Over the last couple of weeks we have started to realise that we are really making our mark on the 'charity scene'. We are now being contacted by several agencies for our help.

We have recently had a few referrals sent to us from other agencies including Cruise, which I still find amazing. When we received the referral I think it was the first time that we all actually sat back and thought 'wow, we are actually now on the radar as a charity offering good quality bereavement support'.

Our charity has now been going for 3 years and during that time we have been told by others that it usually takes about 5 years for a new charity to be accepted as a legitimate functioning charity. 

We are now beginning to see that we are hitting that point and we are doing it in a relatively quick time. 

I think it is because we are all determined and passionate about the cause we are fighting for and none of us are the type to give up, even when it gets really difficult.

When we started this venture I don't think any of us realised just what was involved in getting everything up and running and how hard it was to get people involved. 

We all thought that everyone would feel like we did and would see how important what we were doing was but it quickly became apparent that there are many people out there that cannot understand what we are fighting for. They are not horrible people or insensitive it is just that they have never experienced the death of a baby or child and have not been touched by death in their lives. 

When you are going through grief you forget that others do not feel the same as you and sometimes it can make you feel angry and frustrated. Understanding this and realising that not everyone will want to help has been difficult at times but we are becoming much more understanding of this now.

We are all still learning on the job but we have found out so much and have achieved such a lot in a quick space of time. 

Now we are starting to get referrals and are able to get bereaved families the professional help and counselling the deserve it makes us feel that all the struggles we have been through and all the doors shut in our faces have been worth it.

It makes us feel very proud to feel that we are now helping other families and that we are being taken seriously.

Our vision to have support available to families going through the death of their baby or child all across the United Kingdom is slowly but surely evolving.

We now have a very loyal group of supporters and fundraisers and this group gets bigger each week. Without all these people we would not be at the point we are now at.

Charlie Arthur Curtis, in his brief 19 minutes of life, has had such a major impact on the future provisions of bereavement support. 
Our 'Little Prince' will always be remembered by many as the reason behind our continual fight to get improvements made to the current provision of bereavement support across the United Kingdom.