Family and friends gathered for a special fundraising night in memory of a beloved teaching assistant from Byker who died at the age of just 26 after collapsing at work.
Tiffany Walsh, who was a learning support assistant at Thomas Bewick School in West Denton, Newcastle, began feeling breathless and fell forwards hitting the ground. Despite the best efforts from her colleagues and the emergency services, she tragically passed away on October 3.
It's believed Tiffany died from cardiac arrhythmia which is a heart rhythm problem and her family was told it could have been a "ticking time bomb". Following her shock death, Tiffany's family including mum Catherine, dad David, and brothers Daniel, Christian, Bradley, and Luke held a fundraising night on Wednesday.
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Loved ones gathered at The Tipsy Cow in Newcastle to throw one last party for Tiffany and help raise money to go towards her funeral to give her the "send-off she deserves". As well as live performances throughout the night, guests also enjoyed games of bingo as they came together to celebrate Tiffany's life.
Paying tribute to her daughter, Catherine Walsh previously said: "Tiffany loved being mischievous and she used to just laugh all the time, she was an absolute joy. If you were down you would want her to be around you.
"She was infectious and people were just infatuated with her. When she walked into a room everyone's attention went to her, she didn't mean to but everyone was so drawn to her.
"She was a huge part of the LGBT scene in Newcastle and she was loved across the North East. Tiffany loved a cocktail, she was the life and soul of the party.
"She was also a very talented person, she was very talented at make-up and did lots of TikTok videos. She loved photography too. She couldn't be still, she always had to be doing something. She wanted to be out socialising and mixing with people."
The mum added: "Halloween was her favourite, I remember once a party was cancelled so she made us throw a Halloween party because her's was cancelled so she would have loved this party. I thought it was going to be quite low-key but it's just grown into this huge thing, she would have loved it."
Following Tiffany's tragic death, a Go Fund Me page was set up to try and raise money to go towards her funeral and so far almost £3,000 has been raised. If you would like to donate to the Go Fund Me page, you can do so here.
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