Boy's £20k fundraising attempt for prosthetic arm

The family of an 11-year-old boy is trying to raise £20,000 towards an advanced prosthetic arm.

The Hero Arm has multi-grip functionality for people with a below-elbow limb difference, such as Noah, from Martley, Worcestershire.

He is one of three children who have been chosen by the company that makes the arms, Open Bionics, to get one.

The arms cost £20,000 each and the families of the three children have worked together to raise the remaining money, with £40,000 having been amassed so far, Noah's mother Rebecca said.

His school in Martley, The Chantry School, is holding fundraising days.

Noah, who was born without the lower part of his arm, said he was always aware of his limb difference.

He said: "I think I realised that it was different when I first went to nursery, because I'm like 'oh everyone has two hands'.

"So I was [a] bit like 'am I gonna be able to do everything that they can do?'"

Noah said: "Tying school laces, doing house chores... doing my tie, getting ready for school, it's just harder for me than everyone else".

Asked to describe what it would be like to have the prosthetic arm, he replied "it would basically be the world".

Rebecca said that she did have "worries" about Noah's limb difference after he was born, adding: "But I think Noah's story is really... one of tenacity, creativity, just finding his own way."

She said it would take a while for him to really get used to manoeuvring "how it will work best for him".

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