Airinmar has a long tradition of raising money for local
good causes and our latest charity to support is Tree of Hope. Tree of Hope children’s charity helps children and young people with a disability or illness by supporting their families to raise the funds that they need to pay for specialist care that is not freely available through the UK healthcare system.

More specifically, were are donating to a Tree of Hope campaign for Dawson, an amazing boy from our local area with Dystonic Spastic Diaplegic Cerebral Palsy.

Here is Dawson's story:

Dawson was born at 32 weeks by emergency C-Section from the moment he was born he wanted to surprise us all. Breathing independently, crying straight away and then managing to bottle/breast feed after only 9 days losing his feeding tube.

Dawson was a quiet chilled out baby with 2 boisterous brothers Reuben 9 and Aulay 7. Everything seemed to be perfect and our family was finally complete and ready for some new adventures.

Dawson had some nasty ear infections from about 6 months which the Doctors believed was his reason for poor balance when sitting. After a number of visits to the doctors that it might be something else he was referred to a consultant at the hospital.

Then out world came crashing down................

The consultant advised that Dawson has Dystonic Spastic Diaplegic
Cerebral Palsy. Another appointment at 2 years old confirmed this.

Since then, Dawson has been attending weekly physio alongside daily physio at home. Pre COVID he was attending weekly Hydrotherapy. He works so hard spurred on by his brothers and his best friend at nursery Emmi.

Although not quite the adventure we planned Dawson has now a long road to being totally independent, walking unaided and being able to move more freely. This is no longer a dream as he is a perfect candidate for SDR surgery.

 SDR is not a cure for Cerebral Palsy but the operation intends to improve quality of life by reducing the muscle stiffness. The procedure is irreversible so the changes cannot be undone. But, the procedures effectiveness at reducing spasticity and improving quality of life has been demonstrated many times.

You can find out more about Dawson and Tree of Hope here: #DawsonCanDoIT - Tree of Hope

Our sponsorship event to achieve this fundraising is our
entry into the 80 mile long-haul route of the Farnborough Flyer 2022 cycling event to raise money for this good cause. The event takes place on Sunday 18th September 2022.