Hi my name is Helen and I would like to share my story with you. I am fundraising for a project that is very personal and dear to my heart. The project is called Sandy's toolbox in memory of my beloved dad Sandy. 

My dad had been very poorly on and off since July 2021.I took some time out from work to go and support my sister Sally to look after his failing health. Dad was in and out of the hospital and after talking it through with my family I decided to take a break from work and go down and look after dad who lived in Dundonald -a small village in Ayrshire. I was living 200 miles away in Portree in Skye. I arrived in Dundonald on Christmas eve. Dad had been in the hospital at the point for five weeks. We got him  home on December 28th 2021

He made the decision that he didn't want to go back to hospital any more. He wished his final days to be in the comfort if his own home .The family respected this decision even though our hearts were torn over this. Dads health deteriorated over the coming weeks . We were looking at end of life care for dad. Unfortunately dads health deteriorated rapidly. Sandy would only survive four more weeks.

 This  was a very stressful and emotion time for the family. We really struggled to get all the resources we needed to cater for his personal care. These products  we had to source ourselves. This got me thinking that more people would be in the same situation as ourselves. We are looking to fill in this important gap for family's dealing with end of life care at home. 

We approached NODA (Ayrshire) -"No One Dies Alone Ayrshire" and the response from them was incredible. With their help Sandy's Toolbox  came alive.

The purpose is to provide palliative care boxes. These boxes will be filled with personal care products to support loved ones that have chosen palliative care at home.

Hence Sandy's Toolbox was born.