Dumbarton family's Christmas Fayre raises more than £1000 for Cot Death Trust
dailyrecord.co.ukA Dumbarton mum who lost her three-week-old son to cot death is hoping to raise awareness of the support available to parents after a successful fundraising Christmas Fayre.Nicola Collins’ son Jack Miller passed away in October 2011 as a result of cot death, which kills one child every nine days in Scotland.Since losing Jack, Nicola has dedicated herself to raising funds for the Scottish Cot Death Trust, who have supported her and her family, in his memory.Last weekend, their popular Christmas Fayre at Dumbarton Masonic returned for the first time since the pandemic, helping raise more than £1000 for the charity – with over 20 kind-hearted local businesses selling items on the day.However, the fayres aren’t the only way in which Nicola and her family are helping the charity in Jack’s memory.She told the Lennox: “Just before the first Christmas, someone had suggested doing a wee wine set with a little bottle of wine and some chocolates.
We did loads of those in the first year, and after that I was sitting in work when I decided I would organise a craft fayre.“I think I only gave myself about four weeks that year, but I decided I was doing it.
Ever since I’ve done something almost every year. We’ve had a ladies’ night, we held a glass-walk charity night just before the pandemic where we walked across broken glass.“It was horrific.
But we did it.“At the start of September we did a zip-line across the Clyde. It was the first big thing that my daughter, Christina, could properly get involved in.“I wouldn’t do it again, but it was good.
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