Rosie May was only 10 years old when she was killed in 2003
A Nottinghamshire mum has won an award recognising her hard work and commitment towards the foundation she opened after her daughter was killed at a Christmas party. Mary Storrie received a Special Recognition Award at this year's Enterprising Women's Awards, highlighting her leadership skills, strength, and resilience within the Rosie May Foundation.
A year later in December 2004, Rosie May's parents and two older brothers decided to escape their horrific memories on a family holiday to South East Asia. There, they planted a palm tree in memory of their daughter and sister, which miraculously survived the tsunami that hit the shore of the Indian Ocean on December 26, claiming more than 230,000 lives across 14 different countries.
"Setting up the foundation has helped with the grieving process enormously as it's given us a channel to be able to focus on. For us as a family and indeed for anybody else that's been affected by the murder of Rosie May, it gives us something positive to work towards and also, importantly, allows us to keep her name and her memory alive. The ripple effect actually is huge and it's something that you can't really measure.
In December 2017, Mary, who completed her Masters degree at the University of Nottingham, also received the prestigious Laurette Alumni Award for her advocacy and international work. The charity's priority now is represented by the Think Pink initiative, which aims to recruit, train, and mentor women taxi drivers, in partnership with DG Cars.
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