Stroud family hosting fun day in Andover to raise funds

Stacie Stroud, of Heron’s Rise, has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and to help the 21-year-old get around her family have an accessible car which fits her wheelchair.

However, adapted vehicles have to be changed every five years and the Stroud family have seen the prices continue to rise.

Her mum Sarah said: “It has been constant fundraising, since she was about four-years-old. Over the years we have done various fundraising events and raised £75,000 for wheelchair accessible vehicles for her.”

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She continued: “With adapted vehicles they have to be changed every five years. Luckily, they are letting us keep the current one for another 18 months due to Covid, but the prices for accessible vehicles change every three months and the starting price at the moment is £9,000 upfront.”

To help raise the funds needed, the Stroud family are hosting a family fun day at Andover New Street Football Club, in Foxcotte Lane, on Sunday, April 21.

During the day there are plenty of activities taking place from ‘Beat the Goalie’, raffles, tombola, guess how many sweets in a jar and plenty of other stalls and games for people to enjoy.

Stacie, who aspires to be a chef, is making the sausage rolls for the day.

Entry to the event if free and runs from 12-4pm. 

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When Stacie was born she had an abscess in the liver and a small bleed in her head, but the bleed was never rechecked as doctors were concentrating on her liver.

Sarah said that at about six months, Stacie wasn’t eating or drinking, she had scans on her head which discovered it was full with fluid.

She was blue-lighted down to Southampton where she received treatment to drain the fluid. 

At 10 months Stacie's family noticed that she wasn’t walking and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy.