Billy & Beyond offer various services designed to help educated and inform young people about the effects of drugs, including pop-up stalls and Drug Awareness workshops, click on the links to find out more, and don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like ore information.
Increasing drug safety, awareness & providing a non-judgemental community to share your personal journey.
Welcome To
Billy & Beyond
We strive to support and enhance children and young people’s mental wellbeing. Supporting individuals and families to thrive.
Increasing drug safety, awareness and providing a non-judgemental community to share your personal journey.
Billy's Story
Billy was a bright, fun-loving boy then a young man with a flair for creating a unique style and fashion, well known for his modern twist on a 1970’s mullet! Billy wasn’t keen on academic education so after trying college he decided to start his working life in catering and although he didn’t stay in catering, it instilled a love for food both producing and dining.
After many years in lots of different hospitality settings, Billy settled in a career as a carer for adults with complex learning difficulties. A job that Billy really enjoyed and thrived in, much to the surprise of both Billy and his family. Billy had lots of friends, sharing many different interests, leaving a lasting impression on all those that he met.
The 9th November 2020 was Billy’s 24th birthday, he decided in the early hours of the following morning, after a few drinks, to take MDMA. This was during lockdown, which was proving to be quite tedious as he was not able to meet up with friends to celebrate. After a short while his health started to deteriorate and Billy had a seizure and sometime after this an ambulance was called. Nicci (Billy’s Mum) was called and when she arrived at A&E Billy was in a very grave situation. His blood had stopped clotting resulting in a loss of blood which could not be stemmed, from his eyes, nose, ears and even from the lines they had put in. His liver and his kidneys were failing and he had been placed on dialysis!
Billy spent the next 2 days in Worthing ITU before the decision was made to transfer him to Kings college hospital for frozen plasma treatment; Billy’s only chance of survival. The journey to Kings was very risky but Billy managed to survive it. Despite all the best care and dedication of the NHS staff, Billy deteriorated rapidly on the morning of the 12th November and suffered a fatal heart attack, his body just couldn’t cope anymore.
3 days after his 24th birthday after taking something he thought was fun, a party drug, Billy lost his life destroying the lives of those that loved him!
A Message From
Billy's Mum
I have often wondered what I would say to the old me, the one that naively believed these things only happened to other people, that those that died after taking drugs were addicts, that came from homes where no one cared! When I received that dreadful phone call I was shocked that Billy had taken drugs recreationally and even going to A&E my first thoughts were how much I was going to tell him off despite just him turning 24!
The next 3 days were nothing short of horrific, seeing your child battling for his life after taking a so-called party drug is mind blowing. My journey has brought me here hoping I can make a small difference. Hoping I can encourage parents and carers to have an honest conversation, hoping that the subject of drugs is not a taboo subject and that it can be spoken about freely without judgement.
Remember his name, BILLY
Billy and Beyond CIC
So our first joint Butts on Bikes for Billy!! We will be at Worthing Leisure Centre today between 11-1.45pm let’s get some miles in and
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We are delighted to have our lovely purple seafront flowerbed back 💜💜 Lots of work went into the planting and decorations and we it hope
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So the bikers have arrived and set off from John O’Groats and Ruby has kicked off our Butts on Bikes for Billy with 10 Fabulous
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A massive well done and thank you to the incredible The Sid Youth team!! Amazing fundraising for our Butts on Bikes for Billy 💜💜 We
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