On 20th December 2025, a charity event will be held at the Elphinstone Social Club, Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX to support Scarletts charity. This event will be supported by some of Hastings finest entertainers, Ritchie Lee, Pete Prescott, Andy Burton and many others. We are seeking raffle prizes or, donations towards this very worthy cause for the evening to raise funds for Scarlets ongoing care. Please can I ask that you consider this and any donations would be gratefully received.
Scarlett is the granddaughter of Mark and Maureen Little, who both run the Dolphin Inn in Rock-a-Nore Road.
Scarlett’s mother Laura said: “Our daughter has been through more in the past year than most of us face in a lifetime”
“On May 31 last year during her gymnastics class, Scarlett collapsed due to a severe brain bleed caused by an arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
She Underwent Two Life-Saving Surgeries.
something we had no idea was there. She was rushed to King’s College Hospital, where
“On August 8, 2024, Scarlett had a major operation to remove the AVM. Since then, she has shown incredible courage and resilience. The stroke damaged the right side of her brain, affecting the left side of her body,
Scarlett now lives with left-sided hemiplegia and hemiplegic cerebral palsy. She had to learn how to do everything again, talk, eat, walk. Scarlett spent five months in hospital and nine weeks in intensive rehabilitation at King’s, making remarkable progress. But once we came home, we were faced with a difficult reality: there is a real lack of local support for children recovering from brain injuries. To give Scarlett the best possible chance, we made the tough decision to pursue private therapy at a specialist clinic Neurokinex based in Crawley. The care is excellent, but the costs are significant and ongoing.
Circulation In The Brain
tangle of blood vessels that disrupts normal blood flow and oxygen
“In January 2025, Scarlett suffered another major setback when an infection in her skull required emergency surgery. Part of her skull had to be removed, and she underwent skin grafts. Even after all of this, her determination hasn’t wavered.
She’s now attending rehabilitation at Neurokinex, a place she loves. Progress can feel like one step forward, two steps back but she keeps going, and every small gain is a victory.
Scarlett is due to have a plate fitted in her head in the coming weeks. Once that’s done, we hope to focus fully on her rehabilitation and long-term recovery.
We’re so proud of her strength, and we are incredibly grateful for the support we’ve received from family, friends, and the community. We want to continue raising awareness
about the challenges children like Scarlett face after brain injury and the importance of accessible, ongoing
support close to home.”