Famous faces back a little girl's campaign to raise awareness of sibling grief

Famous faces back a little girl's campaign to raise awareness of sibling grief Credit: Darcey's Dream

When baby Darcey Williams died just 10 weeks after birth, her loss was felt by all members of the family including Darcey's twin sister Layla and older sister Emelia-Paige.

When looking into support for families after losing a child, mum Petra Williams found that the services currently on offer, put the focus on parents who have lost children.

Emelia-Paige was just 23-months-old when her little sister Darcey passed away. Petra felt there was a gap in grief support for young children who are struggling to understand and come to terms with the loss of a sibling.

In response to this, Petra set up the charity 'Darcey's Dream' in honour of her late daughter, with the aim of helping the whole family after the loss or death of a baby or child. The charity puts a special focus on helping children grieve the loss of a brother or sister.

Now, at the grand old age of 4-years-old, Darcey's sister Emelia-Paige is going above and beyond, hoping to raise as much money as possible for 'Darcey's Dream' to help others.

Emelia-Paige Credit: Darcey's Dream

Over the next year, Emelia-Paige is playing a game of swim tag with celebrities to raise awareness and vital funds for child grief support.

As part of Emelia-Paige's #10LengthsForDarcey campaign, she will swim 10 lengths with a celebrity. Once completed they will then nominate another celeb to swim.

So far she has swam with the likes of, Police Interceptor PC Spike, Blue band-member Antony Costa, former footballer Lee Howey and Liberty-X singer Michelle Heaton.

Petra Williams with 4-year-old Emelia-Paige Credit: Darcey's Dream

You can follow Emelia-Paige's progress over on her Facebook page.