About the cause
The Joseph Salmon Trust
Joseph was a happy, healthy three year old who loved life. He enjoyed playing with his toy trains, his cars and his pretend kitchen. He had a busy social life, with lots of friends from nursery and friends who lived nearby.
He enjoyed cooking with his mummy,going on trains and buses with his daddy, and playing outside with anyone who would join in.
Joseph had a passion for books and had just started to ‘read’ them to his younger sister. It felt like his life was just beginning.
This all changed on 1st April 2005, when Joseph died of streptococcal pneumonia. Joseph did not suffer, he simply fell into a deeper sleep from which he never awoke.
The Joseph Salmon Trust has been set up in his name
The Trust supports parents who have lost a child by providing financial assistance to those who need it most. This may be to help with funeral costs or to allow the self employed a break from work while they come to terms with their loss.
Grieving families have enough to deal with without worries about where they will find the money to say goodbye to their child or pay the next electricity bill. Nothing we can do can make their situation better, but we can do something to stop it getting worse.
You can read about one of the families the charity has helped here: Jordan
You can donate to the Trust by debit/credit card through our Justgiving page.
You can donate via the post by sending cash or a check to:
The Joseph Salmon Trust
PO Box 1538
Huddersfield
HD1 9LB
(Please do not send a check if you live outside the United Kingdom as they ar prohibitively expensive to cash)
You can learn more about the trust by visiting their website: thejosephsalmontrust.org.uk
You can even join their facebook group or tweet them at @salmontrust
