A special “Family Fun Day” is being organised to celebrate the life of Culcheth dad Luke Broomhead, who tragically died suddenly from a major seizure due to epilepsy aged just 31.
As well as celebrating Luke’s life, who died just before his 32nd birthday, leaving behind a one-year-old son, his family want to raise awareness of SUDEP – Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.
Luke was a local lad who went to school at Culcheth High School and was well known around the village. He had Epilepsy and on 30 June 2020 he very sadly had a major seizure which he died from just before his 32nd birthday on 10 July leaving behind his infant son.
His sister Laura Harrison said: “We as a family were of course devastated by his sudden and unexpected death and were not aware that this could have happened to him but were informed by SUDEP action that Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy is much more common than people think with 1 in 1000 people with Epilepsy dying each year.
“However, it is not broadly discussed with people when they are diagnosed and neither are the options to lower the risk of this occurring.
“We as a family now want to celebrate Luke’s birthday this year and want to raise awareness and some funds for the charity in Lukes’s memory and will be holding a family fun day at the Daten on 10 July to hopefully do just that.”
There will be stalls, activities, food and music and an opportunity to give local small businesses the opportunity to have a stall on the day or if they have a service they want to provide to come down and get involved. Similarly, if they would like to donate a raffle prize that would be also really appreciated.
To get involved email Laura at [email protected]
