Community rally together to collect cash to buy Isla a replacement chair

After hearing of the shocking theft from a disabled youngster, members of the public rallied round to raise funds to replace the chair.

Just days after a Just Giving Page was set up by a customer at Newbottle Food Store, where Isla’s mum Adele works, the appeal managed to raise £675 of its £500 target to pay for a new “DoBuggy”.

Mum Adele said she couldn’t believe how quickly the cash poured in after members of the public heard of her daughter’s plight.

She said: “The funds coming in so quickly has come as a bit of a shock.

“A young girl who comes into the shop where I work heard about what happened to Isla and set the Just Giving Page up for us, and it has just escalated from there.

“My boss had also rung up radio station SunFm and explained what had happened, and they asked if we could come down and tell them about the situation.

“So we went down last week and they appealed to listeners and helped raise funds for the pushchair.” “I can’t believe it. “I want to thank the community for the generosity with all their donations.

“They have been fab. “There have even been people out searching the streets looking for the pushchair in case it has been dumped.”

Adele, who is also mum to Ellie Owens, 12, and Macie Garland, seven, said she is still waiting to see where they will buy the chair from, as it will have to be specially made for Isla.

“But the family are delighted Isla will soon be reunited with the chair she loves.

She said: “She loves it, as she gets to see everything that is going on.

“When the thieves took it, they took away her comfort.”