FUNDRAISERS have raised money in memory of a seven-week-old child who died unexpectedly.

Shay Pilling tragically passed away as the result of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2016.

But his mum Christy Smith found the inner strength to raise a magnificent £5,000 to purchase lifesaving sleep apnoea monitors for the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.

And now a team of rounders fanatics from Burnley have raised £700 to provide a truckload of new toys for young patients on the children's ward at the hospital.

The fundraising idea came from Vanessa Woodall, Jane Dewhurst and Joanne Baldwin who, supported by Janet Roundell, set up Getin2...Rounders, a project run in partnership with Burnley Leisure and Burnley Rounders Club.

The Getin2...Rounders girls were inspired to raise funds for the children’s ward in memory of Shay.

Grandma Avril Pilling said: “Vanessa, Jane and Joanne - all keen rounders players and old school friends - came up with the idea of donating raffle funds raised during the season in memory of Shay."