Help give Andrea Allsop the send-off she deserves

My name is Emma Clarkson and I'm raising funds to help give my beautiful mum the send-off she deserves.

Andrea Allsop, died suddenly on Monday 17th October, after collapsing outside Mansfield Bus Station and suffering a devastating and irreversible cardiac arrest, aged only 61. So much effort was made to resuscitate her by both incredibly wonderful bystanders and the team at Mansfield Bus station, and by the paramedic team that arrived.

My mum was a wonderful mother of 4 children who loved the very bones of her. She was a Grandmother favoured by all of her young grandchildren. Not only had she dedicated the first part of her life to raising her children, she had also dedicated the last 16 years of her life to raising and caring for her grandson, who has ASD, leaving him absolutely bereft at the tender age of 16.

Mum was well known and well-loved by many communities through the years, her formative years spent in Mansfield Woodhouse and her most recent years in Sutton-in-Ashfield. She loved people and welcomed them into her life, helping them wherever she could and being a friend and an ear to all.

Although she has a big family, nobody expected her to leave our lives so suddenly. Her four children, including myself, Craig, Tracie and Andrew Paget, are now trying to arrange a send-off worthy of her big and beautiful personality and attitude to life.

Let's be honest. Funerals are incredibly expensive and where we would love to be able to say we have a large disposable income we all have young children (some with disabilities and extra needs) and with the cost of living nobody can truly afford to die. We have very little time to find a hefty sum of money just to give mum the basics. We want to give her the world, like she did for us.

We are asking if anyone can help, especially if you knew her, her beautiful soul, her infectious personality, the absolute solid love she had for her family. No donation is too small, every penny goes towards making sure we can give her one last day, to be able to say goodbye.

If you're unable to donate, please could you share and try to help us raise half of the funds we need to say goodbye properly.