DISABLED Hannah Warburton's parents hope that £1 badges will help raise money for a wheelchair.

Hannah, pictured with dad David, is three and a half years old and has cerebral palsy. She cannot walk and has difficulty eating.

Now her dad and mum Maggie are desperately trying to raise £8,000 to pay for a specially adapted wheelchair to help improve her life.

The Disabled Children's Foundation is helping them.

Mr Warburton, who works as a store manager in Keighley, said: "Hannah was born disabled and she's a twin. Her sister Samantha is fine, but think how hard it is bringing up twins when one is disabled.

"Hannah has learning difficulties, can't eat properly and needs a lot of attention and mobility. But we have been told the waiting list for a wheelchair could be up to a year and we're desperate. "We want to give Hannah as much freedom as an ordinary child and you can't imagine how happy she would be if she had a wheelchair."

Hannah's parents, who live at Holden Wood Drive, Helmshore, are selling animal pin badges in the shape of a panda, camel, lion and gorilla.

Sue Green of the Disabled Children's Foundation said: "We decided to do something a bit different to help because we have to raise a lot of money for the wheelchair.

"So we produced the badges and we've put brightly coloured ties on all the animals."

The badges, which cost £1 each, can be bought directly from Disabled Children's Foundation or from Do It All in Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall. To order badges or to make a donation to Hannah's fund, call Sue Green on 01706 369300.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.