Little disabled girl hailed hero for helping launch £2million campaign

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A little disabled girl has been hailed a hero for fronting a £2million campaign to save a much-loved kids’ facility.Eilish Cowan, five, and her dad, Lawrence, 39, helped launch the Our Kids Won’t Wait campaign for disabled children’s charity The Yard, urging the Scottish Government to reverse cuts to its funding.The youngster has a rare genetic condition which means she struggles to walk, is vision impaired and has a learning disability.But that didn’t stop her joining other campaigners and they won their fight for extra cash for the Yard in October last year.The £2million investment means the charity can improve its service in Tayside and open a new centre in the west of Scotland.Now Eilish’s work has led The Yard to be nominated in the Campaign of the Year category in the Scottish Charity Awards.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day.We also send coronavirus updates at 5pm on weekdays, and a round up of the week's must-read stories on Sunday afternoons.Signing up is simple, easy and free.You can pop your email address into the sign up box above, hit Subscribe and we'll do the rest.Alternatively, you can sign up and check out the rest of our newsletters here.And her family are calling for people to vote for it to win.Eilish said: “I’m proud.

I love The Yard. Vote for me!”Her dad added: “We’re so proud of our wee girl. We hope this nomination is something she can look back on and feel proud about.“Eilish’s genetic condition means she struggles with things we all take for granted.