Hiya!

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Im Calliope. I’m predominantly housebound due to multiple chronic illnesses, chronic pain and fatigue and disabilities to do with a genetic disorder.

thank you for showing an interest.

please only donate what you can afford. With that even just the littlest amount

helps! And if you can’t donate please share the word! We made target for my chair and I am so so so so grateful! The rest is now covering the cost for a second chair to give away FOR FREE to someone in need!! Thankyou for all your support. You have changed and will change SO MANY LIVES

The funds will provide a Wheelchair. Having an electric wheelchair means:

Disability aids improve lives. They give freedom, pain relief, independence. Each aid of mine has allowed a better experience of life but since my last electric chair broke I’ve been stuck inside, moving less, sleeping worse and generally mentally and physically doing a lot worse as I am cooped up, unable to go to events, see friends or be in nature. Any time I do leave the house I’ve had to get taxis directly there and back. Am limited to not going to a second location and spending a fortune on taxis that are often unreliable, can be really mean or scary, or just aren’t available at all!

Id love to fund this independently, however the average disabled household faces around £975 in extra costs! (Source:the disability price tag 2023) which benefits dont cover. When budgeting with my support worker we found £500 way over my PIP allowance on JUST disability based expenses. And that’s on the bare minimum not including a new wheelchair, necessary therapies and treatments, taxi costs now after a broken chair etc. So I must reach out to the generosity of you all if I am to gain back freedom and autonomy.

If I go over my goal I want to fix my old broken wheelchair and give it away to someone in need for free. I was told it was so broken it wasn’t worth fixing as I brought it second hand from someone and it’s over a decade old. It makes more sense for me to get a new one and isn’t worth selling, but I for one know how desperately needed any disability aids are and how hard they are to access so would love to give back to the community and pass on the help and support I receive.

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I have been told my old wheelchair is beyond repair! But a local mobility aids business and I are collaborating and have found a good condition second hand chair, I have changed the target to cover the cost of that ones which will be donated to someone in need. Searching for, saving up, doing the admin to purchase a chair is all so difficult and extensive and with all the love and support I’ve received, I want to use that to support someone else and make their life easier!)

thank you for showing an interest.

please only donate what you can afford. With that even just the littlest amount helps! And if you can’t donate please share the word!

So much love and gratitude to you all