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We’re excited to bring you news of the completed extension to Archie’s home to create a new bedroom and enlarge the existing bathroom to create an accessible wetroom for the 9-year old. The project also involved widening all doorways to create space for wheel chair access, creating a wheelchair ramp in the back garden from Archie’s new bedroom for direct garden access, plus levelling all floors throughout the house so Archie’s wheelchair can maneuverer throughout his home without obstacles. Archie’s ...

We’re as delighted as Jaden and his family to bring news of the completed extension to house 10-year old Jaden’s accessible bedroom and bathroom.  The project required the family to raise £10,000 needed above the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded for the project, to put vital adaptations in place for Jaden’s future, including level access thresholds throughout the home, a level access shower plus rear garden access. Jaden’s Mum explains the need for the works “Before the adaptations were put in place, ...

Finlay and his family are delighted now that the adaptations project to fully meet Finlay’s needs as he grows older has been completed. The £12,000 required to add to the Disabled Facilities Grant awarded to Finlay was met with the support of Sullivan’s Heroes together with other organisations. A rear extension has been added to the family home, to provide Finlay with a fully wheelchair accessible bedroom and ensuite wetroom. A stairlift has been installed for Finlay to go up and down ...

We are delighted to bring news of Jessica’s brand new ground floor bedroom that has now been completed. The adaptations to the family home have made life easier for Jessica, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour at just 13 months old, and has undergone a number of surgeries over the past 8 years to help her. Thankfully Jessica's tumour is currently stable but the treatment has left Jessica disabled, with moderate learning difficulties, visually impaired and with bilateral carotid artery narrowing. ...

We are very excited that the £23,000 required for creating a downstairs bedroom and wetroom for Joe has been reached and his fantastic new space is now completed and in use, making a huge difference to Joe’s life. The adaptations that have been created for Joe include a downstairs extension and conversion of the existing garage with hoisting installed, a new back door and garden ramp – meaning there is no more manual lifting of Joe required. Moving Joe is ...

We are equally as excited as Elisha to bring news of her completed project to build a fully adapted bedroom with wetroom and through-floor lift to meet Elisha’s needs. Everyone involved has been busy raising the £15,000 required to build an additional fully adapted and accessible bedroom above the garage at Elisha’s home, with dedicated specially equipped ensuite wetroom and a through-floor lift. Elisha’s home has also been made fully accessible by adding ramps to the front of the house and ...

We at Sullivan’s Heroes, along with Noah and his family, are delighted now that the £45,000 target required to ‘Build Noah a Bedroom’ has been reached. This has enabled an extension to be built on the family home to house Noah’s new bedroom and bathroom, complete with ceiling hoists and a wheelchair accessible lift, so that all Noah’s personal care needs can be met with dignity. Noah’s Mum gives us some background into Noah’s requirements for the project. “Noah is ...

William and his family are very excited now that the £23,163 required to build a ground floor bedroom and adjoining wet room to meet William’s needs has been met, and the project has now been completed. As William’s Mum explains “When William was around 2 years old we realised our house would soon not meet his needs. We struggled to carry William up and down the stairs to his bedroom and the bathroom. We also found it hard to lift ...

We’re very excited to bring news of Reece’s completed adaptations, creating a ground floor bedroom and wetroom of his own to meet Reece’s needs. A Disabled Facilities Grant was awarded to Reece for his home adaptations, but a shortfall of £5,500 was still needed above this amount to complete the works required – to extend the house and reposition the stairs to create the new space required. Now that this target has been met through fundraising, Reece is the proud ...