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Three students from a Derbyshire-based science company are running a half-marathon to raise money for "life-changing" physiotherapy for a child with cerebral palsy.

Lola, from Leicester, was born with the condition in November 2020, and suffered severe brain damage after birth complications.

Her parents Beth and Greg have been raising funds online to help towards her treatment, with more than £2,200 donated so far.

Three students at Lubrizol, where Greg works, are taking part in the Derby Ramathon on 30 June as part of the efforts to help her.

Faith Battersby, Nathan Sawyer and Beth Sims, are all on student placements at the company’s UK Technical Centre in Hazelwood, near Belper.

Mr Sawyer, who studies at the University of Derby, said: “I was chatting to Greg and found out about Lola’s needs.

"What stood out to me was how young she is, and the potential for her to have new pathways in her brain while she is such a young age, and the importance of raising that money right now.”

Greg said the family were grateful for the "absolutely incredible" efforts of his student colleagues, which would help provide Lola with vital assistance.

“She’s essentially a normal child but with this physical disability," he said.

"We just need to get as much physio into her early years as we can.”

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