SIX-YEAR-OLD Daisy Rainbow has raised £1,000 for the Dyspraxia Foundation four months after her little brother Oscar was diagnosed with the impairment.

The determined youngster went without chocolate, sweets, biscuits, ice-cream or cakes for one month to raise the cash, even going without cake at four birthday parties during that time.

But she said it was all worth it for four-year-old Oscar.

“It was hard at first, but it got easier after the first three days,” said Daisy.

“I really love my brother so it was okay.”

Mum Karen said she is proud of both of her children.

“Oscar finds it hard to get the words from his brain to his mouth,” she said.

“He has severe oral and verbal dyspraxia.

“ If he saw a cat, he would know to call it a cat, but it would be difficult for the message to get from his brain so he could say ‘Cat’.

“He also has trouble moving his tongue into position to make the sounds.”

Oscar now sees a speech therapist, something Daisy has helped with.

“She’s really thrown herself into it,” said Mrs Rainbow, who lives with her family in Muscliffe.

“It really helps that Oscar is such a chilled out boy.

“He doesn’t get frustrated or upset. He will try and tell us what he means, sometimes by pointing out an object that is the same colour.

“We’re going to be brilliant at charades this Christmas.”

Daisy, who has wanted to be a doctor since she was just one, now wants to be a surgeon during the week and a speech therapist at weekends, so she can help other children too.

As well as going without some of her favourite foods, she also gave talks at the Epiphany School, which both she and Oscar attend, and to the congregation at St John’s Church in Holdenhurst during Dyspraxia Awareness Week.

Mrs Rainbow said: “They’ve both done so well, and we’re so proud.”

To donate, visit www.justgiving.com/Daisy-Rainbow