Who We Are

The app and research is completely free and non-denominational, made and facilitated by passionate volunteers who want to encourage a global good: Enabling people to leave messages researched to be of greatest support for their children.

Gaby Eirew
Founder and Director

A specialist in preventing and reducing children’s trauma, Gaby studied Education then specialist Counselling: victim services, post-trauma and end of life support. With a particular focus on children,  Gaby has managed large charities and written a range of books. A zeitgeister, Gaby has developed 3 long-running pioneering programmes to improve children’s lives in the ares of bullying, bereavement and self-esteem.

Gaby has been the visiting Children’s expert on BBC, ITN, & Sky News. Previously, Gaby and her team have received awards including the Ian Graham Award, Captain Boot Scholarship, Marks & Spencer Charity of the Year, GlaxoSmithKline Impact Award and been shortlisted in Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Secret Women of Success.  Gaby has spent many years passionately researching what bereaved kids wished they knew and she gives keynote talks locally and worldwide on what is crucial to leave for children.

The  app fulfils a wish  ‘for everyone to leave something for their children: Early parental death is so profound – your children will never need your wisdom and support more..’

Dr Peter Eirew

Peter, Gaby’s husband, read Physics at Christ’s College Cambridge, an MBA at Manchester Business School, an MSc from Imperial College and a PhD in Genetics from UBC.  In 2012, Peter was awarded the Governor General Gold Medal for his Breast Cancer research. Peter had lots of ideas for the app’s user friendliness.

James Leong – Lawyer with Moi Solicitors

James volunteers to do the painstaking legal drafting for the company, app, website and everything legal all pro bono; all done with humility, professionalism, music and chocolate.

Felix Andrew

Volunteers many many hours of expert computing wisdom to help us make the app work & user friendly

Ben

Ben has had the task of writing the first app; an app that would do a lot but be sensitive both to people who may be in palliative stages or not familiar with computing.

Miguel Guerrero Becerra

Miguel, a graduate of Film School, designed and directed our videos with great ability and sensitivity. Miguel lost both his parents at 13 and offered great care and insight.

Ruth

Ruth is a volunteer who had been bereaved by a parent when young. Ruth promotes the message of what children go through as well as proofreading support. We are delighted to announce that we nominated Ruth for and she has won a Telegraph British Volunteer Award 2012.

Denise

Denise grew up without any parents and was the catalyst for RecordMeNow.

Allie

Allie experienced the death of her father when young. She supports RecordMeNow to help others coping with end of life issues by encouraging people to leave something helpful for their children.

We have members in Canada, England, Scotland and N Ireland…and we always want to help. We give talks, support and information about leaving emotional legacies for children. Do please tell us how we may help you or how you may help us.

Dedications

This app is dedicated to the too-many children who read and re-read their parents’ birthday cards and who carry worn photos, because there is nothing else left and to those parents who want to give support to their children by thinking of the unthinkable.

In Memory of the Marvellous

Dr Ros Eirew, Mr Ernest Shenton, Mr & Mrs H Paluch, Mrs Emma Hormbrey

Expert opinion

Felix Andrew ( LinkedIn), Rory Sutherland of Ogilvy, James Leong of Moi Solicitors, Educational Psychologist Della Stonefield UK, Jez San OBE, UK for computing wisdom,  the fabulous Piladi who really know how to live and the whizzy Dr Peter Eirew

Corporate kindness

Teck Resources for communications support
Bopomo Pictures for headshot photography
The Coronas for permission to use their beautiful ‘Warm’ song