Children Helped 2016 – Just4Children

Lyra Can…

My name is Lyra from Cannock and I’m 3, and I love to laugh, sing and play with my big brother, Joseph. When I was little Mummy and Daddy noticed I wasn’t doing things I should. We’ve seen lots of doctors who say I have Global Developmental Delay and other issues with how my brain […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 aged 7, from Bristol, 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 significant ways […]

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 5 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 […]

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 […]

The Amazing Aiden

Our Amazing Aiden is 4.5 years old and has bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. He suffered a brain injury called Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) at birth meaning he was starved of oxygen and didn’t take his first gasp of air for 28 minutes. Aiden fought against the odds to survive. Within hours of his birth he […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

Just4Children are fundraising for Ollie to have life changing surgery called SDR (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy) and the much need equipment and physiotherapy needed before and after the surgery. Oliver is aged 5 from Stafford. He was born prematurely at 36 weeks with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) which led on to him being diagnosed with diplegia cerebral […]

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 […]

Help Logan Run

Since Logan’s operations in 2015 he has had full-on years of hard work both physically and emotionally attending multiple therapy sessions throughout the week. Logan still has a lot of important work to do as he grows into his teens. We are continuing to combat renewed muscle tightness as growth spurts happen, also taking us […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 was born at 29 weeks weighing 2lb 10oz in Oldham. She couldn’t wait any longer to enter the world! Olivia didn’t have the best start to life. We were finally discharged after 3 months and thought things were looking up but Olivia spent many times in hospital fighting off chest infections and bronchitis. At 12 months old […]

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 6 from 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]