Up until now we have been running Thinking of Oscar in our spare time, with the help of a small group of trustees.  We have worked with...

Wednesday 19th June 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Oscar’s death. He had been unwell for a number of weeks and was eventually...

During the past four and a half years the majority of the work of Thinking of Oscar has been done by David and myself, with invaluable...

What’s it all about? TOO500, which stands for Thinking of Oscar 500, is the name of the bike ride which we are organising to mark the 5th...

Where to start? So much has happened with the charity this year it does feel like 2018 has been a pivotal one for us. For the past 18...

We had an inspirational trip to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital today to visit one of our advisors and introduce them to a partner...

I pick up my pen less often now. It’s not that our heads are empty but oftentimes there’s not much new to say. Today it is three years...

Dear Oscar, I can’t believe that tomorrow you should be four years old. A lot has happened in your short life and the one that followed....

A while back I asked Holly what made her smile. The conversation was so interesting I scribbled it down straight away and I’ve just found...

I write in my book less at the moment. It’s not that I don’t have anything to say, nor that my thoughts aren’t whirring all the time....

Tomorrow marks another milestone for our family. Oscar lived for 499 days. Tomorrow Barney will be 500 days old. I met a bereaved mother...

From the very beginning I knew that I needed to write. Not for a blog but for David and I and for Holly and Oscar. For us because the...

I still cannot believe the experience that we had last night. I went to The Oxford Union to watch David speak. I couldn’t resist taking a...

Last year I was introduced to a father who told me about how his daughter had spent months and months in Great Ormond Street Hospital in...

I’ve been putting off thinking about this more than fleetingly for weeks. Oscar should be starting pre-school this week. Holly would be...

David and I were talking last week about various fundraising ideas. We were discussing whether we might be able to get a couple of places...

Well we survived another Christmas and New Year. We were dreading them this year more than last year as we knew how tough they would be....

This evening over dinner Holly managed to spill some food down herself. She paused for a moment… it hadn’t been an easy day. David is...

Sat in a traffic jam on the M25 today gave me a chance to reflect on what is about to be our second Christmas without Oscar. People do...

Today is ‪#‎GivingTuesday‬ around the world and in just 6 weeks Hannah Cole has put together and published the Thinking of Oscar...