Film star Kate Winslet said the story of a woman facing a £17,000 energy bill to keep her disabled daughter alive "absolutely destroyed” her and left with no other option but to step in and help.
Freya, the 12-year-old daughter of Carolynne Hunter, is blind, non-verbal and has severe health problems and disabilities that require full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care.
Ms Hunter was "going to have to put her child into care because she could not afford her electricity bills”, Titanic star Ms Winslet told BBC's Sunday with Laura Keunssberg, which "absolutely destroyed" the actress, who stumped up a £17,000 donation on Ms Hunter's GoFundMe page.
