THE mum of a teenager who suffered a serious head injury is running 10km for a charity ‘close to her heart’.

Carole Potter is taking on the Asics British 10K London Run to raise funds for the Child Brain Injury Trust on Sunday, July 12.

Her 13-year-old son Max Brimble overcame the odds to survive eight years ago when a horse kicked him in the head as he walked through a field near his home in Batcombe, near Dorchester in 2001.

Max suffered a fractured skull and serious after effects and was kept in hospital for 10 months and his family was told to prepare for the worst.

Now having made remarkable progress, Max attends Westfield School in Weymouth but has learning difficulties and problems with his short-term memory.

Carole said: “I’m hoping to raise as much as I can, I’ve pledged £200.

“I do run quite a lot and run into Sherborne every other day, that’s 10 miles.

“Everyone’s said to me I should do it for charity and then the Child Brain Injury Trust got in touch and I thought that linked quite nicely.

“It’s a charity that’s closer to my heart.”

Carole will be joined on the run by Danni Golding, the girlfriend of her son Ross, aged 22.

Danni, who is currently a student at Plymouth University, will be making a special trip back to take part.

Carole added: “Max likes to know I’m doing this for him and the whole family is supporting me.”

The run, which attracted more than 26,000 participants last year, will start at 9.35am at Hyde Park Corner.

Runners will race past some of London’s most historic buildings including St James’s Palace and Trafalgar Square before reaching the finishing line in Whitehall.

The money raised will go towards supporting families affected by childhood acquired brain injury.

Every half an hour in the United Kingdom, a child will acquire a brain injury. The Child Brain Injury Trust provides support to the whole family to help them get the most out of life after brain injury.

To sponsor Carole visit the website www.justgiving.com/carolepotter1