An award winning carer from Raynes Park is raising money for the hospice that looked after her seriously ill daughter before she passed away.

Stephanie Nimmo’s daughter Daisy was born with a rare life-limiting genetic disease called Costello Syndrome, which meant she was confined to a wheelchair and required constant care.

Daisy sadly passed away in Great Ormond Street Hospital shortly after her twelfth birthday on Tuesday, January 31.

Mrs Nimmo, 47, who lives with her family in Cannon Hill Lane, has been caring for Daisy and her three other children, two of whom have autistic spectrum disorder, singlehandedly, after her husband Andy died from bowel cancer in December 2015.

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Mrs Nimmo is now fundraising for the Shooting Star Chase hospice that cared for her daughter in Hampton, which she said has been “invaluable” to her family.

Mrs Nimmo said: “We always knew we were on borrowed time with Daisy but we never expected it to actually happen. We’re all pretty heartbroken.

“She had a really positive outlook on life that taught everyone else that it was really important to seize the day and get on with life.

“I really just want to raise awareness for everything the hospice did for us. They have been supporting my family since my daughter was a few months old.

“I don’t know what we would have done without them. We don’t have any immediate family in the area so we would have been on our own.”

Mrs Nimmo has raised money for the hospice in the past, including by running the London Marathon last year. Her current fundraising page, set up shortly after Daisy passed away, has already passed its target of £3,000.

She also thanked the local community for their support of her family, including the bespoke cake shop ‘Cakes by Robin’ in Southfields, who offered to bake a series of cakes covered in daisies for the funeral as a gift “from one mum to another”.

Mrs Nimmo won a Lloyds Pharmacy National Carers Award last year, and won the Parent/Carer of the Year award at the Merton Community Awards in 2015.

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However, she said: “I’m doing what I think any other mum would do. I looked after my little girl as much as I could and I wanted to tell her story, because there are lots and lots of families like mine in similar situations.

“Every carer is an award winner. We all do a hard job and we all do it for love. You’ve just got to get on with it.”

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