A FIVE-year-old Trowbridge girl who needs a new wheelchair has inspired a big fundraising effort around the town.

Peaches Amor has West Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that has left her badly brain damaged.

Her mother, Sharon, is determined that her daughter have the best quality of life possible, including a wheelchair adapted for her needs which gives her the most mobility.

She said: "Peaches deserves more than anything else a quality of life and if it means I have to battle for the rest of her life that is what I will do.

"She deserves the same dignity and quality of life as anyone else. She is not just a disabled person, she is a little girl."

Peaches, who goes to Larkrise School, has outgrown the buggy she has been using and social services can only provide her with a standard wheelchair.

Mrs Amor said: "Wheelchair services have been great and they have done all they can but they can only do so much."

A standard wheelchair is equipped for someone to propel it themselves, which is something that Peaches isn't able to do.

It also needs adapting to stop her from catching her fingers in the wheels or accidentally hitting the brakes.

Mrs Amor also has two other children, Harrison, six and Trinity, two, and needs a lightweight chair that she will be able to manoeuvre on her own when out with the family.

She said: "Peaches is going to be in the chair on a daily basis, it will be her mode of transport. It has to be suitable and comfortable.

"To get around and do the things she likes to do, like go to town or to the seaside, she needs a wheelchair that is adapted for her needs."

The drive to get the £700 minimum it will cost, on top of £235 being provided by social services, began when Mrs Amor mentioned the problem to a friend, Sam Hadley-Cottle, who told another friend, Indie Keohane, who works at the White Swan pub in Trowbridge.

Miss Keohane has recruited staff at The Black Swan, Masons Arms and The Stallards in Trowbridge, as well as The Bear in Bradford on Avon and The Kings Arms in Hilperton, to help raise the money.

Miss Keohane said: "I have a five-year-old and I can only imagine how hard it is for this family."

The pubs will be holding events from live music to pool tournaments. Collection boxes are also at the Longfield Community Centre and Challenge Tyres.

Mrs Amor said: "I think what they are doing is absolutely amazing. Every-one has their own events and to take the time and effort for this is great."

Anyone who would like to make a donation to the fund can contact the Wiltshire Times newsroom on (01225) 352484.