Mum Kyra Welch to open bench in memory of son Kaiden

But for Kyra Welch, from Wicken Green, near Fakenham, it will be somewhere she can be with her beloved son Kaiden for the rest of her life.

Miss Welch, whose eight-year-old died from heart failure in October 2021, is having a bench installed in his memory on March 31 at a small woodland in North Creake - where the boy was raised.

She said: “For the rest of my life, I will have somewhere where I can go and be with Kaiden.”

Miss Welch, 28, scattered Kaiden's ashes on the top of Snowdonia, on his birthday last June.

She said she felt she lacked a place to be with her son, so set about creating one.

Kyra Welch with her son Kaiden on his fifth birthday, after doctors thought he would only live for two years (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)

Miss Welch said: “After I scattered him, I felt that I didn’t have anywhere significant for him, then I thought about this little woods in North Creake we would walk through during lockdown.

“He always made it round there, and we carved his name into a tree, so I decided I wanted to put it there.

“The land is owned by the Althorp estate. I was helped by [North Creake] parish council, but I cannot explain how much it means."

Kyra Welch playing with her son Kaiden Griffin. (Image: Archant)

Miss Welch, who also lived in Holt, organised a charity ball towards the end of 2022 for East Anglia's Children's Hospices, which supported Kaiden throughout his life. 

She said she wanted to thank the parish council and the estate for helping her install the bench, which is being built by her brother and will have a plaque installed in memory of the little boy.

Stuart Coleman, from the estate, will open the bench on behalf of its owner, Lord Spencer, on March 31, alongside Miss Welch.

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