STEPPING UP FOR BRADLEY
CEREBRAL PALSY SUFFERER TO WALK MILE TO HELP YOUNGSTER
A battling youngster is preparing to take on the biggest challenge of his life in aid of Bradley Lowery.
Little Charlie Creaser, from Low Downs Road, Hetton, suffers from cerebral palsy and struggles to walk.
But he is putting his problems to one side to take on the longest walk of his life to raise funds for fellow battler Bradley.
On Sunday, the six-yearold will take part in a onemile walk using his walking frame along Majuba Road, in Redcar, in the hope of raising about £2,000 for Bradley, who is fighting cancer neuroblastoma.
Bradley’s family have been raising funds for lifesaving treatment in America after they were told the five-year-old’s cancer had returned earlier this year.
Earlier this month he was invited to be mascot for Sunderland AFC’s game against Everton, with the Merseyside club later donating £200,000 to his cause. So far, Charlie has raised £1,145 on his Virgin Money Giving page for Bradley.
Mum Michelle Creaser, 33, said: “We thought that Charlie wouldn’t be able to walk at all, but now he has managed to walk the full one-mile distance in training – the furthest he has ever walked before.”
Later this year, Charlie will travel to Leeds to see if he can have a spinal operation called selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR), which aims to reduce his spasticity to help him walk.
Michelle added: “I have been speaking to Bradley’s mum Gemma on Facebook and she wants Bradley to meet Charlie at some point, as Charlie has only watched Bradley on TV.
“Charlie loves to do stuff for charity and said he wanted to help someone because so many people have helped him by fundraising for his special bike and equipment. We are so proud.”
To sponsor Charlie, visit Virgin Money Giving and search Charlie Creaser.
Katie Price is the latest high-profile figure to be touched by little Bradley’s plight.
The model, author and Loose Women presenter donated a date with herself to a silent auction at a fundraising ball at the Stadium of Light last night.
Although £700,000 has been raised to pay for immunotherapy treatment, more funds need to be raised to pay for flights, accommodation and any additional treatment he may need whilst in the States.
The HU3F8 treatment is not available in the UK, but has offered a glimmer of hope in the Lowery family’s battle to save their son.
“We thought Charlie wouldn’t be able to walk at all” MICHELLE CREASER