The family of a young boy who drowned while on holiday have launched a fund to help grieving parents with the cost of their children's funeral.
Three-year-old Shae Colford, of Syston, died in August in Cartama, a small village near the city of Malaga, in Spain.
His mum, Jenna Naish, 27, said she was left devastated and inconsolable, especially when it came to arranging the youngster's funeral.
Now, Jenna and her sister, Stacey Brown, 31, are waiting for official charity status after setting up Heaven Sent From Shae – a fund dedicated to helping parents pay for a headstone and funeral flowers for their children.
They said the organisation would assist parents who found themselves in the horrific situation of having to bury their young sons or daughters.
Jenna said: "When I went to the cemetery I saw all the children's graves, and so many didn't have headstones and it made me think we had to do something.
"No parent ever expects to bury their child, but if it does happen you're left completely unprepared.
"We feel that when a family is going through what is the most difficult time they will face in their lives, they should not have to worry that they cannot give that child the flowers they want for them, or the commemorative headstone they deserve."
Stacey said they were having Gift Aid status approved and were raising the £5,000 needed to be given official registered charity status.
The family has a set up a website and Facebook page dedicated to the fund.
Since the youngster's death, Jenna has also kept a candid online blog, Letters to Shae, in which she writes to her son.
The heart-wrenching posts see her write about her grief and include her telling him what she and the rest of the family are up to.
Jenna and Stacey told the Mercury their focus now would be to raise as much money as they could for Heaven Sent From Shae.
The family has organised a fund-raising event at the Razor Edge hair salon, in Leicester Road, Oadby, on Saturday, November 30.
Beauty Night In features pampering and beauty treatments, including gents cuts, waxing, fake tans and massages, with all proceeds going to the fund.
It runs from 4pm until 8pm and includes refreshments.
For more information, e-mail:
heavensentfromshae @yahoo.co.uk
Visit the fund's website at:
heavensentfromshae- charity.simplesite.com
