Mum of murdered Blackburn man raising money for bleed kits

Julie Clegg launched the GoFundMe appeal in memory of her son, Paul Scott, who was killed at his Blackburn home on June 22 last year.

The fundraiser has an initial target of £300 and has already raised £215, although Julie hopes the total can be extended so as many kits as possible can be installed across Blackburn and the surrounding areas.

Paul's family are raising money for bleed kits to be installed across Blackburn following his tragic murder last year (Image: NQ)

A bleed kit has already been installed at The Navigation Inn in Mill Hill, Blackburn, while another has been placed at the Foresters pub in Shadsworth.

Julie said she wants to see more of the emergency kits placed around the town in Paul’s name.

She said: “I’m not as angry any more because I know they’re going to be in there for a very long time.

“It’s making me focus on things.”

The appeal was set up to raise awareness of Paul’s murder and highlight the devastating impact knife crime can have on families and wider communities.

The kits contain emergency life-saving equipment in the event of a stabbing which can help until emergency services arrive (Image: NQ)

All money raised through the GoFundMe will go directly towards funding bleed control kits in Blackburn and nearby areas.

A bleed kit is an emergency first aid resource designed to help manage life-threatening bleeding before paramedics arrive.

Julie said the kits contain a gelling agent which can help stop severe bleeding until ambulance crews get to the scene.

She said: “The bleed kits inside are about £60.

“I think I’ve got enough for about four now with the GoFundMe.”

For Julie, the project is about trying to create something positive in Paul’s memory while helping others who may one day find themselves in an emergency.

She said: “We just don’t want anybody else’s family to go through what we’ve been through.

The kits can be personalised in memory of people who have been victims of knife crime (Image: NQ)

“I know Paul’s circumstances were different, but everybody’s grief is the same.

“And I think Paul would want this because he was so kind and caring.”

Julie has also started laying the groundwork for a foundation in Paul’s name, although she said she was unable to say much more about the plans at this stage.

She hopes the foundation, along with the bleed kit campaign, will become part of a longer-term legacy for her son.

The GoFundMe page says Paul is in the thoughts of his loved ones “every single day”.

Paul Scott was a loving and caring friend (Image: Scott Family)

It adds: “Everything raised from this GoFundMe will go directly towards funding bleed control kits to be set up in Blackburn and the surrounding areas, all in Paul’s memory.

“It would mean the world to us if we could set as many of these up as possible, in Paul’s name.

“It may help save lives, and spare more families from having to go through this waking nightmare.”

Paul, 37, was stabbed through the heart after answering the door of his home in Peridot Close, Blackburn, in the early hours of June 22 last year.

Young Paul in his Blackburn Rovers kit (Image: Scott Family)

Three members of the same family, Liam Donlin, Joanne Maxwell, and Amie Clegg, were later convicted of his murder at Preston Crown Court and were jailed for life, with minimum terms totalling 70 years.

Mr Justice Bryan said Paul’s death was a “needless tragedy” and described the incident as a surprise and targeted attack on a vulnerable man in his own home.

Julie now hopes the fundraiser, the bleed kits, and her plans for a foundation in Paul’s name will help keep his memory alive while giving communities equipment that could save lives.