FRIENDS of a stroke victim are raising cash to send her to a special rehabilitation centre in Germany.

Jenny Broome lost most of her movement when she suffered the stroke in the summer of 2000. It left her quadriplegic and need in constant care.

The 22-year-old has been has been recuperating at the Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre at Burnley General Hospital.

But husband Aaron, of Second Avenue, Accrington, wants to take her to a £3,500-a-week specialist brain centre in Germany.

The Schmeider Centre in Konstanz, near the Germany, Switzerland, is a specialist rehabilitation centre which and Aaron, a graphic designer, said he was told about the centre from a friend.

And he is determined Jenny should get the best help possible.

He said: " I'm hoping Jenny will be home from Burnley in about three weeks and then we can think about sending her to Germany. Burnley have been good with her, but they have gone as far as they can. The clinic in Germany is said to be the best in the world and if anyway Jenny can get better, it will be worth it."

The Jenny Broome Fund is being organised mainly by Lesley and Darren Fisher -- friends of Aaron and Jenny, based in Southport.

They started collecting money shortly after Jenny had the stroke nearly two years ago and have collected thousands. The fund was boosted recently with a donation of £711 by staff and pupils of Blackburn's Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, where Jenny's sister, Alison Ravenhill, is a teacher.

Aaron said: "I don't know how much they have raised because I have been concentrating on Jenny and having our house adapted. But with this centre we have a focus and something to aim at for raising the money."

Aaron fought with Hyndburn Borough Council to have their home adapted so he could bring his wife home.

After lengthy discussions with the council work has almost been completed which would eventually allow Jenny to come home.