DOCTORS have told the family of Trowbridge schoolgirl Charlotte Wakeham, that she should be well enough to go on a dream holiday to Disney World.

Charlotte, seven, is nearing the end of radiotherapy treatment for a terminal brain tumour and has responded well.

Her grandmother, Wendy Bryant, said: "She is walking better and not stumbling as much and she can now see enough to read."

Charlotte is also being given an anti-depressant drug, chlomipramine, which has been shown to slow the progress of some brain tumours.

Her parents, Bill and Alison and three-year-old brother Leigh, are staying near Bristol Children's Hospital where Charlotte is being treated.

Ms Bryant said: "They are all tired and they want to be at home. Charlotte gets so excited about being at home for the weekend, but as soon as she's settled she has to go back again.

"She has been really brave through all this and she is still very cheerful."

Once the treatment finishes in a week's time the family will be free to fly to Florida and arrangements are already being made for Charlotte's first trip abroad.

The trip has been made possible by the efforts of caring well-wishers who have raised or donated thousands of pounds to Charlotte's Chance of Life Fund, set up to make sure Charlotte and her family can make the most of the time she has left.

At the weekend she, two of her aunts and a cousin, were taken to Cadbury World in Birmingham in GWR radio's Black Thunder car.

Ms Bryant said: "She had a wonderful time. It was her aunt's birthday and she's a real chocoholic so Charlotte really wanted to take her there."

Charlotte has touched the hearts of people all over the country. On Tuesday Ms Bryant received a cheque for £1,000 sent by a man living in Scotland.

On August 9 there will be a 'toffs and tarts' party at the Melksham labour club and on September 13 there will be a wrestling match at the Civic Hall, Trowbridge.

The family have pledged to continue fundraising efforts, whatever the outcome for Charlotte, to help other children in her position.

They have already donated £2,000 to four-year-old Swindon girl, Charlie Jarvis, who is currently in the USA undergoing treatment for a rare form of childhood cancer.