Violet wearing a tinsel scarf and smiling.

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£5 a month starting this Christmas helps pay for three horse riding sessions over the course of next year.

£10 a month starting this Christmas helps to fund a one to one therapy session with a brain injury specialist over the course of next year.

£15 a month starting this Christmas could go toward helping buy specialist speech and language apps and computer programmes to help children communicate.

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£20 could help pay for a Christmas Eve box filled with sensory wonders.

£38 could help cover the cost of a session with a skilled play therapist.

£111 could help pay for an immersive and specially adapted panto experience.

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This Christmas, will you help children like Violet find their sparkle again?

Violet came here last Christmas for intensive, specialist rehabilitation following a stroke aged eight.

What was a normal school day turned into a nightmare when Violet was rushed to hospital unable to move. It shortly became clear that Violet had had a stroke and there was a long road ahead.

Following surgery and an extensive stay in hospital, Violet came to The Children’s Trust for intensive rehabilitation. Not only was she unable to walk and talk like she once could, Violet had also lost her confidence and her sparkle.

Finding her sparkle and strength again

Whilst here, Violet had physio, occupational therapy, school lessons, speech and language classes and emotional therapy too. At first, she found it hard to talk about her feelings, but while building with Lego in therapy she revealed that she understood what had happened, knew her future might be different, and wasn’t afraid.

Despite what they were dealing with, Violet and her family still managed to find joy during the festive season. Violet and one of her friends wrote a script about cheeky elves getting ready for Christmas, and they performed it as the festive show. It was at this moment that Violet’s parents saw her sparkle coming back.

After nine weeks of intensive rehabilitation, Violet went home and has ben doing really well. Before the stroke, her dream was to compete in showjumping at the Olympics, and she's still aiming high, except now, it's for the Paralympics!

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The Christmas, you could help give more children like Violet the opportunity to live their best life possible by donating today.

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Call our Supporter Care Team on 01737 364 349.

Alternatively, you can email supportercare@thechildrenstrust.org.uk if you have any questions.