THE family of a Caerwent teenager who died from a rare condition will be lighting a candle in her memory to mark the third anniversary of her death.

Natasha Scott-Falber, died aged 14 on February 14, 2013 of Toxic Shock Syndrome from using her first tampon.

Her family have spent the past few years campaigning to raise awareness of the symptoms of TSS and have set up their own charity TSS Aware.

The family along with Natasha's boyfriend Tom Steer will be spending the day together at Bristol Zoo before going to a service in Prinknash Abbey.

Mandy Scott, Natasha's mother, said: "It's important for us to be together on that day. It really is in a way another day without Tash but equally, obviously, very significant for us all. We never quite know how each of us will react so it’s better to be together.

"It's amazing it has been three years. Sometime it feel like it was yesterday."

She added: "Seeing all her friends growing up is wonderful. We're still in contact with her friends but equally Tash isn't growing up and that's hard.

"In these circumstance people often don't know what to say or do and they avoid it. We feel so blessed with our friends, family Tash's friends and family."

The family has funded Ithaca, an education and training company, to go into 14 schools across Wales and one in England to educate pupils on TSS. Mrs Scott said the ultimate goal is to have TSS on the school curriculum as they don't want what happened to Tash to happen to anyone else.

Mrs Scott said: "We had to get involved because Tash would have been involved if this had happened to one of her friends, she would have been campaigning and fundraising.

"It makes us feel closer to Tash you know as if she was here cheering you on.

"That's what keep us strong to be honest - the absolute knowledge that she would have wanted us to do this.

"The strength we gain from all the people around us who care about us who are constantly there for us - it makes it easier."

A team of 18 family and friends of Natasha will be sky diving to raise funds for a centre for street children in Tanzania in her memory. They will be taking to the skies on November 26, Tash's birthday which is now National Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness Day.

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), a rare condition which kills two to three people in the UK every year and effects around 40 people. According to Toxic Shock Syndrome Information Service (TSSIS), around half the reported cases of TSS are associated with women using tampons, but it can also be caused by infections following burns, boils, insect bites or following surgery. The condition can be treated with antibiotics if diagnosed early.

For more information visit www.tssaware.org.uk/