Highlands charity host fundraiser to support bereaved families
31st July 2024
Highland fundraising group, Leo’s Pride, is organising their fourth annual fundraiser, Party with the Pride set to take place later this year.
Leo’s Pride was founded in 2018 for Louise and Mitchell Flett’s son, Leo, who lived with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Type 1C. Working with Muscular Dystrophy UK, Leo’s Pride raised awareness and funded research into this condition.
Sadly, in 2019, Leo passed away. The family wanted to keep fundraising, and did so with Muscular Dystrophy UK, then MFR Cash for Kids. This year, realising the limited support in place for families in the Highlands experiencing child loss, it was clear to Louise and Mitchell that Leo’s Pride should work to help provide support locally.
To address this need, Leo’s Pride teamed up with Held in our Hearts, an Edinburgh based charity dedicated to supporting bereaved parents that are now introducing their services to the Highlands. This year, all money raised through Leo’s Pride, throughout 2024 will be used by Held in our Hearts exclusively for the Highland region.
Taking place 21st September at the Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness, Party with the Pride will include an evening with live music and entertainment, an auction along with a three-course meal in the memory of Leo and to raise money Held in our Hearts.
The event already has a number of sponsors in place, including Tulloch Homes who are building high quality homes across the Highlands and Moray, Caley Timber and Building Supplies, Macleod & MacCallum and Global Highland.
Louise, Leo’s mum and founder of Leo’s Pride, said:
“When Leo died, there were no charities in the Highlands supporting parents of child loss meaning Mitchell and I had to navigate our way through finding our own support to help us with the immense grief of losing Leo.
“I am delighted we have partnered up with Held In Our Hearts, an Edinburgh born charity, new to the Highland region, supporting bereaved parents of baby and child loss. Had Held In Our Hearts been in the Highlands at the time, they would have been invaluable to us.
“Party with the Pride has been hugely successful and popular in the past and, with Tulloch Homes’ donation of a table, we are excited to host Held in our Hearts at the event in Leo’s memory.”
Tulloch Homes Managing Director, Keiran Graham, said:
“Louise and Mitchell, in the midst of their grief, have introduced a much-needed source of support for families in the Highlands and we are pleased to support Leo’s Pride with a VIP table donation at their Party with the Pride event which we have gifted to the charity to invite their workers to.”
To find out more about Leo’s Pride and Party with the Pride visit: https://www.facebook.com/leospridefund/?locale=en_GB