Jake, William, Sam and Alfie urgently need your help. Alfie has severe cerebral palsy and his condition has recently deteriorated.

When parents Rebecca and Barrie found out they were expecting quads, they were worried about how they could manage. The quads were naturally conceived and with no family history of multiples they came as a complete surprise. With no family close by to help, Rebecca and Barrie knew with four babies and two year old daughter the financial and emotional pressure would be exhausting. Once the quads were born, they were faced with the devastating news that the oldest, Alfie, was diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy.

While Sam, William and Jake, now five months old, spent four weeks in neonatal care, Alfie is still in hospital and his condition has recently deteriorated - he is unable to support his own airway at the moment, is struggling with his breathing and needs constant oxygen. He is extremely poorly and requires specialist care in a hospital that is over an hour away from the family’s home. Mum and Dad are distraught; they want to be with Alfie but are struggling to manage travelling to the hospital as well as look after his three brothers and older sister.

Dad, who is self-employed, is already burdened with the money worries, has the added pressure of knowing that costs are spiralling. The cost of travel to and from the hospital as well as being unable to work while he supports his family is plunging them into debt.

Alfie will never be able to lead a life like his brothers but ultimately the family want Alfie reunited with his siblings at home. When he is home, Alfie will require 24 hour care and oxygen. Mum will need to administer round the clock care as well as looking after the other four children. Tamba’s Helping Hands appeal has provided a nanny in the short term to help the family cope with looking after the four children at home as well as being able to visit Alfie in hospital. We need your help to ensure that this family and other multiple birth families like them will receive support, via our Helping Hands Appeal, that they so desperately need.

They are in URGENT need of help so, if you can, please make a donation to our Helping Hands Appeal immediately.