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Our Lives, Our Stories with Carl Chinn

Claire Holliday

Ep. 2

Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Claire Holliday to talk about her life story, motherhood and the power of community. Claire discusses her son Vinnie, who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and the campaign she led to fundraise for an accessible classroom at his school.


Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of childhood illness and the death of a child. Please do take care whilst listening or skip this episode if this could be distressing for you.


If you’d like to find out more and support other young people like Vinnie and their families, you can visit Little Hearts Matter: https://www.lhm.org.uk/. You can also find out more about NHS organ donation here: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/.

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