![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/kate-winslet-pays-17000-energy-bill-for-mother-of-girl-on-life-support/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000315958321_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqDLyVoJxGJQ4iGYZVZw1qGk0LoKc4qSRYG1k6EyxQm_I.jpeg&description=A Scottish mother facing soaring energy bills due to the cost of running her daughter's life-support has received a £17,000 donation from Kate Winslet. Carolynne Hunter's 12-year-old daughter Freya, the youngest of four children, has severe complex health problems and disabilities, is non-verbal and blind and requires full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care. Ms Hunter, 49, from Tillicoultry, Scotland, launched a GoFundMe fundraiser earlier this week to help her pay the soaring running costs of the equipment that keeps Freya alive, which includes a machine monitoring her oxygen and heart rate. Just days into the campaign, which had a £20,000 goal, a donation of £17,000 marked "Kate Winslet and family" was paid to the fundraiser - which has been confirmed as a contribution from the Titanic and Mare Of Easttown actress. Ms Hunter told the BBC: "Our journey as family has been very traumatic and I just feel done at this point in my life. "When I heard about the money I just burst into tears - I thought it wasn't even real. "I'm still thinking is this real?" Winslet's upcoming Channel 4 feature film, I Am Ruth, is set for release later this year and sees her play Ruth, the mother of a character called Freya - played by Winslet's own daughter, 22-year-old Mia Threapleton. Winslet co-authored the film - which looks at the mental health crisis affecting young people in the UK - alongside Dominic Savage, series creator of the I Am anthology of standalone dramas. On her GoFundMe page, Ms Hunter said she has "no way of reducing" the energy in her home due to Freya's needs and she faced a predicted annual fuel bill of £17,000 in January 2023 - up from just over £9,000 in October this year. In August Ms Hunter told the PA news agency about her fears for the winter, stating: "Our families are going to suffer, there's going to be a mass crisis for the NHS and social care and children will die if their families are not able to pay for it."){kind=link}
Carolynne Hunter’s 12-year-old daughter Freya requires full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care
A Scottish mother facing soaring energy bills due to the cost of running her daughter’s life-support has received a £17,000 donation from Kate Winslet.
Carolynne Hunter’s 12-year-old daughter Freya, the youngest of four children, has severe complex health problems and disabilities, is non-verbal and blind and requires full-time oxygen and at-home nursing care.
Ms Hunter, 49, from Tillicoultry, Scotland, launched a GoFundMe fundraiser earlier this week to help her pay the soaring running costs of the equipment that keeps Freya alive, which includes a machine monitoring her oxygen and heart rate.
Just days into the campaign, which had a £20,000 goal, a donation of £17,000 marked “Kate Winslet and family” was paid to the fundraiser – which has been confirmed as a contribution from the Titanic and Mare Of Easttown actress.