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Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Carbon Monoxide
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Stephanie Trotter, OBE, President & Director CO-Gas Safety
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Bereaved family raise over £4,000 for charity CO-Gas Safety
Tom Hill died aged 18 on holiday in Scotland in October 2015. He was killed when a faulty portable flueless gas fire released lethal levels of carbon monoxide into a bathroom. Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odourless poisonous gas that can be released by faulty fuel burning stoves (wood, kerosene, natural gas, propane) and fuel burning heating systems (wood, oil, natural gas) and from blocked flues connected to these appliances. Tom’s death was avoidable, the gas fire was faulty and unsuitable for the room. There was a carbon monoxide alarm but when it sounded the wrong steps were taken.
To do something positive to celebrate Tom, a group of his family and friends are climbing Tryfan in North Wales to raise money for CO-Gas Safety -The Carbon Monoxide and Gas Safety Society.
Tryfan is a 917 meter high mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales.
Tom Hill
Tom Hill was one of a kind, and he loved the outdoors and nature. He had just started at Stirling University where he was studying Aquaculture when he died. He was on holiday in Scotland. Tom’s death was preventable. We want to do something positive both to remember Tom, and to help prevent tragedies like this happening again.
Following Tom’s death, it took years for the case to come to court. Apart from the horror of the bereavement itself, the family was faced with a long battle to get the case to court, and significant costs for legal fees. Now that the end of the process is near, Tom’s family want to work to remember him by helping to improve gas safety.
What is happening?
A group of Tom’s family and friends are climbing Tryfan in North Wales on the 4th May 2025 to raise money for CO-Gas Safety-The Carbon Monoxide and Gas Safety Society. Tryfan is a mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales. It is one of the mountains in the Glyderau group. It is 917 metres (3,010 feet) above sea level, and is the fifteenth-highest mountain in Wales. We will be climbing the north ridge.
On the same day other family members who are abroad will be undertaking other mountain challenges:-
- Tom’s cousin Jess Hold will be climbing Le Dôle in Switzerland. Le Dôle is a 1,677m major focus point in the natural heritage of the Jura, as it is visible from the whole western part of Lake Geneva region.
- Tom’s cousin Matt Spenceley will be on a steep-skiing trip in East Greenland.
- Tom’s college friend Macauley Chapman lives in Australia. He’ll be climbing Cradle Mountain in Tasmania on the same day!!!
Who are we fundraising for?
Through Go Fund Me we have raised £4,100 from 114 donors.
CO-Gas Safety – The Carbon Monoxide and Gas Safety Society https://www.co-gassafety.co.uk/ . CO-Gas Safety is an independent registered charity that works hard to raise awareness of carbon monoxide (CO) and to reduce deaths and injuries from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning. The charity lobbies for changes, which will help to achieve this, and also helps and advises victims/survivors and families affected whenever they can. This charity is run almost entirely by volunteers and relies on donations.
After Tom’s accident the investigation was very slow. We contacted CO-Gas Safety and they gave us help and advice that really speeded things up. Our hope that is that through these donations, further deaths and life long injuries, including paralysis and brain damage can be prevented.
We believe that if things had been done differently Tom would still be alive. We will be donating all money raised to a charity that works to make gas safety a higher priority.
CO-Gas Safety Charity registration 1048370
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