Riley is 9. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with Dyspraxia, a lifelong learning difficulty.

Dyspraxia effects everyone differently. For Riley, it means he struggles with co-ordination and balance, motor skills and processing. He can’t tie shoelaces, or fasten buttons...he can’t open a packet of crisps or climb ladders. He struggles to kick and catch balls, to balance on climbing frames, to use cutlery. He is incredibly bright, but he struggles with learning anything that involves processes (so maths is hard!).

For Riley, he soldiers on without a care about the dyspraxia. Apart for one thing. He is desperate to be able to ride a bike...but he just can’t. He has no balance to hold a bike up, and struggles with learning the right method to pedal without stabilisers. And this, this upsets him so much. He wants to be like any other 9 year old boy, bombing round on a bike.

So, we are fundraising to raise money for a specialist lightweight bike for Riley (which is nearly £500), for protective equipment, and for money to get him proper lessons with someone better equipped to help him learn than we are.

Any money left over, or if we raise more than our target, will be donated to the Dyspraxia Foundation. 

Help us make our Smiley Riley smile...and to tell dyspraxia where to go. 

UPDATE!
Amazingly, we smashed our target of £850 in just four weeks, so we have upped it! Any money raised from now on both here and offline will go straight to the Dyspraxia Foundation, at Riley’s request - he wants to help other children (and adults) like him.
This month he is taking part in a climb up a Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, in order to raise money and collect sponsorship for our fundraising. This is a huge challenge for him - 6 miles is a long way when you tire easily! So please keep donating, it’s for such a good cause!