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I'm running the Great South Run to help Grace to walk. Please read on.

This fundraising is now urgent as the £50,000 needs to be raised by December.

Grace’s Fund in partnership with the Tree of Hope children’s charity.
 
Grace Windram is a bright 5 year-old girl who lives in Kingsthorpe,
Northampton. She has Cerebral Palsy and cannot walk, and only learned to crawl late last year. She has used a powered wheelchair since she was 2 years old.
 
Grace is very frustrated by her impaired mobility, often saying “I want to walk with my own feet” (as opposed to ‘walking’ in her power chair), just like her school friends. Despite intensive specialist physiotherapy, this has always seemed impossible, but now she has been given some hope.
 
Grace has been accepted for an operation in the US called Selective
Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR), which could eliminate the spasticity (tightness) in her legs. Coupled with further intensive physiotherapy, this procedure could see Grace walking with a walking frame, and maybe even walk short distances on her own.
 
As well as making her dream of walking come true, the operation brings many health benefits and would prevent or delay other side effects of her condition (such as joint pain, early arthritis, growth deformities etc).
 
The operation, along with related expenses and therapy, costs around £50,000. Grace’s family are working with the Tree of Hope children’s charity to raise this money and help Grace’s dream come true.
 
The Tree of Hope Children's Charity offers hope to the families of sick and disabled UK children who need specialist surgery or additional medical treatment and therapy, in order to save their lives, and to give a better quality of life, and to help free them from suffering, by funding the treatment required.

Registered Charity Number: 1043092

For further information and to watch a video of Grace’s story, visit www.gracesfund.org

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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 20

Aren't you getting a bit old for this kind of thing? ;-)

Donation by Michael Hughes on 07/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Hi Jon Sorry never sent this earlier. Assume you made it without any injuries! Krys

Donation by Krystyna Kobiak on 02/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Well done Jon!

Donation by Lisa Hamilton-Jones on 01/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Go for it Jon!

Donation by louise Bennett on 30/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Jon

Donation by lucy mills on 30/10/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Great cause Jon, well done!

Donation by Hayley & Danny on 26/10/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Just channel Kelly Holmes - easy peasy Pete

Donation by peter jackson on 26/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

GOOD LUCK Jon...just saw the pic of your running shoes! Enjoy and well done. Ruth, Ian, Holly, Ewan x

Donation by Ruth Hughes-Rowlands on 25/10/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Good luck Jon, from Marie and the Walters boys xxx

Donation by Marie Walters on 25/10/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good work Jon and all concerned. Best wishes Richard (who cares)

Donation by Richard Walker on 23/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

What else must I do to make sure I see you on Sunday?

Donation by Patrick Tucker on 22/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Claire Bennett on 21/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck - just watch out for those conkers!

Donation by Mike & Tricia & Lexy on 21/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Very best of luck!

Donation by Matthew Hunt on 21/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

10 miles? 10 miles? Hah! I do that every day before breakfast. Good luck Jonny! xxxxxx

Donation by Matthew Flexman on 21/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Pretending you're fit, your biggest acting role yet!

Donation by Phil Brittain on 21/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck, run yer socks off....!

Donation by Helen Timmins on 21/10/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck with it. You've more energy than me!

Donation by Carol DI Cello on 21/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck with the run Jon. XX

Donation by Isa Clee-Cadman on 21/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Run faster damn you!!

Donation by Matt & Suzie x on 16/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£280.00
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£280.00
  • Gift Aid£70.00

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