Children Helped 2016 – Just4Children

Lyra Can…

My name is Lyra from Cannock and I’m 2 in February, and I love to laugh, roll like crazy on the floor and play with my big brother, Joseph. As I grew older, my Mummy and Daddy noticed I wasn’t doing things I should. We saw lots and lots of doctors who say I may […]

Theo’s mission to walk

Theo from Deal in Kent was born into the world 9 weeks early in 2011. He spent a while in intensive care where he needed around the clock specialist care. We noticed around 8 months old Theo was not meeting his mile stones and had a squint. Theo then went on to have an MRI […]

Felix’s Future Therapy in Canada

Hi, this is my son Felix. He is 5 years old and has an undiagnosed progressive neurological condition. Felix is unable to sit independently and is non-mobile. He has hypertonia, developmental delay, dystonia, hypermobility, epilepsy, dysarthria, cerebral visual impairment and damage within his brain. Nobody knows what is wrong with Felix and what causes his problems. All genetics have come […]

Ryan’s Wish to Walk

Ryan is a determined, funny, cheeky 4 year-old from Keighley, West Yorkshire. He arrived into this world nine weeks early and was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at two and a half years old. This causes tightness in his legs making walking difficult, climbing the stairs even harder and running impossible. There isn’t a cure for Cerebral […]

Hope for Aria

If you find yourself reading this page, you might be curious about who this little person is and what can you do for her. Firstly we’d like thank you very much for your help and interest. This campaign is about enabling our daughter Aria to continue working with the Family Hope Center. Their approach to […]

Jude’s wish to walk

Jude is a 6 year old boy from Southport who has cerebral palsy. He would love more than anything to be able to run around with his brothers and friends. Unfortunately his cerebral palsy means he is only able to walk with the use of a walking frame. Jude is such a happy boy who […]

James’s Journey to pain free steps

Our son James is 7 years old from Portchester near Fareham. He is a delightful, funny, loving little boy suffering with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. James wants to be like all his family and friends and walk. James needs physical therapy every day which we do our best to give him. James is very strong willed and wants […]

Help Kayla Find Her Feet

Kayla is a bright cheerful 6 year old from Glenrothes in Fife. Kayla was born 10 weeks early and it is thought she suffered a stroke before being delivered resulting in her having cerebral palsy. Kayla had pioneering surgery in the USA 3 years ago and has improved dramatically in that time. However, for her […]

Team Iyla!

We’re raising money for Just4Children to support Iyla who has Wolf Hirschhorm syndrome. Iyla needs physio and equipment and we also want to make memories as her conditions are incurable. Iyla is 3 years old from Little Clacton in Essex. She was born with a rare genetic condition called Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome. This causes many […]

Katie-Louise versus CP and Dystonia

We are raising funds for Just4Children to help Katie-Louise get to Scotland for ABR therapy that will hopefully ease some of the symptoms of her Cerebral Palsy and Dystonia. Katie-Louise is 1 1/2 years old and lives in Belfast, County Antrim. She was born ‘flat and floppy’ and due to a lack of oxygen required […]

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Keep Billy Alive 2

Billy is aged 11 from Castlederg in County Tyrone and suffers with intractable epilepsy. Billy doesn’t have time to wait! Charlotte Caldwell had to rush her 11-year-old son, Billy, to hospital last week after he suffered three seizures in one day. She is being forced to take her youngest son to America for treatment, at […]

Our fighting little angel

Amber is aged 4 from Ongar in Essex and has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and vision and hearing loss. Amber was born with no heart beat and had to be resuscitated. She had 2 blood transfusions in the first 10 minutes of her life, and then was rushed to hospital to have “cooling” treatment, which she […]

Help Oliver Walk

We have launched a campaign to help Oliver walk because £30,000 for a life changing operation called SDR is needed. Oliver is aged 8 from Hove in East Sussex and has Cerebral Palsy and this causes his muscles to be abnormally tight. He is often uncomfortable and very tired because his body has to work so […]

Opening up Finn’s world

In order to move, have fun and stay healthy, Finn needs lots of specialist equipment and weekly physiotherapy. Finn is aged 6 from Bristol and has whole body cerebral palsy which means that left to his own devices his world would be quite small. Without help he cannot eat, move around or play. Thankfully, there are […]

Kai’s Little Legs Walking Tall

Kai Thomas is aged 4 from Oldham and has cerebral palsy spastic diplegia. Kai had Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy in November 2015 which has increased flexibility in his tendons and allowed Kai to straighten his legs. Physiotherapy sessions have really strengthened Kai’s leg muscles, improved his balance and also his ability to walk un aided. Without […]

Maxipotential – life saving treatments in America

We’re raising funds for Just4Children to continue Max’s life-saving treatment in America because the UK alternative is unthinkable! Max is aged 9 from Wilmslow in Cheshire. His scoliosis requires surgery before his curve impacts his internal organs and becomes life threatening. It means inserting metal rods along the length of his spine. It’s nasty, invasive […]

Zack’s SDR Journey

Zack will walk with our help! Zack is aged 3 from Heywood in Greater Manchester. He was starved of oxygen during birth causing him to have cerebral palsy. The signals from his brain to his muscles are damaged resulting in him having stiff limbs or spasticity. There is an operation available that would eradicate this […]

Finlay’s ABR Journey

Our gorgeous son Finlay from Lisburn was born prematurely, his lung collapsing when he was hours old. After 2 months we finally got him home. At 8 months old we noticed something just wasn’t right. A few weeks before his 1st birthday we received the devastating news that he had cerebral palsy. We were told […]

SDR Rehab 4 Iyra

Our aim is to raise £10,000 for Just4Children to fund Lyra’s rehabilitation after her Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR). This is our daughter Iyra Casey Austin from Sutton-in-Ashfield in Notts she is currently three years old. Iyra suffers from Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy caused as a result of her brain being starved of oxygen at birth. To […]

Epilepsy Alarm and Camera 4 Rhys

A Night alert and camera alarm is desperately needed for a 7 year old boy from Hastings in East Sussex suffering with seizures. Rhys is a 7 year old little boy who has suffered from seizures since he was a toddler. These seizures are happening more often. He is constantly undergoing tests and check ups […]

Keep Cameron Walking

Our wonderful son Cameron was born with Cerebral Palsy. He is now 10 years old and had SDR surgery at Leeds in October 2013. After nearly 3 years of hard work, physio and courses at SDR Fitness Wales he is making excellent progress. He has progressed from using a walker to get around to using […]

Fish for Freddie’s Footsteps

We are fundraising for Just4Children to support Freddie’s Post SDR physio, equipment and activites which will benefit his progress after his surgery. We want to ensure Freddie reaches his full mobility potential. Freddie is 4 years old from Leighton Buzzard. He is one of the happiest, cheekiest boys you could meet. He has Spastic Diaplegia […]

Eddie Steady Go!

Hello, I am Eddie Ron Gillespie. I am 7 and from Dorset! I was born a full term baby, although I needed resuscitating as I was not breathing when I came into this world. Once I did start to breathe, my breathing was laboured and I went on to have very severe convulsions. This was […]

Mighty Malachi

Malachi is aged 2 from Hucclecote in Gloucestershire. He became ill at 6 weeks old and stopped breathing several times ending up on a ventilator for nine days. It was discovered that his brain had not received enough blood or oxygen leaving him with a severe brain injury. The prognosis was very uncertain and the […]

Sonny’s Dream to Walk

Sonny from Crawley in West Sussex was born at 29 weeks premature which was the scariest experience of my life. Sonny has always had so much fight and is the strongest happiest determined little boy. Just before Sonny’s first birthday it was confirmed that Sonny has four limb cerebral palsy which affects his ability to […]

Robyn’s Quest for Comfort

This is Robyn. She is our gorgeous, lovely 2 year old daughter from Macclesfield in Cheshire. She is a cheeky monkey but is a super strong fighter. Robyn suffered severe brain damage at birth and as a result now suffers from a list of medical conditions that dictate her daily life. When I was 38 […]

Aiden’s Footsteps

We are fundraising for Just4Children to support Aiden’s Physio to enable him to walk independently. Aiden is a twin from Haverhill in Essex and was born 10 weeks early on 1 January 2010. After 8 weeks in NICU and SCBU we were discharged and started living life as a family. We had no concerns until around […]

Keep Sienna Smiling!

Sienna Grace Shorto was born 15 November 2004 and diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, spastic diaplegia when she was 13 months. We didn’t really know what this would entail at this early age, but we immediately started giving her physio on a daily basis, and tried to encourage speech by teaching her Makaton. When Sienna started […]

Go Team Elmo!

Elmo is a one-year-old little treasure, and our absolute hero. He has spent more time in hospital in his life so far than some people will in their entire lives. Although he has come very far from where he started, we are fundraising to try and provide him with the things he will need in […]

Aoibheann’s Fight for Freedom

We are trying to raise enough money for Just4Children to bring Aoibheann to Scotland for ABR therapy to hopefully ease the physical constraints of her cerebral palsy. Aoibheann is 2 years old from Newtonabbey in County Antrim. She was born at 28 weeks and due to a brain haemorrhage shortly after birth she developed hydrocephalus […]

A Mollii suit for Megan

Our beautiful Megan from Macclesfield is unable to sit unassisted and low tone in her muscles means her spine is slowly curving. The NHS can’t help until she needs spine surgery. A Mollii suit may help her. We hate asking for help but we want to get as quickly as possible a Mollii suit for […]

The Amazing Aiden

Our Amazing Aiden is 3.5 years old and has bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. He suffered a brain injury called Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) at birth which meant he was starved of oxygen and didn’t take his first gasp of air for 28 minutes. Aiden fought against the odds to survive. Initially his odds didn’t look […]

Life changing help for Aisha

Aisha is a 6 years old very active girl with epilepsy from Crook in County Durham. An epilepsy alarm on her wrist would be life changing for her. Aisha is very active, happy, friendly little girl with epilepsy and other health problems from the day she was born. She went on to stay in hospital […]

Alfie wants to walk

Alfie would dearly love to walk independently, and be able to keep up with his twin brother, and his school friends. Alfie is aged 5 from Tullibody in Clackmannanshire. He and his twin Blair were born at 28 weeks weighing only 2lb 6oz and 2lb 13oz. Shortly after birth Alfie was found to have 4 […]

Therapy for Ethan

Ethan is a bubbly 5 year old boy from Doncaster. He has cerebral palsy leading to difficulty walking and moving independently. Ethan underwent SDR surgery at Leeds in November 2016. This surgery removed the spasticity in his legs, reducing discomfort and has given him the opportunity to build his strength and coordination. We are continuing […]

Believe in Aiden

Hello, my name is Aiden aged 6 from Par near St Austell in Cornwall and I have cerebral palsy. If I could possibly raise enough funds for Just4Childen I would be able to have an operation that would potentially allow me to walk and play with my friends. Our son Aiden was born at 7 […]

Amelia’s SDR Wish

Hi, thanks for stopping by. My name’s Amelia, I’m 3 and a half and live in Brighton with my mommy, daddy and my dog Louis who is of great assistance to me as an emotional support. I was born 2.5 months (10 weeks) prematurely and weighed little more than a grain of sand, easily fitting in […]

To Help Brooke Walk

Brooke Lilly is a 5 year old little girl from Swansea who suffers with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Brooke was diagnosed at just 4 days old with cerebral palsy as a result of medical negligence and was starved of oxygen at birth. Many times in the first month of her life we thought each visit […]

Tyler’s epilepsy monitor

Single parent with two special needs boys desperately need epilepsy monitor for Tyler and me to sleep. I am a single parent of three boys from the Wirral. Two have special needs. We don’t sleep as Tyler has complex and severe epilepsy which means he has every type of seizure. He mostly has nocturnal ones. […]

Help for a Princess

Hello, my name is Tiffie! I’m two years old from Sittingbourne in Kent and I need help because I have two types of epilepsy. I keep hurting myself when I have seizures. I fall out of bed and wake my brother up. Mummy can’t hear me having a seizure when she’s asleep, so I need […]

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Natasha’s Journey to ABR

I am aged 8 from Acton in London. I was born at 36 weeks 5 days early and had to be resuscitated as I had no oxygen for 25 minutes as the placenta came away from the uterus wall due to a placenta abruption. I was put on a ventilator and heated mattress for two […]

Sophie says Stand by Me

Please stand by me and help give me the ability to be able to stand tall just like you all. My name is Sophie. I’m 16 years old from Rugeley in Staffs. When I was born I was a full term baby but disaster struck and I had to be resuscitated as I wasn’t breathing. The […]

Emily’s wish2walk

To get around Emily uses a walking frame and wheelchair but she wants that to change. After 2 major operations Emily’s wish is to walk independently. Please help Just4Children achieve her dream. Emily is 10 years old. She was born with spastic cerebral palsy and has a lifelong ambition of wishing to walk unaided. She […]

Helping our Hero

Gethin is a paediatric stroke survivor aged 20 months from Derry. As his parents we are amazed at his strength, determination and energy for life. He is such a happy wee boy bringing his family so much joy. Before Gethin was born doctors picked up an anomaly in his brain during a routine scan. One of […]

A lifesaving Epilepsy Alarm for Lilly

Lilly is a beautiful, friendly and happy little girl from Southend on Sea who suffers from so many health problems and disabilities including koolen de-vries syndrome, autism and epilepsy. She is also registered blind and has global developmental delay to name just some of her health issues. She’s been through so very much in her […]

Ellie’s SDR Therapy

Please help us raise £15,000 for Just4Children to fund Ellie’s therapy after her SDR surgery. Ellie is 7 years old from Bridgend in South Wales and wants to be a princess, teacher and pop star when she grows up! Ellie has cerebral palsy which affects her legs, making them painful and stiff. Ellie is having […]

Operation Oli

Help Oliver Walk We are a family of four from Rotherham. We have two wonderful boys Benjamin who is 5 and Oliver who is 2. Oliver was born suddenly at 31 weeks gestation, 9 weeks prematurely. He was immediately whisked away from us to the neonatal intensive care unit. Oliver was diagnosed with Spastic Diplegia […]

Jack Storey’s Story

Hello, thank you for visiting my page. My name is Jack from Bolton in Lancashire. I have just turned 4 years old and I have Cerebral Palsy, which makes things a little tricky for me. I was quite impatient and made an early appearance, and was born 10 weeks premature, which caused my C.P. I […]

Jacob’s Journey – his wish to walk

Our Son Jacob is aged 2 from Weston Super Mare was born prematurely at 32 weeks. His development was as expected the first few months of his life. However, at around 5 months old we noticed he started missing his milestones. He couldn’t sit, didn’t learn to crawl or pull himself up. At 18 months […]

Stand Up 4 Ollie

Oliver is aged 3 from Stafford. He was born prematurely at 36 weeks with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) which led on to him being diagnosed with diplegia cerebral palsy affecting his lower limbs. Due to NHS funds being cut in our area we feel Ollie isn’t getting all the help he needs to make his wish […]

Millie Bea’s Walking Wish

Let’s give Millie Bea the chance to chase her twin brother Evan around the garden! My name is Millie Bea from Abbots Bromley near Rugeley in Staffs. I was born on 26th January 2014 at 32 weeks, 13 minutes before my twin brother Evan Ray. As we got bigger my brother could sit up and […]

Help Giedrius walk

Hello, my name is Gied and I am 7 years old from Dublin, Ireland. Due to a difficult birth I had a bleed on the brain, starving part of the brain of oxygen. I have been diagnosed with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. This means I can’t sit unaided, use my right arm and walk. But, […]

Sienna’s Footsteps

Sienna is 8 years old from Luton and needs an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy to enable her to walk freely. This operation is not funded by the NHS. Our hope is to fundraise so we can go to America to have this surgery with Dr Parks, a world leading surgeon of SDR. For the […]

Kiaryn’s Wish 2 Walk

Hello, my name is Kiaryn and I am nearly 6 years old from Billesley in Birmingham. Due to a difficult birth I had a bleed on the brain, starving part of the brain of oxygen. I have been diagnosed with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy. This means I can’t sit unaided, use my right […]

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Help Logan Run

Logan is aged 9 from Bristol. He had major spinal surgery in Nov 2015 and has worked hard every day in therapies at home or at school. He’s had weekly sessions of physio and hydro therapy, but the NHS can only provide these regular sessions for 4 months after surgery. Full rehabilitation from SDR Surgery […]

Help Alexia walk

We are trying to raise as much as we can for Just4Children to get Alexia to St Louis Hospital in America to have a SDR operation to enable her to lead a more mobile, better life. Alexia-Rose from Clacton on Sea in Essex was born at 28 weeks and 2 days weighing just 2lb 15oz. […]

Steps for Sebastian

We are fundraising for our son, who has cerebral palsy, to be able to access surgeries and therapies not covered by the NHS, to enable him to fulfill his potential. Our beautiful cheeky little boy from Chichester in West Sussex was born in January 2012 a whopping 15 weeks premature. Sebastian spent his first 5 months […]

Isabelle’s Dream

Help us raise £70,000 for Just4Children so Isabelle can have selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery (SDR) in America. The race is on as her surgery date is 30th June and we still have a way to go……… Isabelle is aged 6 from Alresford in Hampshire. She suffers with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. It means that Isabelle […]

James’s Dream

James is a 6 year old boy from Rowley Regis in the West Midlands with cerebral palsy. He needs £50,000 for a life changing operation and aftercare to help him take his first steps unaided. James was born 11 weeks early weighing 3lb 50z. He spent the first 8 weeks of his life in neonatal […]

Ellie’s SDR Journey

Ellie is 4 years old from Bridgend in south Wales and has Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy as the result of a stroke in the womb. We are hoping to raise £75,000 for Just4Children to support Ellie to go to St Louis Children Hospital in Missouri for an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) that would change […]

Go Greta’s Innowalk

Greta is aged 11 and lives in Portobello, a seaside suburb of Edinburgh, and suffers with cerebral palsy. She is a bright sociable girl who enjoys going to school along the Prom with her friends in Portobello. Because Greta is a wheelchair user, she spends a lot of time sitting, and so would love to […]

All for Ava

Ava from Kingsbury in London was born on the 9th April 2011 at 37 weeks by emergency c section. She remained in special care for 11 days due to breathing and feeding difficulties. In the months following Ava’s birth it was noticed she was not achieving milestones and so she was seen by various medical […]

Help Jay

I’m Shilpa and Jay is my beautiful, loving little boy. He’s five and has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy following a lack of oxygen shortly after birth, caused by a punctured lung. This means that Jay has no use of his legs and very little movement in his hands. He was also registered blind three years ago, […]

Hope for Emily

We are raising funds for Just4Children to help Emily who has cerebral palsy in order to give her the brightest and easiest future possible. Emily is from Horsham in West Sussex and was born at 29 weeks gestation weighing just 2lb. An early ultrasound and subsequent MRI confirmed that she had significant brain damage known […]

Lily’s little legs

Lily is a 4 year old girl who has cerebral palsy from Ringlestone, near Maidstone in Kent. We are raising money for Just4Children to help Lily have a procedure called selective dorsal rhizotomy. Lily dreams of being able to run, leap, and dance with her friends. She has a smile as wide as the ocean. She […]

A better life for Caoimhe

Caoimhe Potter is aged 4 from Dunfermline in Scotland. She suffers from spina bifida, cerebral palsy and epilepsy. We hope to raising funds for Just4Children to support Caoimhe with the specialized equipment and therapy she needs to give her the independence, joy and fulfilment she deserves. The equipment and therapy will benefit Caoimhe enormously. It […]

Olivia’s wish to walk

Olivia is from Oldham in Greater Manchester and was born at 29 weeks weighing 2lb 10oz. She couldn’t wait any longer to enter the world! After 3 months in neonatal Olivia was finally discharged home. It was the best day of our lives by far! Olivia didn’t have the best start to life. Every month since […]

Eliana’s wish to run

A campaign to raise funds for life changing SDR surgery Eliana is aged 2 from Staplehurst in Kent. Our little darling was born prematurely and suffered brain damage. This has caused a visual impairment and Diplegic Cerebral Palsy. Eliana has now been accepted for a spinal cord operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy. It is a […]

Jamie’s Chiari Story

Hello, my name is Belle from Birmingham. I am a young Cavachon dog, a Cavalier and Bichon Frise mix. My owner Jamie suffers from Arnold Chiari Malformation Type 1. This means part of her brain (the cerebellar tonsils) are too big for her skull so they drop through into the spinal canal. She has suffered symptoms […]

Max’s Mission to Move

Max is aged 5 from Rugeley in Staffordshire He was born at 34 weeks weighing 5lb 6oz. Within a couple of days Max became very poorly due to lack of calcium and sodium which unfortunately caused neonatal seizures and his oxygen to drop. We were told upon discharge that Max has damage to his brain called Periventricular […]

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Move a Mountain 4 Marcus

Marcus is aged 9 from Southend on Sea in Essex, one of non-identical twins, and he was born with Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia at 32 weeks old. Because of his condition Marcus cannot walk or even stand unaided. Please help by giving Marcus the chance to walk alongside his twin brother. Walk with us on this […]

Maddison’s Journey

Maddison is aged 2 from Colchester in Essex and suffered severe brain damage at birth. We are looking to help Maddison have the ABR therapy she desperately needs. ABR uses very slow compressional movements to force the cells in weak parts of the body to reproduce and strengthen. The process works at a much deeper […]

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The Warner Brothers Wish to Walk

Our little soldiers, William and Arthur from Rothley in Leicestershire were born on 10th Sept 2012 at just 28 weeks and 6 days. After nearly 8 weeks in the special care baby unit, they were finally able to come home and we could resume family life with our lovely new twin boys. They progressed well […]

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Jackson’s SDR Journey

Jackson is aged 5 from Irvine in Ayshire and has cerebral palsy. Jackson was diagnosed with cerebral palsy aged 16 months. He is a very happy and ambitious five year old and we as a family would love to give him the opportunity to become as independent as possible. When the time comes and Jackson […]

Tilly’s wish to walk

Tilly is 7 years old from Barry in South Wales and has cerebral palsy. Tilly doesn’t stand or walk unaided but has the most beautiful, determined, cheeky personality! Tilly was born early at 28 weeks and weighed just 1lb 13oz. She was born with a few complications, some of which resulted in having a heart […]

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Bailey’s Wish

Our princess Bailey has cerebral palsy. She is aged 4 from North Maida Vale, Brent in London. The NHS have stopped funding her SDR surgery she needs and because of her decline in condition they have stopped her Botox injections which keep her comfortable. This is really distressing for her as she is now in […]

Help Emmanuel to walk

Hi, I’m Emmanuel Israel Damo and I’m 7 years old from Southampton. I was born early at 36 weeks + 2 days. I had post haemorrhagic hydrocephalus with VP shunt placement and was diagnosed with asymmetrical four limb Cerebral Palsy. With this condition my mobility is really limited compared to other normal children. I need […]

Help Kari 2 help himself

Hi, my name is Kari. I am 12 years old living in West London. I have cerebral palsy with left clubfoot and shin rotation with spasticity in my legs. I enjoy being included but I am now struggling to use my walker. My legs are hindering my development. A consultation offered to cut my shin bone to correct my skin rotation. […]

Ready Emmy Walk!

We are a family of four from Basingstoke in Hampshire. We have a five year old daughter called Isla and a two year daughter called Emmy. Emmy was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia at 20 months old. She has a type of brain damage called Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) which was caused in the womb, […]

For the love of Ben

We are raising funds for Ben’s ABR therapy for Just4Children because It will give him a better quality of life. Ben is 7 years old from Hamilton in Scotland and has severe cerebral palsy. He cannot walk or sit up unaided. We have started him on ABR therapy where therapists teach me exercises to do […]

Marten McFee in Memoriam

Marten was born on 14th December 2010. He lived in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. The day before his first birthday his parents were given the news that Marten had severe, spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. His parents had spent months going to doctors and consultants trying to find out why he couldn’t hold his head up; why he […]

Ana’s own first step

Hello, I am Ana from Twickenham and I am five years old. I was born with cerebral palsy and dystonia. My mum and dad are trying to raise money for my post surgery intensive therapy as well as special equipment which is not funded through the NHS. Here is my story. I had a brain injury due to oxygen […]

ABR 4 Luke

Luke is 3 years old from Belfast. He was born at 24 weeks and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. As a family we are fundraising to allow Luke to receive ABR therapy in Glasgow. It is hoped that this therapy will avoid intrusive surgery but instead will work on the muscles where Luke has weaknesses. We hope […]

John vs CP

John is from Derry in Northern Ireland was born at 25 weeks gestation which meant he came into the world 15 weeks early. He weighed 1lb 7oz. He had less than 50% chance of surviving. When he was two weeks old he contracted pseudomonas and fought the fight of his life to survive. However, because […]

Vinnie ABR

Vinnie has Cerebral Palsy and Dystonia. He’s 3 and a half from Sittingbourne in Kent and has a smile that would brighten anyone’s day! Vinnie suffers with his muscles they are very stiff. It’s very much like cramp but all over his body. So it’s very painful, uncomfortable and hard for Vinnie to use his […]

Dance for Archie

Archie is from Kippen near Stirling and suffers from an undiagnosed rare neurological disorder that has left him with 90% brain damage. He has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cortical vision impairment and global development delay. In November 2014 we came across a therapy called ABR which stands for Advanced Biochemical Rehabilitation. We began the […]

Tyler v CP

My little boy, Tyler is from Hanwell in London and has quadriplegia cerebral palsy. Due to this he has respiratory problems. Tyler is unable to maintain his breathing all the time and gets problems with his respiratory system when sick. Tyler is also unable to sit on his own and needs specialised equipment to maintain […]

Steps 4 Layla

Layla is a 3 year old girl from Swindon in Wiltshire with Spastic Diplegia Cerebal Palsy. This affects the use of her legs and left arm. This stops her from running around and playing like other 3 year olds. We are aiming to raise £60,000 to cover the cost of an operation called Selective Dorsal […]

Hope for Isaac

In the last 2 years my friends family and local community successfully helped us raise the money to get Isaac to America for life changing surgery. Isaac had his surgery on the 15th September 2015 but we still need to continue raising funds over the next few years to cover the costs of his intensive […]

Orla’s Own Steps

Orla is from High Wycombe in Bucks and was born 5 weeks premature. After a complicated birth she had to be resuscitated. The worst 15 minutes of our lives waiting for her to take her first breath felt like a life time. Orla spent 24 hours on ventilators and 8 days in the neonatal ward. […]

Help Izzy walk

Please help us raise £80,000 for Just4Children to help fund SDR, a life changing operation to help Izzy walk. We are a family from St Columb Major, Cornwall. This new year we will be starting a series of fundraising events to raise £80,000 for our daughter Izzy Pearce to have SDR, a life changing spinal […]