Lisa’s Blog

A Year Ago Today……

A year ago today at approximately 3.30pm at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, our world was turned completely upside down when we were told that Frankie would be born with a severe cleft lip and palate. I can remember the feelings of shock and disbelief when we were...

Time For Reflection….

Apart from updates about Frankie’s Legacy as a charity, and the events that I’ve been working on to raise funds to go towards improving the delivery suite facilities at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital and other hospitals in the area, I realised that have lost sight...

Droitwich Lions Ladies Donate £500 To Frankie’s Legacy

Out of the blue a few weeks ago I received an email from a lady called Angela Phillips, who is part of the Droitwich Lions Ladies, saying that they would like to make a donation to Frankie's Legacy.  I wrote back to her and said how lovely to receive her email, and...

Family Fun Day In Aid Of Frankie’s Legacy

On Sunday 20th July 2014 Events Organiser Ella Stearn will be running a family fun day; all money raised will go to Frankie’s Legacy who are raising funds to improve the delivery suite facilities at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital. Activities scheduled so far...

Frankie’s Legacy Is Supporting Rare Chromosome Disorder Week

Frankie's Legacy is supporting the first ever Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week in his memory, as Frankie would have had Chromosome 15 Duplication Syndrome if had lived, which meant he would have been severely mentally and physically disabled.  This is a very...

Frankie’s Legacy Awareness Raising At New College Bromsgrove

We were delighted to be asked to attend New College Bromsgrove’s Family Fun Day on Saturday 17th May, which was a brilliant way for us to raise awareness of Frankie’s Legacy and the work we are doing. Here is Frankie’s Daddy Russell and Sylvia Herbert from the...

£122.00 Raised For Frankie’s Legacy At Car Boot Sale

We are absolutely delighted to announce that following Frankie’s Nanny and Granddad doing a car boot sale at Malvern on Saturday 17th May 2014 that we have raised a further £122.00 for Frankie’s Legacy, an amazing achievement! The weather was absolutely glorious and...

Happy Easter Everyone

Happy Easter everyone....from Lisa (Frankie's Mummy), Russell (Frankie's Daddy) and of course.....Frankie 🙂 xxxx

Frankie’s Legacy: Frankie’s Story & BBC Midlands Today

My husband and I are completely over the moon with this video that we had done by James McDonald from <a href="http://www.allaboutworcester.com">All About Worcester</a>, which told Frankie's story and how the charity came into existence.  It also shows...

Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS – Frankie’s Mummy & Founder of Frankie’s Legacy

Frankie was a small pebble dropped into the lake of life…but his ripple will be felt forever…

My blog “Frankie’s Legacy: Love, Loss Grief & Recovery” focuses on raising awareness of early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal death, cleft lip/palate and rare chromosome disorders.

My much loved and much wanted son Francesco “Frankie” Enrico Ventura was born sleeping on 29/11/2013 and had a severe cleft lip/palate, talipes and an extremely rare chromosome disorder (chromosome 15 duplication syndrome).

This blog focuses on my journey as an empty armed mother, and about how I am surviving stillbirth, celebrating Frankie and creating his lasting legacy as best I can.

With much love,

Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS
Frankie’s Mummy
xxxxx

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