Family of Maddie Burnham continue their fundraising mission in her memory
The family of Maddie Burnham are set to take part in the Leicester 10k next month, as they continue their fundraising mission in her memory.
Maddie, who was a pupil at Kibworth Mead Academy, took her own life in September 2024.
Since her death, the family from Great Glen have received a lot of help from The Bodie Hodges Foundation, a Leicester-based charity which supports families following the death of a child.
The charity’s vision is to give hope to grieving families by providing a range of services that encourage them to rebuild and remember, including one to one early therapeutic counselling sessions for parents, children and young people.
Members of Maddie’s family have raised more than £9,000 for the foundation through various challenges, which included Maddie’s mum Jackie completing the Great North Run last year.
On March 1, Jackie - along with Maddie’s dad Dave, her sisters Hollie and Libby, her uncle Lee, her cousins Wesley, Zeloney and Callum, and their partners Kieran and Georgia - are all taking part in the Leicester 10k.
It is one of the biggest charity road runs in the region and starts and finishes in Leicester city centre.
The family have set up a fundraising page dedicated to this year’s Leicester 10k which has raised £410 at the time of writing – see https://www.justgiving.com/page/jackie-burnham-6
Maddie, 13, was described as a ‘happy, strong and spirited teenager, who loved spending time outdoors'.
Last year a group of Maddie’s friends plus her teacher Beth Palmer completed the Tough Mudder, an endurance 10 to 12-mile obstacle course, in her memory and in aid of the foundation.