Gina Gardiner & Friends with Ellen Roome on Turning Pain Into Purpose

Brushwood Media Network · May 12, 2026 · 59m

Ellen Roome MBE I am a mother on a mission to find answers for my son, Jools, and to make sure no other family is left searching for the truth after losing a child. Jools was my only child. He died in April 2022. In the days that followed, I discovered something that shocked me. The systems we rely on to investigate a child’s death are not equipped for a digital world. Social media companies hold critical information about what children see, share and are exposed to online. Yet in practice, that data can be lost within hours or days, often before families or coroners even know what to ask…