The family of an Isle of Wight aspiring actress have launched a fundraising appeal to help get her to drama school.
22-year-old Anna has Noonans Syndrome, a rare genetic syndrome that has caused her to have autism and learning disabilities alongside many other challenging health conditions. Anna also lives with epilepsy, bladder and bowel problems, and chronic pain.
Anna loves performing but opportunities for someone with her disabilities are limited.
Talented Anna has been lucky enough to get a place on a Performance Making course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. This is a course specifically for adults with autism and learning disabilities and the only course of its kind in the UK.
To get to the school, Anna will have to travel to and from London twice a week by ferry and train. Her family cannot afford to pay for the travel themselves. Due to her disabilities, Anna can’t travel alone and will always need her mother or a carer with her which doubles the price of travel.
The family has launched a GoFundMe page and is appealing to Island residents to help Anna achieve her dream of attending drama school and put her talents to the best possible use.
If you can help, you’ll find the GoFundMe page here.
Surly there are some national charity’s out there for the arts and ballet and theatres with money to burn who specialises in this sort of thing… tight f***s ! I am skint, but good luck honey X