Raising money for home conversion
An Onchan family’s turned to crowdfunding to pay for essential work adapting their home for their seriously ill son.
Finley Hesketh suffers from muscle-wasting disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and his mum Kirsty says converting their bungalow will cost up to £100,000.
She’s now launched four online fundraising campaigns to pay for different parts of the work - you can find the main fund at https://www.gofundme.com/finleysfuture
Kirsty says the family are desperate for support in the face of spiralling costs:
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