We need help to raise £30,000
Oliver's goal is something most of us take for granted.
CAKE SALE AT WEST HOVE JUNIOR X2
Kelly, Oliver’s 1:1, organised, West Hove Junior kids, Oliver’s school friends baked cake and we sold them. First one raised £340. Second one £555. Thank you to all for your contribution.
WALK
Thank you to Nosheen Betts , Laura Breedon and every individual donor for donating their time, money and the effort…
T-shirt challenge
Lovely Sky who is one of Oliver’s school friends sister organized sponsored t shirt challenge for Oliver.
OLIVERSHARMAN.COM
I would never ever have imagined creating a website would be as easy as editing a document. I designed oliversharman.com using Nicola Potzas DIY Course.
Oliver was in the news !
Oliver was on The Argus and The Argus Online, on 06 August 2016 and 26 November 2016. Thank you Siobhan Ryan!
Massage Event
Four professional therapists donated their time and knowledge, the Heeler Center hosted and we have managed to raise £430 on the day. Thank you to everyone!
24 h Cyle
Well Done Hove Women’s Rugby Team !!! You completely, totally, absolutely smashed it and raised about £1800. Thank you to everyone for all your hard work.
10K
Kirsten tried but the storm did not allow her to run 10K on Sunday November 20th,but she raised over £600. Thank you Kirsten and her supporters!
Toy Sale
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity to every one of you who donated toys and books to us. I also would like …
Astrology Event
This event is from my lovely friends in Istanbul. My beautiful friend Elvan Akgun who is a university lecturer , poet,…
Ellie’s Skip
Eight year old Ellie is Oliver’s school friend. She wants to help him and decided to skip for three minutes to fund raise for Oliver. Ellie says ‘ Oliver …
The Hive Cafe
Well Done The Hive Cafe! We appreciate it very much. The event raised £41 and lots of awareness. Thank you very much.
Christmas Tree Collection
We would like to say a massive thank you to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service for the great effort in raising …
Sponsored Walk
A very special thank you to Lucy and Michael for the effort to help in raising money for Oliver’s surgery and making it such huge success. They raised …
The Argus Appeal
A massive thank you to the Argus Appeal for the generous grant of £8,000, the toys and the chocolates for Oliver. It is greatly appreciated that now we …
READATHON
Children in West of Infant School read lots of books and raised an amazing £739 for Oliver’s fundraising campaign. We would like to give a special thank you…
About the Surgery
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is an operation used to improve spasticity (muscle stiffness) in cerebral palsy and it was first developed in 1898, but has become more popular over the last 30 years as techniques have advanced.
It's a neurosurgical procedure aimed at reducing spasticity (tight and stiff muscle tone) in the lower limbs. It's most commonly used for children with spastic diplegia (two limbs affected) which accounts for 25 to 30% of children born with cerebral palsy..
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- __ Achieves a long-term reduction in spasticity,
- __ Improves function and mobility,
- __ Increase independence,
- __ Increase range of motion and improve positioning,
News
Merry Christmas X
We would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas! A massive thank you to all of your support and we wish you all the best of everything for 2017. We are leaving Daddy here with all the hard work unfortunately, Oliver and I are going to be away for 2 weeks. First London then Istanbul..[…]
Saturday 4th February 2017 !
We received the exact operation date today (8th of December), it is Saturday 4th of February 2017. We are very excited and a little bit nervous After all hard work, dedication and determination, Oliver now has a chance to change his life forever . This operation, followed by intensive physiotherapy will give Oliver far better mobility;[…]
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On The Waiting List !
On the waiting list ! Received confirmation today that Oliver is on the waiting list to have SDR surgery in January/February 2017 . We will receive the exact date 2 months before the surgery and payment would have to be made one month before the exact date. About 6 months to fund-raise!!! If you would[…]
Orthopedic Operation!
On Thursday, 25th June 2016, Oliver is having orthopedic surgery in London Evelina Children’s Hospital to help his tight muscles and spasticity related to cerebral palsy to release the tightness and correct the posture. Corrections made during orthopedic surgery may be temporary. As a person grows, the same muscles or other muscles may become tight and[…]