A WEST Devon dance music festival is hoping to raise money to go towards treatment for a young boy with cerebral palsy.

Beau Britton was born in May 2004. His premature birth at 28 weeks was traumatic due to a lack of oxygen which caused bi-lateral brain damage. He weighed just 2lbs, 12 0z and spent his first three months in intensive care.

At three weeks old, his family were told he had brain damage in the spastic region of the brain and would be quadraplegic, unable to do much for himself.

Today he is a happy, loving six-year-old who attends Stoke Climsland School and is doing well.

Cerebral Palsy has no cure — nothing can replace the brain cells which were damaged, but stem cells can help to start rebuild missing links which could be beneficial to Beau and might allow his brain to re-route messages to enable him one day to stand or walk more easily.

Beau's family said: 'It's a chance we would like him to have.'

Organisers of this year's Summit Dance Music Festival have pledged to donate part of their profits to Beau and his family to go towards helping Beau travel to Germany for brand new stem cell treatment, which is not yet available in the UK.

Summit Dance Music Festival will be held at Kit Hill Country Park on Saturday May 21.

For more information about the festival visit http://www.summitfestival.co.uk">www.summitfestival.co.uk