4Louis founder Kirsty Knight looks back on 15 years of Sunderland bereavement charity

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00:00So Kirstie we're marking 15 years of four Lewis, for those who don't know can

00:04you explain how the charity began? Of course I lost my son Lewis in December

00:102009. I was 38 weeks pregnant and sadly his heart stopped due to a placenta

00:17abruption and he passed away and I had to go to hospital and deliver Lewis. Back

00:23then it was such a taboo subject and there was very little in terms of memory

00:29keeping and support available and we just kind of decided as a family that it

00:35needed a change. And since then how many families have you helped over the course

00:40of those 15 years? Over the last 15 years we've supplied quarter of a million

00:45memory boxes right across the UK including Northern Ireland and Wales and

00:51Scotland and if you use the power of six, so mum, dad, grandparents, siblings, it's

00:59the equivalent of filling Wembley Stadium 16 and a half times. And these

01:04boxes really do help people see their hardest of times? They do yes, it's

01:10something tangible for them to walk out of hospital with, it lets them know that

01:15they're not alone, their child mattered, we're thinking of them and they've been

01:20described as a cuddle at the worst time. And you still have great

01:24relationships with families that you've dealt with over the years, haven't you

01:27been invited to weddings and christenings? We have yes, it's always great to see

01:32families want to have their rainbow baby and to receive that invite to watch them

01:37get married and mark special occasions in their lives as well.