A HOSPICE charity for young people which has given the friends and family of a 22-year-old who died last year in a tractor accident one last chance to say their goodbyes is looking for donations.

Chloe Farrell, 22, of Colwyn Bay, died after a tractor overturned at a holiday park when a turning manoeuvre went wrong in May 2017.

Chloe, described as “the life and soul of any party”, was trying to turn the vehicle after using it to tow a jet-ski to the beach at The Warren Holiday Park at Abersoch.

Her death caused shock and grief throughout north Wales and further afield.

Chloe’s mum Karen was particularly distraught.

Twelve years earlier, Karen had had to break the news to her children that their dad had died suddenly.

Karen thought that was the worst time of her life. She never imagined there was worse to come when she had to tell her son that his sister had died too.

Karen could not bear to think of her “vibrant, healthy daughter in a hospital mortuary or a funeral home”, but did not know where to turn.

Thankfully Ty Gobaith made its Snowflake Room available - a special room where youngsters who have died can spend time before their funeral so that their families and friends can say goodbye in their own time and in their own way.

The youth charity works with youngsters and their families to provide end-of-life care and grieving facilities.

Explaining how the process works, a spokesperson for Ty Gobaith said: “Karen found her favourite photo of Chloe. She was wearing her bobble hat and fluffy jacket and had her hair in pigtails.

“Karen searched for those clothes and gave them and the photo to the nurses at Ty Gobaith.

“They dressed her and did her hair and make-up. She looked stunning. She just looked like Chloe.”

Anyone who was grieving the loss of Chloe was welcome to attend.

“More than 50 of Chloe’s friends and family came to Ty Gobaith,” the spokesperson added.

“Some sat in the private garden outside the Snowflake Room, some sat and chatted to Chloe and said their goodbyes.

“They cried and they laughed together. The nurses looked after them too. Her best friends came and put an angel wing bracelet on Chloe’s wrist so they could always be together. They brought her favourite scented candles and lit them and played her favourite Ed Sheeran CD over and over.

“Those precious days at Ty Gobaith made Chloe’s family and friends feel that they had her back with them again. They all said it gave them the strength to carry on.”

Now Ty Gobaith is looking for donations in order to help other families in the region affected by such tragedies.

For more information, or to donate, visit their website www.hopehousestories.org.uk