Out of the tragedy of the death of her daughter, Pat Bleau forged her grief into a force for good.

She set up the Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund in 1997 following the death of the 16-year-old after inhaling butane gas from a cigarette lighter refill. Since then the foundation has done immeasurable good educating young people across Bradford and West Yorkshire about the deadly dangers of such activities.

The fund has widened its scope in recent years, with experts talking to schoolchildren about all manner of legal and illegal highs and how to avoid being pressured into trying them.

The Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund has undoubtedly saved lives over the past 17 years. But such good work, despite being driven by Pat and her team, cannot be provided completely for free, with the best will in the world.

The Fund receives £10,000 a year from Bradford Council to continue its work, but budget cuts mean that the grant will end this coming September. The Council says that it will provide its own support for schools to help prevent substance abuse.

That is all well and good, and something that should form part of the public health provision in any case. But there is little to compare to personal experience when educating young people, and Pat Bleau has that in spades.

It would be terrible if the Chantelle Bleau Memorial Fund had to close down and cease its good work due to lack of funding. Hopefully someone will step in to the breach to fill the funding gap left by Bradford Council, or perhaps the Council itself might consider that it is not too late to rethink the cuts.