A STAR Wars mad dad is fundraising to reach a £50,000 target to make home adaptations for his daughter.

Five-year-old Neave Evans suffers from quadriplegic, spastic cerebral palsy and relies on around-the-clock care.

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Dad Jan Evans, from Great Harwood, said he has organised a Star Wars event at the town’s Tesco on Saturday, November 26, following a successful fundraiser there earlier this year.

He said: “We need to raise the money to make Neave’s home life more comfortable.

“Neave’s disability means she has great difficulty sending messages to her arms and legs, she struggles to control her head and cannot do anything herself. She is fed through a tube in her stomach and is reliant on care 24/7.

“Neave is growing and my wife and I are constantly caring for her. She needs to be carried upstairs daily for baths and bed and downstairs facilities would be fantastic.”

Along with wife Maxine, the Mr Evans is constantly trying to raise money to adapt their Lynfield Road home where they live with Neave as well as their one-year-old daughter, Frankie.

With the funds the family will build a fully adapted space for Neave to live in with hoists, a specialist bath and sensory equipment as well as widening all doors and making the full ground floor accessible for her wheelchair.

Neave’s cerebral palsy affects all four limbs, and she cannot talk, sit, walk, crawl or properly hold anything.

Mr Evans said: “In herself Neave is a very happy girl with a beautiful smile. She enjoys sensory stimulation, music, us singing and generally being silly to amuse her as well as Star Wars.

“She also loves going on waltzers and being spun in her wheelchair.

“We fundraise for specialist equipment for Neave that is not available through the NHS like sensory equipment that calms her and provides her with much joy.”

As well as fundraising for Neave’s needs, the family also raise money for two charities that provide invaluable assistance to their little girl, the Legacy Rainbow House, which Neave attends for conductive therapy, and Zoe’s Place, where she receives respite care for two nights each month.