KIND-hearted supporters have raised nearly £1,000 to help a six-year-old to go to America to learn more about her rare medical condition.

Around 150 people attended a family fun day at Hatch Warren Playing Fields, in Basingstoke, raising £974 for Keira Goodyear.

Keira was diagnosed with CLOVES Syndrome – an overgrowth condition which causes fatty masses on the body – at Christmas.

The condition is extremely rare with fewer than 200 people around the world being diagnosed with the syndrome, and currently there is no cure.

Keira, who lives with her parents Andrew Goodyear and Charmane Wild, four-year-old sister Kaitlyn, and one-year-old sister Kyla, in Dorset Crescent, Buckskin, Basingstoke, is regularly assessed by doctors, having scans on her kidneys every three months.

This is to make sure she has not got a Wilms’ tumour in her kidneys.

And to find out more about the condition and what may happen in the future if it gets worse, Keira and her family are hoping to meet specialists at the Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, America. The family has now launched a fundraising mission to raise the £6,500 needed to travel to a conference in 2016.

Keira’s mum Charmane Wild told The Gazette: “This is about getting her to Boston to meet researchers and doctors. In 2016, doctors have got a conference and it will enable us to meet everyone and find out a lot more about CLOVES as there is not a lot of research in the UK.

“It also allows us to see, if she does get worse, what treatments would be on offer as there is no cure at the moment.

“We want to hear it from the doctors and for them to see her and meet with other families. It is quite scary not knowing anything about it and knowing there is no cure.”

Visitors to the event got the chance to view a selection of sports cars, including a Ferrari and a Maserati, as well as enjoying activities such as donkey rides.

To donate to Keira’s fundraising page, visit gofundme.com/830f58.