Author: jaspererichawkesford

  Well it's the day after what has been an amazing week of riding and fundraising. The support along the way and response to what we have been doing has been overwhelming and there are so many people to thank so here goes...Thank you and well done to Bill Dwight, Matt Finn, Peter Headeach, Kate Hawkesford, … Continue reading The Rainbows End

27th March. Latest training session... only 4 more sleeps...       

In April we have planned a bike ride starting at Warwick Hospital and finishing at The Fortescue, Salcombe (a pub of course!) in memory of our son Jasper and as a thanks to the amazing support of Warwick Maternity and SCBU units, Edwards Trust and SANDS. Initially, cycling was a way to clear my head, think about Jasper and my … Continue reading Jasper’s Ride the Rainbow ‘Warwick to Salcombe Classic’

As the year draws to a close we're looking back over the the initial fundraising events in memory of Jasper. A big thank you to Rebecca Dwight, Emma Lyons and Neil Rudge for running and completing the Birmingham half. Ella Hawkesford for her cake and loom band sale and The staff at Warwick Hospital for … Continue reading Fundraising so far…..

On the Friday 15th August we had a balloon release in memory of Jasper, something which we intend to do each year. We invited our friends and family to do the same. Here are some of the photos from that day.

Our second child, Jasper Eric Hawkesford was born on 16th July 2014 at Warwick hospital, weighing 8lb 2oz. Sadly, mine and Jon's beautiful little boy and Tessy's perfect baby brother was only to live for seven hours. We were unaware at the time, but Jasper had internal abnormalities that caused him to have extremely underdeveloped lungs. … Continue reading About Jasper’s Rainbow