Henry 'Dog' Bromberg Memorial Bench

Final Update

Many thanks to everyone for your generous donations. We reached the final total and the bench is now in place. It is already being well used by passing visitors to the Church, and by Henry's family and friends when they visit. As a result of this appeal we also made some special new friends who had been following Henry's story. Many thanks to you all for your support. Bob and Laura.

Update:

We are SO grateful to everyone for their donations. I have now placed the order for Henry's bench. We've decided to go for oak - which is longer lasting - hence I have updated the target to £1150. This includes 'heavy duty' fixing which the church rightly expects. Bob and I will of course donate any remaining amount. Thank you so much for making this happen. The waiting list is 12 weeks, so I will update you when it arrives.

Many thanks. Bob and Laura.

Henry's story

Henry 'Dog' Bromberg was a little boy with a larger-than-life character who died in 2016, aged 9, awaiting a heart transplant. He called himself 'Dog' as his love of dogs was such that he insisted that he was one (a cute pug!)

He was an ambassador for the charity Readathon and appeared on Children in Need in November 2015, where he famously took the microphone off Alex Lovell (BBC Points West), and did a 2-minute ‘shout out’ without giving back the microphone —raising many thousands of pounds. Henry was full of mischief and kept everyone fully entertained. He was brave to the end, with his mantra being, I will never, ever, ever, ever give up. 

Henry's grave is visited every day, and his parents would like to raise money for a memorial bench for family and friends to have somewhere special to sit when they visit him. To see more about Henry, please see his website www.henrybromberg.com