On Saturday 12th September 2026, our mums home was sadly damaged after her kitchen caught fire.

Thankfully, the most important thing is that she is safe, but the fire has left her facing an incredibly difficult and upsetting situation.

Luckily for her the West Yorkshire fire service arrived quickly and saved the rest of her home but her kitchen is gone.

Unfortunately, she did not renew home insurance cover, which means there is no insurance cover to help with the cost of the damage.

She is now having to cover everything herself from making the house safe and repairing the fire and smoke damage, to replacing a full kitchen. She can’t stay at her home at the moment.

My mum lives on a small pension, and the costs are quickly becoming far more than she can manage alone. At a time in her life when she should feel safe and comfortable in her own home, she is instead facing the worry of how she will afford to put everything right.

We have set up this fundraiser in the hope of taking some of that burden away from her and helping her get back into a safe, warm and comfortable home.

Any donation, no matter how small, would mean so much to our family and will go towards the costs of repairing the damage and replacing the essentials she has lost. If you aren’t able to donate, simply sharing this fundraiser would be an enormous help.

We haven’t told her about this but we know we need to try take that worry away and we can only so much as a family. Thank you so much for taking the time to read her story and for any support you can give. ❤️