A national charity is encouraging people across the UK to ‘Go Purple!’ for a day and support a special event intended to highlight the dangers of kidney disease.
A Chichester family have just two months to raise the £10,000 they desperately need to make their sons’ dream of walking unaided for the first time come true. Lydia and Dean Fairs have been tirelessly fundraising for six year old Finley to have his life changing operation, and have now received the news that they have been waiting for. The operation will take place at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol on 24th April, but this means the pressure is on to raise the rest of the money, fast.
Disabled children inspired hundreds of Twitter users to tweet positive messages through the launch of a ground-breaking digital campaign yesterday called “I’m Lucky Because.”
The children and their siblings launched the campaign from the world-famous home of Manchester United Football Club, Old Trafford, and enlisted the support of CBeebies star, Alex Winters, and renowned author, Mel Sherratt.
Hundreds of Twitter users are now following the children as they share tweets about their thoughts on living with disability and their hopes and dreams for the future.