Two of a Kind charity initiative in memory of twin baby boys

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00:00So our two boys are Micah and Matthew.

00:03With me being a Manchester United fan, our boys would have been Manchester United fans by proxy.

00:10They were born last year on the 12th of July.

00:15Sadly they were born premature and they didn't survive.

00:20It just seemed fitting for me to do a charity football match as a way to raise funds for charity.

00:27TOKE stands for two of a kind because that's what our boys are, they were two of a kind.

00:33We are far from professional athletes but we are just a group of family, friends and we all love

00:40football and Manchester United fans love to be Manchester United and then other fans love to

00:46beat Manchester United. So I thought that'd be a good game, so why not?

00:51We wanted to raise money and give back to the charities and the services that helped us

00:56greatly throughout a really horrible time and I remember my baby as a volunteer charity that

01:02came in and photographed our boys for us in the hospital and those are memories that we'll cherish

01:07forever. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, the crew that attended on the night were absolutely

01:13fantastic. They couldn't have looked after Kylie any more and we were so grateful for everything.

01:21I was looking for sponsors for the other team. I just reached out to Telefonica,

01:26my work, and just said listen would you be interested in this and they were over the moon

01:31and they were like absolutely we want to be a part of it and it just it was just perfect fit.

01:37In Telefonica we are a community and a family. A lot of the initiatives that we undertake over

01:42the course of the year are driven by our colleagues. We create a safe space for them to come and talk

01:47to us about the volunteering they do or the communities that they're involved in and seek

01:53support and where we can we absolutely will. The way the company looked after myself and my wife

01:59through the tough time, I'll never be able to repay them. They gave us all the time off that

02:04we needed, they gave us all the support that we needed and it truly was a massive help.

02:10The loss of twins is more than doubly devastating. So the fact that he and his family are putting

02:16their energy and focus into this type of activity I think is incredibly healing but also incredibly

02:23rewarding for us to even play the smallest part in. So many people out there have experienced

02:29some form of loss and it's something that isn't really spoke about and we just wanted to help

02:34try and raise awareness for it and just know it is good to talk

02:38and that these be babies and never be forgotten.