FAMILY, friends, schools and businesses rallied together to pay tribute to Lilly-May Page-Bowden on Friday.

Crowds of people gathered at Woodford Park to show support for the five-year-old girl who died at Willow Bank school in Woodley last year.

Lilly’s mother Claire Page welcomed the tributes, saying she was “overwhelmed by all the support”.

The 34-year-old planted a blossom tree in the Woodley park to give her daughters' school friends somewhere to be with her.

Claire said: “This is a place where they can come and put down flowers or hang wind chimes on the branches.”

Following the death of her daughter Claire started the Lilly-May Trust group, raising funds to supply schools in Woodley with defibrillators.

The trust has provided more than 10 schools with the equipment and training they need help save lives.

Claire hinted that after a stint of fund raising she will now focus her attention on schools in Earley.

Several businesses in Maiden Place, Earley, added to the support for the five-year-old by dressing in pink and purple.

Rustic Cafe manager Lum Thapa provided gave Lilly’s mother a pink cake.

The 35-year-old said: “I think the work they ( the Lilly-May Page Trust) are doing is a very good thing for the country. That is just one of the reasons

why we wanted to give them this cake.”