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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]