Our mum is a disabled lady trapped in her apartment with a broken lift and an estimated 3-4 months wait until it's fixed. The management company say they can't move any faster...The Directors are refusing to help. She feels like a prisoner.

This is why we're desperately trying to raise money to pay the lift management company to manually let her out in the meantime - the cost is £360 per afternoon out.

Our mum; Julie was diagnosed with primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis in her mid 30's...with no clue how the future would look for her she decided the only thing she could control was her determination to stay positive, to keep smiling and not let this illness control everything - that's exactly what's she's done. She has 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren, all of whom adore her as she does them. Although life has thrown obstacles at her she has always tried to keep her inner strength and smile through it - times like when Mum couldn't access her bathroom, we used to take her outside and wash her hair with the hosepipe in the garden - she never let those moments knock her down.

After being widowed and losing her own mum, she moved to this more accessible place to get back doing the things she loves the most - feeling free and doing things for herself. In her apartment now she is able to cook herself and has an accessible bathroom, these things were only a dream for many years.

Yet now the lift in her apartment building is broken, with a £14,000 repair bill and a timeframe of 3-4 months due to management company rules, her world is crumbling apart. Everyday her motivation is leaving her and her mood is dropping; effecting her mentally. The lack of physical movement and activity seems to be making her MS symptoms worse.

We can't bare to watch our mum fade this way - she's the strongest woman we know.

So if you can, please donate anything at all to help her get out as many times as possible during this horrible time.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.