Neurokinex funding facilitates bursaries to support children with paralysis

The Neurokinex Charitable Trust is now able to offer bursaries to children living with paralysis at its Neurokinex Kids centre in Gatwick thanks to receiving £20,000 in funding from The Peter Harrison Foundation Community Fund. The ‘small grants fund’ organisation supports local community and voluntary groups and this award is part of its ‘Special Needs and
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Young girl with rare condition finds best therapy on her Bristol doorstep

Olivia Jarman, 12, from Bristol, has found the best therapy for her rare condition 10 minutes from home, after her parents spent years searching for appropriate therapy. Olivia has Kernicterus (a form of brain damage usually the result of jaundice at birth) causing Dystonia (a neurological movement disorder that manifests itself in painful, twisted and
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Local youngster, aged three, takes part in Npower Winter Wonderwheels

Alfie, three, from near Bristol – a client at the Neurokinex spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Bristol – successfully completed the Winter Wonderwheels self-powered charity challenge on Sunday 2nd December. Alfie, who is paralysed from the waist down after a rare childhood tumour caused spinal cord compression, completed the 1km race around Eton Dorney
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