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I need your support to help some children who have had the worst starts in life.

One in 400 children in the UK are diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The condition is caused by damage to a childs developing brain usually before, during or soon after birth. This disturbs messages between the brain and the muscles so that children with CP find it difficult to control their movement, posture and co-ordination. Most of the time it cant be foreseen and there is no cure.

Thats the bad news. The good news is that children can grow up to be independent, healthy and happy given the right support. This is where the Bobath Centre comes in. The Bobath Centre has some very skilled physio, occupational and speech & language therapists who specialise in helping children to do ordinary things like playing, going to school or making friends. Ive seen first-hand the difference they make to the lives of children and their families.

The problem is its getting harder for families to get funding for therapy and children arent getting the specialist support they need. So Im raising money for the charitys treatment fund to make sure that children get seen as early as possible when it will have the greatest impact.

Running the London Marathon will be a challenge and I am already training to make sure I get round in one piece. However, it will all be over in a few hours, but for children with cerebral palsy the challenges last a lifetime. 

Please sponsor me and if you have nothing better to do on the 13th April why not come down to London Town and cheer me on!