SHE has raised £12,000 through an annual fun day to help fight meningitis after losing her six-year-old son to the infection.
But Claire Newman says today's fundraiser, in 27th Avenue, North Hull estate, where she lives with her family, will be the last.
Liam Newman died on October 1, 2007, within hours of showing symptoms of the deadly meningitis B strain of the infection.
Claire, 37, feels she can now take a well-deserved break from fundraising activities after scientists found a vaccine for meningitis B, which looks to be rolled out soon.
She said: "It's going to be the last fun day we hold for Liam.
"It's been hard work, but it's made me feel happy that we have done something to help find a vaccine for meningitis and raise some awareness."
Claire hopes the people of north Hull will help make the final event a roaring success.
She said: "The support our family has had over the years has been absolutely brilliant. "I would love as many people as possible to come down to 27th Avenue and get involved in the last fun day we will be holding.
"There will be the usual fun and games, including a tug of war, raffles and various stalls."
Claire, who has another son, Luke, 19, and daughter Kirsty, 18, says the fun day has given her family focus and helped them come to terms with their loss.
She said: "It was a massive shock to our family losing Liam. It's heartbreaking.
"It's nearly seven years, but it seems like only yesterday. I can remember every detail.
"The fun day has really helped us all."
Liam would have celebrated his 14th birthday later this year. Claire said: "I think he would have been a happy teenager.
"He loved his football and cars. He'd be spending his spare time mending cars."
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the expert body that advises the Government on vaccinations, has recommended babies be given the meningitis B vaccine from two months of age.
Last year, the committee ruled in an interim report that the vaccine should not be introduced, because it was not cost-effective.
This caused an outcry from campaigners and in January 118 paediatricians, nurses and scientists wrote to Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, pressing for the committee to reconsider.
The backing for the Bexsero vaccine is on condition that it can be delivered on a "cost-effective" basis.
