Kate Winslet has donated £17,000 to a mom going through an enormous electrical energy invoice to maintain her daughter on life help.
Kate Winslet donates cash to struggling single mom
Carolynne Hunter, from Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire – whose daughter Freya, 12, has extreme cerebral palsy and depends on receiving oxygen for continual respiratory issues – was warned that her invoice might rise from £6,500 to £17,000 subsequent yr.
And she or he was left feeling overwhelmed when Kate, 47, donated to her GoFundMe after listening to about their wrestle on BBC Information.
In accordance with MailOnline, Ms Hunter mentioned: “Our journey as a household has been very traumatic and I simply really feel accomplished at this level in my life.
“After I heard concerning the cash I simply burst into tears – I assumed it wasn’t even actual. I am nonetheless pondering ‘Is that this actual?’
“We’re nonetheless freezing and we’re not even at minus temperatures but. I’m nipping on the employees to not put the heating on except it’s a necessity.
“The council have put photo voltaic panels as much as assist however I do not assume it’s going to assist with the invoice.
“I did not communicate out to get donations however on the identical time I’ve to guarantee that Freya is OK.
“I’ll be helped however what about everybody else? I wished the Authorities to pay for it and do the suitable factor – it should not need to be a star that steps in.”
Together with making a donation, Kate – who’s patron of the Household Haven, a charity fashioned to assist deprived and susceptible households in Gloucestershire – additionally reached out to the household to want them properly.
