Tom 'Willow' Wilson, aged 22, died on the 9th of December 2015, after a first team training ground accident at our club. He suffered a traumatic subarachnoid brain haemorrhage after a blow to the head by a stick. The Willows teams are named in his memory.
As the family considered organ donation they were informed he signed up as a fresher at Nottingham Trent University, allowing Tom selflessly to donate his organs and tissue to help save and transform the lives of up to 50 people. His teammates who performed CPR helped save Tom’s organs enabling him to give the ultimate gift of life.
The Tom Wilson Memorial Fund was set up to raise money for various donor organisations, concussion research and England Hockey related sporting charities. All money raised will go to the fund, any donation would be greatly appreciated.
You can donate through the
Tom “Willow” Wilson Fund website
or using the Give as you live website.
Just register, search for "Tom Wilson", select the Fund as your charity of choice and start shopping.
When you shop online with designated shops (see below) a percentage of the payment will be donated to the Fund.
Money donated to the Fund will go to supporting donor family network organisations, advancing sporting related concussion and head trauma research and supporting England hockey related charities.
Signing up with Give As You Live to support the Fund, costs you nothing but rewards the Fund with commission payments. It's not just limited to club members, spread the word to family and friends asking them to support the Fund too.
Give as you Live
Give as you Live is an award-winning fundraising platform which turns a percentage of every penny spent online into a donation to The Tom Wilson Memorial Fund. You can shop as you would normally at over 3,000 top online retailers, which donate a percentage of your shopping spend to The Tom Wilson Memorial Fund on your behalf, at no extra cost to you.
The retailers include Amazon, Tesco, John Lewis, Salisbury's, Expedia, The Train Line and many more. With these Give as you Live has raised more than £4m for UK charities so far. So, no matter what you're buying online - be it sports equipment, gifts, clothes, train tickets or holidays, please shop through Give as you Live and raise money for The Tom Wilson Memorial Fund just by shopping online.
It's free, fast and secure and the best thing… it turns every purchase you make into funds without costing you a penny more!