In May an appeal by NewLife appeared in the Hampshire Chronicle. Their aim was to raise £3,000 towards the cost of a lightweight wheelchair for a little schoolgirl whose walking aid was bulky and a possible hazard for other children at St Peter’s School. She needed a lightweight wheelchair.

As the family live within our catchment area of Winchester & North Eastleigh, we offered a donation to Newlife and made contact with the family. Happily Newlife succeeded in raising almost the entire amount so we topped up the gap.
As we had told the family we had pledged our top payment, which is £750 per year, we offered them the balance to pay for expensive physiotherapy necessary after their daughter had undergone SDR Surgery in the United States.

When these children return home, the intensive physio given in the States is not available from the NHS which can only offer a limited service though teach parents how to do this at home. But parents have found it necessary to use private neurological physiotherapy to supplement and maintain the benefits of the surgery and this is very costly.