William Hill-Smith

Hi, my name is Sam Sperling. I’ve been working with William from “William’s Perfect Ride” for the last two years. 

This fund raiser is for William, a young man with Cerebral Palsy who has a passion for V8 Supercars.

William Lives It, Breathes It, Dreams It and Drives It

(In fact that's the by-line from his V8 Supercars website)

I have had the privilege to join him at the races and witness just what William gets out of going. Over the last couple of years due to financial hardship, he has been unable to get to races and it weighs heavily on him for a number of reasons (see below for a glimpse of what it gives him). So we (because I am not doing this alone) are now dedicating our time to making that happen.

So help us help William in ‘Getting Back to The Track!”.

OUR AIM IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WILLIAM TO ATTEND HIS NEXT RACE. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED.

While he may be in a wheelchair, it doesn’t stop him from wanting to live his dream.

You see William has Cerebral Palsy and for five years has been able to attend four to six races a year. Now due to circumstances is unable to get there.

His passion has led him to build a website, YouTube channel and Facebook Fanpage. All of them operating under the title Williams Perfect Ride. 

Many of the teams, drivers and punters will recognise William as he has been a regular to the races and has made many friends.

His involvement at the V8 Supercars events is the driving force behind his desire to continue learning and developing as a person. It provides so many important aspects of his personal wellbeing..

• Personal expression
• Social inclusion
• Community access
• Skills development as he continues to:
  • improve his journalistic and written skills
  • improve his computer use
  • Now performs all the content management for his website posts, Facebook fanpage and You Tube channel.
  • have an interest in image and video content concepts along with story telling.
• The environment is his incentive and creates many more learning opportunities that he always meets with enthusiasm and good spirit.
• William is now thinking of his future which includes education in journalism.

Getting around in a wheelchair and his personal support needs means that financially he is no longer able to attend and participate at the races.

In fact his circumstances have become a lot harder in general.

Just think about it:

1.      He is unable to travel by bus or coach. The usual requirement for wheelchairs to be in a reverse position while travelling is not possible because of his condition.           
2.      Can’t just rent any car for a weekend at the races. It has to be a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
3.     The family haven’t been able to afford to maintain use of the mini van they had because due to financial restrictions.
4.     To get around locally he can’t just call Uber or jump in a regular taxi. Yet again it has to be a wheelchair accessible taxi (you don’t see many of those in and around the race track).
5.      Accommodation and bathrooms requires WC accessibility and use of specific equipment for personal care. 
6.      Requires assistance either from his Dad or support worker for his personal care and getting around in general.
7.     It goes on & on..

It isn’t easy but as previously stated, it doesn’t stop him from wanting to live his dream.

Let’s say – So let’s get William back to the track and Live it, Breath it, Dream it, Drive It!

The initial target is to raise $6,811 for William to enable him to get to one race with his dad without care workers.

As you can see, for a long weekend away when you are in a wheelchair it becomes expensive. 

Wheelchair accessible van hire and accessible accommodation and bathroom make up nearly half the costs.

This is only 1 trip. 

Further below outlines our 'Stretch Target' for William get to more races plus obtain some necessities that would really change his life but are currently out of reach. Please give with your heart because I can honestly say William is a charming young man with so much potential and the investment is worth it.

If you have any queries about the budget please contact us. We are happy to provide more detail or explain what is needed.