Kind-hearted families are recognised in Parliament

Clare Adamson MSP gets a selfie with Lisa Kelman

Three Motherwell families have had their fundraising efforts recognised in the Scottish Parliament.

Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson submitted motions to recognise kind-hearted Laura McKeating and Graeme Downie, Liann and Colin Weir and the Kelman Family.

Laura and Graeme raised over £7000 for NHS Lanarkshire’s bereavement fund and the Lola Commons Fund in memory of their daughter Aria, who was stillborn at 26 weeks last July.

Their initial target was to raise was to raise £500 through their Just Giving page, but that, within two weeks, they had already received £2000 and a number of events were held to push them to their total.

Graeme Downie and Laura McKeating with daughter Anna

More than £5000 will be put towards creating a bereavement suite to allow parents to spend time alone with their child.

Liann and Colin raised £1,250 for Wishaw General Hospital’s neonatal unit, in memory of their daughter, Emily, to mark what would have been her 10th birthday.

Emily was born 15 weeks premature in October 2006 and sadly passed away a few weeks later because of complications.