Charlie, 12, gets his new chair
HALIFAX MUM Lucy Littley says her son Charlie’s new wheelchair will be life-changing.
After Lucy started a fundraising appeal to help with the cost of the state-of-the-art chair for Charlie, 12, who has cerebral palsy, the public responded by sending in their donations, while FC Halifax Town, who Charlie supports, also helped raise awareness and money.
The all-terrain, powered chair has now been delivered and Lucy says it will make a huge difference to Charlie’s life.
“I was like a child before Christmas the night before it arrived because I know what it’s going to do for him, what it’s going to provide not just for him but the whole family,” said Lucy. “It’s going to give him so much more freedom and we’ll be able to access more places, go places where we’ve never been able to go before. We’re just so excited to start making new memories and going on new adventures.
“There’s a wood not far from us with a path running through it but it’s a mud track, so Charlie’s old chair wouldn’t have gone on that. So we’ll be able to go there, we’ll be able to go to the beach and go near the water.
It will provide him with more independence. He’ll be able to play with his friends in a way he’s never been able to before. It’s life-changing.”
Lucy is grateful to everyone who donated and raised awareness of the appeal.
“Initially it was Crosshills Church in Greetland that started the ball rolling,” she said. “We never knew what we wanted to do with that money, we did think along the lines of an electric wheelchair. When I saw this I thought ‘he’s got to have it’ because it will provide so much for him. So massive thanks to them, but then obviously we raised the money in two weeks and I’m eternally in people’s debt. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank them enough.”
He’ll be able to play with his friends in a way he’s never been able to before
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