A CHARITY trust set up in memory of a tragic young Huddersfield soccer player has got off to a flying start.

The Huw Thatcher Trust has already raised more than £5,300 to help brain injured people.

And from this weekend on, a whole series of fundraising events have been planned.

Hepworth United player Huw – a 15-year-old student at Holmfirth High School – collapsed and died after a game at Brighouse in March.

Doctors later discovered he had a brain aneurysm which led to his death.

His funeral at Holmfirth Parish Church was attended by hundreds of family and friends and brought a vow to set up the memorial to help others.

Nigel Bowers, who was Huw’s football club manager, said: “The Trust and a website have been set up to preserve Huw’s identity and to care for and help brain injured people.

“The activities and events aim to support others, ease healing somewhat and will have Huw at the forefront of being kind, thoughtful, fun and inspirational.

“Just three years before Huw was born, a boy called Daniel Yorath died kicking a football about in the garden with his dad, the former Town coach Terry Yorath. He was just 15.

“Daniel’s dad managed or played for each of Huw’s three favourite clubs – Cardiff City, Huddersfield Town and Spurs.

“Daniel Yorath House is a charity that provides a facility in Yorkshire for people with acquired brain injury and is linked to a larger national charity for brain injured people. Some people with the same condition as Huw survive with surgery, but sometimes with devastating effects on their lives in the form of disabilities.

“That’s why Huw’s family are supporting the Disabilities Trust charity – in particular the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust part of this charity, which includes Daniel Yorath House.”