THE family of a Hampshire schoolboy who died from an asthma attack want to release a song in his memory.

Colin and Sharon Stubbs, whose nine-year-old son Jamie died in May, hope that funds raised from the sale of the CD will help to save Southampton's threatened Asthma and Allergy Clinics which may have to close in the new year because of a £30,000 shortfall.

The family, from Studland Road in Millbrook, have already backed the Daily Echo Fight For Breath campaign, which aims to keep the Asthma, Allergy and Inflammation Research (Aair) charity-run facility going.

Mr Stubbs said he wanted all profits of the song - called Smile of the World after a touching letter written by one of Jamie's friends - to be split between asthma research and raising awareness of organ donation.

Jamie told his parents he wanted his organs to be donated should he die, and he helped to save the lives of four other

people after his death.

The youngster's parents and his 13-year-old sister, Kerrie-Ann, are now looking for a record company to help them produce the song for free, in a bid to raise money for the two vital charities.

Mr Stubbs said: "We are trying to find a recording studio to make a song for Jamie. We want to raise money for

asthma research and for UK Transplant.

"This centre must remain open to help the lives of other people being ripped apart like ours by an illness that is really not understood and taken seriously enough."

The Aair charity has funded the clinics, run by specialist nurse and fellow asthmatic Chellan Eames, for the last two years.

But increasing research costs mean they cannot afford to fund the facility after Christmas.

The clinic at Romsey Hospital is the first to be facing closure, while sessions at the Shirley NHS Walk-in Centre, West End Surgery, Romsey Hospital and Hythe Hospital are also under threat.

Can you help the Stubbs family find a recording studio to make Smile of the World? Call Emma Barnett on 023 8042 4505.