Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood. It is caused by an injury to the brain and often affects someone’s ability to walk, talk. Children often need intensive physical therapy to help them lead the most active and mobile life they can. 

For 7 year old Eleanor, cerebral palsy means she isn’t able to ride a bike or pedal a trike as many children her age can. Instead, after school, Eleanor will head straight to the garden to play with her beloved Little Tikes car. For hours she drives it around the ‘track’ in her garden and will stop to refuel at her special petrol pump.

Eleanor can now barely squeeze into her car and another growth spurt will see her outgrow it completely. She will miss out on valuable opportunities to get her muscles moving and to develop the strength and coordination that will benefit her throughout her life. 

Happily, we have found a way for Eleanor to keep getting the exercise, therapy and happy hours of play that has helped her so much up until now. 

We are building a super-sized car that Eleanor will be able to enjoy long into the future as she grows. Our engineers will build the car from scratch, making sure to include all of the things Eleanor loves most, like a petrol filler cap to make sure her car is always full of juice!

Finding a way for Eleanor to get essential physical therapy while doing something she truly loves will set her up to succeed with other motor control tasks as she gets older, like drawing, playing with smaller toys and using a computer mouse. These skills will open up Eleanor’s world, and all the while she is having great fun! 

By choosing to donate today, you are giving Eleanor, and potentially dozens of other children like her, a unique and special opportunity to develop the strength, mobility and skills she needs to live life her way and live her life to the full.