The mother of Bebe King who was killed in the Southport knife attacks has said her daughter had the “biggest heart” and she wanted to “carry on her light” by providing grief support for children.
Bebe, six, Alice Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop last July.
Bebe’s parents have launched Bebe’s Hive to provide creative sessions using art, music and storytelling to help bereaved children.
Her mum, Lauren King, told Breakfast: “Bebe was so full of joy and had the biggest heart”.
Ms King added: “She was very caring and creative, and we want to carry on her light and we want to do that with Bebe’s Hive.”
She said she had “turned to creativity” in her own grief and she wanted to offer that to children in the community who had lost loved ones.
Setting up Bebe’s hive was “a way to concentrate on the beautiful personalities” of children, she said.
“Bebe’s with me all the time, but everything we put into Bebe’s Hive – it’s got Bebe at the forefront – it carries me.”
Axel Rudakubana, then 17, killed the girls when he walked into a dance workshop on Hart Street and began attacking them at random.
Rudakubana, from Banks in Lancashire, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 52 years at Liverpool Crown Court in January this year.
