A MOBILITY tricycle is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving after a charity was able to find a second child for it to bring joy to.

Finley Booth, who lives in Catterick, North Yorkshire, loves to play outside but because he has cerebral palsy he cannot always join in with his friends and family.

So the ten-year-old was overjoyed on Thursday afternoon to return home from The Michael Syddall CofE Primary School in Catterick Village to discover his mother Nicole had picked him up a new set of wheels.

Miss Booth said he is excited about riding the trike outside with his sisters Jasmine, 11, and Skylar, eight, and looks forward to using it on family day trips which will start with a visit to Hamsterley Forest, near Bishop Auckland, this weekend.

Miss Booth said the specialist trike to be a valuable mode of exercise for Finley.

She said: “It is mostly his legs affected and I was hoping surgery would be the next step, fairly soon, but the doctor recently said nothing can be done for two or three years.

“They might be able to do more for him in future so I have to keep him as strong as possible and look for sports he can take part in without getting bored.

“He can be reluctant to play with children as he's becoming more aware of his disability but this will help.

“It really is going to be amazing to be able to take part in family activities rather than being pushed in a wheelchair.

“It is going to make a massive difference to us all.”

The Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust, a charity based in Spennymoor, was recently donated the trike by a girl's family so it could be used by another youngster.

After being told by a number of special schools that they could not take it, for health and safety reasons, the charity advertised the trike online and very soon found the ideal new home with Finley.

Volunteer Sandra Hall said: “As soon as we heard from Nicole it felt the perfect solution, we are thrilled it is going to Finley to help him stay fit and have fun.

“We’ve been in tears of joy knowing we are passing it to the perfect owner.”

Miss Booth said: “I couldn’t believe it, these can cost £1,500 to £2,000 and it is a long, competitive process to get help from many charities so this really is an incredible opportunity and we’re so grateful. Things like this are a major therapy and can be life-changing.”

She now plans to have the trike resprayed in a gender-neutral colour and hopes to make it available to other children with disabilities.