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•    In 2019, my 17yr old daughter was a passenger in a high speed car crash. She suffered severe head injuries (DAI) which put her in a coma for a month and in a disorder of consciousness (vegetative state) for nearly a year. I was absolutely desperate to find someone who would give me help and hope.
•    As a result of a chance comment from a child neurorehab specialist of "why don't you try the The Children's Trust ?", I knew that I'd found the right place and overcame many obstacles to get her admitted in January 2020.
•    What a place ! What loving and experienced people !!! With the first week of focused rehab, my daughter showed responses not seen before and, three months later, she was clinically declared conscious and on the road to recovery. In the coming 9 months, the Children's Trust helped my daughter to start to communicate, start to look after herself, make her first steps in trying to eat and even put her back on her feet with a few tentative and supported steps. Most importantly, the Children's Trust gave my daughter her smile back.
•    She still has a long way to go but the Children's Trust showed us the way where traditional, adult rehab approaches had failed.
•    The talented and loving staff at the Children's Trust make similar differences to 100's of children and young people's lives each year through focused rehab and care, all of whom have suffered some form of brain injury whether from birth or acquired by accident including stroke.
•    The Children's Trust in the UK is a world class facility treating brain injury and conducting globally important research with international organisations to improve outcomes.
•    Such skill and capability however is not free so I want to raise money to give more children and young people the same opportunity that my daughter had and a chance for meaningful recovery.

•    Apart from the fees charged by JustGiving, The Children's Trust will receive 100% of your donation - I will pay for all my travel, hotel, food and all other costs in full.