Emma was taken from us at the age of 39 after contracting sepsis. Those that knew Emma will know that she was one of the kindest, most selfless and most intelligent people around. Never putting her own priorities first, she was always thinking about how she could help the lives of other people. She was always on the side of the marginalised, keen on promoting equality and social justice and was very proud to go out and put that into practice throughout the community.

Emma died a week before the UK went into its first national lockdown, and about a week before her 40th birthday. She leaves behind husband Adam and her two sons George and Roscoe. She will be forever loved and missed.

Sepsis Research FEAT is a registered charity (SC049399) and we are the UK’s only sepsis research charity.

Sepsis accounts for around 50,000 deaths in the UK every year - that's more than breast and bowel cancer combined.

We don't understand enough about sepsis and the biological processes that can lead to serious illness or even death. That is why we urgently need to increase funding:

- to raise awareness of sepsis

- for research: to understand the processes that lead to sepsis, to design effective treatments for it & to help save lives.