My dads a massively proud man and wouldnt ask anyone for anything. But he is in need at the moment. So if you go into the pub this weekend and buy a round... think of my dad and perhaps put the cost of the beer you might have bought him to this funding page. Please don't feel that you have to donate large sums, the cost of a pint from loved one's is all we are asking.

My dads life has been shattered by a brainstem stoke leaving him unable to swallow, sometimes even his saliva is too much. The NHS provision for Speech and Language provision is very small, his 2 sessions a week of therapy already being cut down to a 'when they can' care in the community approach. We would like to fund for him to have more regular and intensive therapy to help regain his swallow. As well as exercises daily this would include a treatment that is widely available in the US (less so here) this treatment uses vibrations which should kick start the muscles into working again, giving him back his swallow. Its a private treatment and its expensive but reading the research we have on it we think that it is worth the gamble to help him get his life back.