Remembering a loved one

When someone you love dies, the sense of loss can cause a profound sadness. It can, at times, feel almost overwhelming. It can also be difficult to know where to start when thinking about a special way to remember, honour and celebrate your loved one’s life.

That’s why we’ll be on hand to answer any of your questions. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to raise money in memory of your loved one, if and when you need us.

MuchLoved 

A MuchLoved tribute page allows friends and family to share memories, thoughts and photographs of your loved one in a bespoke online space. You can set up the page yourself or ask your funeral director to create it. Using the MuchLoved tribute page, you can share details of their funeral service and also set up a function for donating securely to the cause close to your heart.

Create a MuchLoved tribute page (external website)

Remembering Evie

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Evie had the progressive neurological condition known as LCC (Leukoencephalopathy, Calcification and Cysts) also known as Labrune Syndrome. This is a hugely rare degenerative genetic condition which, as well as causing many neurological symptoms in patients (including seizures, progressive loss of speech, function and mobility) also causes life threatening cysts on the brain. Little is understood about the progression of the disease, as there are only approximately 60 known cases in the world.

Evie was just twelve years old when she died. Her parents asked the funeral director to arrange for donations to be sent to Professor Yanick Crow and team who are working to find treatments and maybe even a cure for this life limiting condition.

Evie's page on Much Loved (external website)

JustGiving

Alternatively, you can set-up a JustGiving page. This gives you the opportunity to share your loved one’s story and allows others to share their own messages of love and support, all whilst fundraising for the cause that is special to you and your loved one.

Create a JustGiving page

Remembering Alison

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Hayley’s mum Alison began to feel unwell in spring 2019. Sadly, Alison’s health progressively deteriorated over the following year, and she was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in summer 2020. Devastatingly, Alison died just a month later, on 7 July 2020.

Hayley set up a JustGiving page in memory of her mum, who was also her best friend, to raise money in aid of CJD research.

Hayley's page on JustGiving (external website)

Funeral collection

Your funeral director will be able to arrange a funeral collection. They will have cash collection boxes available to use at the service and can also help set-up a MuchLoved tribute page. If you would like them to, they should also be able to add our charity logo, donation URL and QR code to the Order of Service.

The fundraising team at the University of Edinburgh will be happy to liaise with your funeral director; please ask them to email Kerry.Mackay@ed.ac.uk or phone 0131 650 2240.

Donate in memory

If you wish to make a donation in memory of a loved one, please use download our donation form and post it to:

Freepost UNIVERSITY REPLY

Please note, ‘UNIVERSITY REPLY’ must be in capitals. There’s no need to include our address - it will make its way to us just as it is.

Get in touch

Remember that we’re here to help. For more information, please email Kerry.Mackay@ed.ac.uk or call 0131 650 2240.