspire the support needed to save other children's lives and stop SUDC. Through research and awareness, we will find answers."
Ms Potter will be celebrating her son Gibson’s 12th birthday today (13/10) alongside his twin sister.
Lucy added: “The past ten years have been really difficult and in a way I feel that we still havn't come to terms with it.
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“Getting together with the other women meant that I was able to speak to someone who does know what you means when you’re speaking about losing a child suddenly.
“No-one else can really understand unless you’ve went through it yourself.”
Through these fundraising efforts it means that the charity are able to fund research into DNA testing and finding potential explanations for their children’s deaths in order to prevent others.
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