My story

Brooke is six years old, she has Cerebral Palsy and is wheelchair bound.

 

There is a life changing operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) which would make Brooke’s life so much better for her. It’s a special operation for children with spasticity cerebral palsy. This operation has a reported 100% success rate in its 24 year history but it is only currently available in America and more recently Bristol, however not available on our NHS.

 

We had hoped with support and contribution to raise the sum of £40,000, the amount required for the operation to take place in Bristol, unfortunately after numerous trips and a vigorous physio assessments, Brooke was deemed unsuitable by the specialist in Bristol.   Fortunately, however we now have renewed hope as we have applied directly to Dr Park and his team at St Louis, USA, and we are very pleased that they have accepted Brooke for the SDR treatment.  Dr Park and his team are confident that the operation on Brooke will be successful.

The procedure will now go ahead in November, but as you can appreciate the amount we require has risen to  £70,000 to get over to the United States, so we need your support more than ever to reach this target.

This amount will pay for her operation, pre operative and post operative care, physiotherapy and the equipment she will need afterwards.


It's heartbreaking when Brooke is left behind crying while all her sisters, brother and friends are running ahead or playing on playground equipment and Brooke just has to sit and watch. 

Please help us change Brooke's life forever.

 

 

Thank you to the Tree of Hope Children’s Charity for all their help.




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My updates 4

Merry Christmas everyone! We returned home last week from the USA & the 2 operations were a huge success & Brooke is getting on great although there is still a long way to go for us all. Our total money raised to date is £65,800. Let's give a final push in 2012 to get to 70K.

27/12/12 12:57

We have currently raised a total off £57.287.03, Brooke's operation has been successfully paid for & will go ahead on the 15th November. Thankyou so much to everyone who has got us this far, our daughters dream is so much closer now. We just need a final push to hit £70K. xx

27/09/12 22:16

As of today we are currently sitting on £22,833.02, we still have a number of pledged sponsorships to come in from March skydive and various events coming up this month so this figure will rise! Great work thank you everyone!

02/07/12 21:36

Brooke's justgiving page is standing at £6833.00 at the moment guys, which is awesome!!

28/03/12 22:09

My charity

Tree of Hope

Tree of Hope

Charity Registration No. 1149254 In Scotland SC042611

Tree of Hope offers hope to the families of sick children in the UK who need specialist medical surgery, treatment, therapy and equipment in order to free them from suffering, giving a better quality to their young lives. England & Wales 1043092 Scotland SCO4261 http://www.treeofhope.org.uk

Donations 502

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Donation by Kimberley Aldous on 21/08/12

£20.00

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Donation from Ryan Insurance Group Limited. With very best wishes

Donation by Ryan Insurance Group Limited on 20/08/12

£30.00

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This is Stephens auction money and a bit more.

Donation by Gemma Edwards on 18/08/12

£375.00

+ £93.75 Gift Aid

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Raised from another Coffee Morning! From a lot of Britannia mums and others. x

Donation by Emma Hammond on 17/08/12

£15.50

+ £3.88 Gift Aid

Sorry I couldn't make last night but here is a small donation. I hope you reach your target.

Donation by Julie Curtis on 17/08/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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You are doing so well and will reach that target soon xxx

Donation by Katerina Tulloch on 16/08/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Was a great auction thanks. x

Donation by Gemma Edwards on 16/08/12

£210.00

+ £52.50 Gift Aid

Glad to do my bit to help you get your wish, Brooke x

Donation by Kerry Cakebread on 16/08/12

£10.00

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Hope you get your dream Brooke x

Donation by Gina Warren on 14/08/12

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This is my Sponsored Silence money that I raised for Brooke. I am now thinking of doing something else to raise more money for you. Lauren Gould x

Donation by Russell Gould on 13/08/12

£70.00

+ £17.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Margaret Smith on 12/08/12

£30.00

Donation by Anonymous on 12/08/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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See you Sunday for the BagPack. In the meantime here's a small amount of money x

Donation by Noah Young on 06/08/12

£5.00

Donation by Anonymous on 06/08/12

£20.00

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Donation by Kimberley Fearnley on 06/08/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by LUKE DEAL on 06/08/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Doing great, sweetheart, keep smiling :-) xxx

Donation by Katie Redmond on 05/08/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Hi Brooke with all our best wishes,Lizzie, Simon,Ollie Chittock, Marie,James,Ellie and George Ketteringham, and Sharon Minns x

Donation by Marie Ketteringham on 28/07/12

£883.73

+ £220.93 Gift Aid

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Good luck Brooke, you'll get there kiddo 8)

Donation by simon on 27/07/12

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Wishing you all the very best Brooke, hope this helps make your wish come true xx

Donation by Tracy Rabaiotti on 27/07/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Brooke, I sincerely hope all goes well and your wishes come true.

Donation by graham pennock on 26/07/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good luck Sarah. Hope all goes well x.

Donation by Tony Ray on 26/07/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 26/07/12

£5.00

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Donation by Stephen Brock on 24/07/12

£125.00

+ £31.25 Gift Aid

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Donation by Jody Boore on 19/07/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£13,760.93
  • Offline donations£49,614.47
  • Text donations£219.00
  • Total raised£63,594.40
  • Gift Aid£2,495.98

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