A Yorkshire family has vowed to raise as much money as possible for their 11-year-old daughter’s legacy for less litter.
On April 3 this year, Matilda Pritchard, from Pudsey in Leeds, sadly and unexpectedly died, leaving parents Anna and Steve “devastated and heartbroken” with many unanswered questions.
Matilda had an undiagnosed heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) which affects 1 in 1,000 people, a condition which Matilda showed no symptoms of having until she tragically died in her sleep.
Steve, 43, said: “The best way to describe grief, especially in the early stages, is that it comes in waves, sometimes the tide is out and the sun is shining, then other days the waves crash over you.
“Coping with grief is, for us, about coping with the good and bad times together as a family.”
As a way to channel their grief and to celebrate her life and her passions, Steve and Anna, 40, launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for an issue she was passionate about - litter.
On April 3 this year, Matilda Pritchard, from Pudsey in Leeds, sadly and unexpectedly died, leaving parents Anna and Steve “devastated and heartbroken” with many unanswered questions.
Matilda had an undiagnosed heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) which affects 1 in 1,000 people, a condition which Matilda showed no symptoms of having until she tragically died in her sleep.
Steve, 43, said: “The best way to describe grief, especially in the early stages, is that it comes in waves, sometimes the tide is out and the sun is shining, then other days the waves crash over you.
“Coping with grief is, for us, about coping with the good and bad times together as a family.”
As a way to channel their grief and to celebrate her life and her passions, Steve and Anna, 40, launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for an issue she was passionate about - litter.
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00:00A Yorkshire family has vowed to raise as much money as possible for their 11-year-old daughter's
00:06legacy for less litter. On April the 3rd this year, Matilda Pritchard from Pudsey in Leeds
00:12sadly and unexpectedly died, leaving parents Anna and Steve devastated and heartbroken
00:19with many unanswered questions. Matilda had an undiagnosed heart condition as a way to
00:26channel their grief and to celebrate her life and the things she was passionate about.
00:32Steve and Anna launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for an issue she was passionate
00:37about – litter – to keep Britain tidy. It's what Steve and Matilda would do for
00:44their daddy-daughter time, and something close to Matilda's heart, and something her family,
00:53her sister and her parents all hope, will continue her legacy by fundraising as much
00:59money as possible to keep Britain tidy for the next five years. The five years Matilda
01:07should have been in secondary school.