Legacy
Dowler's parents, Sally and Bob Dowler, launched a charity called Milly's Fund on the day of her memorial service, in October 2002, "to promote public safety, and in particular the safety of the children and young people". The charity provides risk assessment advice to teenagers, youth workers, and educators. Its work includes the "Teach UR Mum 2 TXT" campaign, which encourages children and parents to stay in contact via text messaging, including a glossary for parents of commonly-used SMS abbreviations. The campaign was awarded "Best Use of Mobile for Accessibility" at the 2004 GSM Association Awards.
At the 2005 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, a garden designed in memory of Dowler by Penny Smith won the Tudor Rose award, the show's highest honour. A magenta sweetpea was named after her and made publicly available by Matthewman's Sweetpeas. A five-part soap opera entitled Watch Over Me was commissioned by Milly's Fund encouraging personal safety for teenagers, to be distributed to every school in the UK.
In 2005, it was announced that the charity would be transferred to the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, and Milly's Fund was wound up that year.
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