A campaign to help a Magor toddler walk unaided is being backed by a Caldicot estate agents. Ruby Atkins has bilateral cerebral palsy, which causes stiffness in her legs and severely restricts her mobility. An operation to remove this spasticity – called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy – is available to Ruby if her family can raise the £40,000 needed to fund both the procedure itself and the all-important course of intense physiotherapy which follows it. "At the moment this isn't available on the NHS because they do not have enough data to show the long-term benefits," said dad Antony. "We are going down to Great Ormond Street Hospital on Thursday hoping Ruby gets the go-ahead for the operation. "She wasn't diagnosed until June last year and at first we were hopeful that the 'traditional' treatments of physio and botox would be sufficient, but we think this operation is our best hope of reducing the limitations that cerebral palsy causes." Events including coffee mornings, skydives and car washes have so far raised £23,000, and Antony is hoping to boost this when he cycles from Paris to Magor in September. He will be joined by three friends as he cycles 75 miles a day from the French capital to his home village. Nathan Reeks, of Nathan James Estate Agents, himself a keen cyclist, said the company would do everything it could to help Ruby reach her fundraising target. "I have young girls of my own and have seen Ruby around the village with her mum and dad," he said. "We just want to raise as much money as we can." Nathan has applied for next year's London Marathon and has pledged to run it for Ruby should he be successful, while Nathan's father, fellow company director Andy Reeks, is organising a car treasure hunt around Caldicot. On Saturday 16th August, Beatles tribute band The Beat Goes On will be performing at a fundraising evening at Dewstow Golf Club. The night will also feature an auction of rugby memorabilia including a ball signed by Wales and British Lions coach Warren Gatland.