Isobel Maxwell: Donations pour in for family of tragic Doncaster toddler who drowned on Christmas Day
Donations are continuing to pour in for a heartbroken family following the death of a toddler in South Yorkshire on Christmas Day.
Isobel Maxwell, aged two, tragically died after falling into a pond after briefly wandering out of sight at a busy family gathering in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on December 25.
Her Aunt Abigail Maxwell has created a GoFundMe page to fund her “beautiful” niece’s funeral costs, counselling fees for her family, and to build a memorial fairy garden.
The appeal says the garden will be “a special place” where Isobel’s “magical personality can be remembered and her spirit live on”.
As of midday today (December 31) the fundraising page had raised over £35,000 thanks to kindhearted wellwishers.
It includes an astonishing £10,000 donation from an anonymous benefactor on December 29.
Mum Tamara Wallace - who is pregnant - posted on her Facebook page on December 28: “Myself and Aaron just want to thank everyone from the kindness of their hearts for the GoFundMe on my sweet girl’s fairy garden and no judgement for the tragic accident that happened on Christmas Day.
“The generosity has been outstanding, we are very much keeping each other close and being suffocated with love which is absolutely what we need. We will be off social media but wanted to say thank you.
“Isobel my sweet sweet girl our hearts burst with love for you, this is never a goodbye as we know you are near, mummy and daddy will see you soon.”
The fundraising page for Isobel reads: “Isobel was the happiest, smiliest, most adventurous and curious little girl.
“She lit up the lives of everyone. Our darling angel girl.
“Aaron, Tamara, the whole family and everyone who knows of Isobel… all of us are absolutely heartbroken. As you can imagine, this is the worst possible thing that could ever happen to parents, to lose their baby.
“She was so happy, so loved and they were the best parents who gave her the most wonderful life.”
It continues: “It is extremely hard for me to try and communicate this and go over this living nightmare of our innocent darling girl being taken from us.
“It was Christmas, we were celebrating as a family. Our girls, two best friends, were surrounded by everyone playing with their new toys between the living room, kitchen and playroom. We couldn’t find her for a moment and in that moment, she’s gone in the garden and fell in the pond. A pond that was not there through choice but due to a house move, their forever home which they were renovating. A pond that had a temporary fence around it, in a garden she would never have accessed by herself. A tragic accident.
“We did CPR until the ambulances came, she was taken to hospital but sadly couldn’t be saved.
“There are just no words and nobody deserves this.”