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    Jun 09, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS: KATE CHAPMAN.

    ‘It’s an honour to restore it to its former glory’

    Nicola Graham, 50, is the founder and CEO of charity Reuben’s Retreat, in Glossop, Derbyshire.

    We were on holiday in August 2012 when the bottom dropped out of our world. Unbeknown to anyone, our 23-month-old son, Reuben, had a brain tumour, and died within days of diagnosis. We had hoped to donate his organs, but it wasn’t to be. We were determined his life would mean something, so I decided to create a haven called

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