Many thanks for the sticky. Things shaping up pretty well overwealmed at the help we're getting as Lord Knows we wouldn't have been able to set it all up ourselves.

Theres a whole load going on behind the scenes with this, for now though I think James is overcome by the support the lad is recieving. Our Rhinos friend is just checking he can do it on the dates I've given, if a Rhinos supporter can put club loyalty aside to this extent than no-one has that excuse for this.

This site has offered some amazing help, I think it's best we'll reveal what as and when it happened.

And Please keep the suggestions coming, thrilled to log on to a considerable number of PMs this morning. I am listening and so is the club.

Andy

Guess what . I have got the time booked off work .
As Toonbull is already aware , It means I am going to miss my son's birthday . I will also miss a mate's 60th party in Pudsey on the 19th .
Ahh well . The missus thinks it is a good idea , and I for one ain't gonna argue with her .

She will have to do the washing-up herself for a few days though .

My son wanted to do a bit of the walk as we pass through Leeds . Unfortunately he won't be able to as he was hit by a car today . He was very lucky in that he wasn't severely injured , the worst injury is a broken ankle .

So . Can anyone out there loan me a wheelchair for an hour or so one day next month so I can push him for the bit he was going to be walking ?

Rick

If someone chips in with wheelchair I'll push for an hour!.

Best wishes to your lad hope he's ok

Carl is in hospital tonight . They are going to have a look in the morning to decide wether or not his ankle needs wiring back together . Apparently they think that as the driver braked it skidded along with one of the front wheels locked up on his leg . Some quite bad abrasive injuries , but hopefully no major lasting damage .They said that the broken bits are on a 'growth plate' whatever one of them is .
Witnesses say he got up and ran away . He said he did so because he didn't want the car to get his other foot . In a way he was kind of lucky that the car drove over his leg . Injuries could have been much worse if it had just hit him and he had been bounced down the road .

Thanks mat . Wil pass on your best wishes in the morning when I see him .

Just heard that Carl (age 7) was only on the top street because he had taken his 5yr old sister to see if they could find out where her bike is as it has been nicked out of the garden . One or two of the walkers from Headingley to Odsal last Friday met Carl and Ellie when we stopped for refreshments at the Jug and Barrell . They were the kids that were shouting 'Who are ya?' when Mrs BR delivered my hat .

Best wishes to the young fella

Yeah one and all send our best wishes to the lad, horrible news. Im sure most Bulls fans know excactly who Im approaching RE:The wheelchair and if you do you'll know why Im so confident we'll get him sorted.

Andy

Im sure mr or mrs johnson will have one.

Great minds think alike my friend...

I've been delighted by how well a lot of my appeals have been recieved, so I'll make a somewhat heartfelt one. Could any Bulls fans with access to transport (we're not asking you to walk) come see James off from Whitley Bay town centre on May 19? sounds a huge ask I know but when we know what James and indeed BaldRick are doing I'm not sure it is. When we get to West Yorks we know the support will come flooding in. For now though we need to make this as big as possible, in an area where very few even know who we are.

Cheers,
Andy

If the news in today's T&A is correct and talks with investors are gathering pace, where would you donate any money raised by the walk should the club reach the million mark before hand? I take it you would still go ahead with the walk as you may have collected some donations by then? Bull Builder could be a good place for it to go especially if they have donated a lot of their funds to saving the club or what about setting up a new supporters trust to work in partnership with BullBuilder but focus more on the whole club rather than just the junior teams?

Hi, Ive seen the report and yes we'll still be doing it. It's gone way beyond Bradford Bulls and has become the RL community supporting James. Bullbuilder discussed it at their meeting this week, are looking at many avenues in which they could help (and my apologies, Fosterbulls post made me realise I really should have publicly thanked you on here).

Carl is home from hospital . He has a mini zimmer-frame for indoor use , and a wheelchair for outdoors . He has mastered the chair as only a child can in such a short time . I am unsure how long we will have use of the chair though . Fortunately he is also able to use the stairlift that we have for his mum, so as soon as we teach him which buttons to press he will be able to go up and down on his own .
'Risk assessment' at school rules him out of attending there for 8 weeks because his classroom is upstairs . They can't accommodate him elsewhere , and they are not willing to provide us with work for him to do at home . The reason they give is that we can't educate him in the same way they do it , and I guess to a certain extent they are correct . I haven't the slightest idea about how numberlines work . Although it is a long ime since I went to school I am sure I could sort at least a minimum level of an education for him at home . FFS .. His mum is a parent ambassador at the school and is only 4 weeks away from finishing a training course to be a teaching assistant at the neighbouring school . All we asked for was some homework , and we were ripped to bits and treated like we have deliberately put him in this position . A game of twenty questions regarding him being in hospital twice already this year was fun . I know they have to keep an eye out for kids thay may be getting abused , but in Feb he was in hospital for an eye operation , and this time he was in because he was run over by a car . The questions they ask made me feel like they were thinking I was guilty of gouging him and throwing under the Zafira .
If I was to keep him out of school for so long I would probably get a custodial , but it is ok for them to not allow him any education for three months ( including school term breaks either side of his exclusion) .

Rant over

The school is wrong here. They have a LEGAL OBLIGATION to provide your child with work. I had a child in my class who was in hospital for several weeks and I had to provide work for him to do in hospital even though the hospital had it's own teacher! You should go and kick some ass. Don't ask but demand work for him, say you will call in every week to collect that week's school work and bring in what he has done for marking.
They also have an obligation to accomodate him in another class in school if his current classroom can't meet his needs, if that was your wishes, what would happen if a child was permanently in a wheelchair for example? But that's another story...