FRIENDS and family of a baby boy who died from cot death have raised more than £1,000 in his memory.
Sporting tournaments, fancy dress collections and charity nights during last week and the Easter weekend have helped preserve memories of 13-week-old Benson Gillham, from Stanley, Crook, County Durham.
After his death, in March, Benson's mother, Catherine, embarked on a fundraising challenge to go towards research into the syndrome that has taken so many young lives.
She said yesterday: "I can't thank everyone enough. People from AABAT taxis have been brilliant and the Black Horse pub, at Willington, have been absolutely wonderful.''
Money is still coming in with the sale of badges, and Miss Gillham is hoping to send the proceeds to the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death, next week.
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