Lync to the Stars
A gentle, starlit website for Lync to the Stars, created by a Stockport family in memory of their son to support other families after the loss of a child.
Scroll within the desktop frame, or the phone, to explore the full site.
Client
Lync to the Stars
Sector
Child bereavement support
Location
Stockport
Services
Design, build, hosting & care
Live site
lynctothestars.co.ukYear
2026
The brief
Lync to the Stars was created by Lee and Genna in memory of their son, Lync, to stand beside Stockport families facing the loss of a child, with help towards the costs of saying goodbye and gentle ways to remember. The family wanted a site that felt warm and personal, not formal. It needed to tell Lync's story in their own words and make reaching out as easy as sending a simple message. It also had to bring the community together, with room for events, news, partners and fundraising as Lync to the Stars grows.
Our approach
We built the site over a soft starfield that drifts behind every page, with calm glass panels carrying the family's own words and photographs. The homepage opens on their promise and leads into a page for each part of the story, a gentle message form is never more than a tap away, and the family can share news and run free raffles themselves, with the draw held live on the website.
What we built
- Soft starfield behind every page
- Lync's Story, told in his parents' own words
- Get Support page with a simple, private message form
- Coming Up and Previous Events, with the money raised
- Photo gallery with albums from each event
- Free raffles with instant ticket numbers and a live online draw
- News and thank-yous the family publish themselves
- Meet the Team and Meet Buster, the family's own character for children's events
Families often share very personal details when they first get in touch, so the privacy notice is written around that: health details are only used, with explicit consent, to reply, messages are kept for no more than 12 months and raffle entries are deleted within 30 days of the draw. The starfield and animations also settle for visitors who prefer reduced motion.
The result
A warm, personal home for Lync's name that families can turn to quietly whenever they are ready, and a place that gathers the community around every walk, challenge and Christmas event held in his memory.
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