A greenhouse in Lower Parkstone is helping people who have sustained brain injuries.

This is thanks to money raised by Wayne Clarke from Weymouth.

The 43-year-old lives with right-side paralysis, aphasia and personality change following a serious assault in 2021.

He received treatment over 10 months from Dorset HealthCare’s Acquired Brain Injury Service, which included occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychological support and speech and language therapy.

And last June, using a specially adapted bicycle, Wayne was able to pedal 270 miles in less than 35 hours using just the power of his left leg.

Some of the £4,500 he generated has funded the new greenhouse which brain injury patients can use as part of their journey to recovery.

Occupational therapist Jennifer Peak said: “We are over the moon that Wayne thought of us when donating some of the funds he raised.

“We run a weekly allotment gardening group for patients in the east of the county, overseen by an assistant rehabilitation practitioner and volunteer.

“And the greenhouse now means that patients are no longer restricted in what and when they can start growing. With shelves inside, it will also enable the involvement of those patients with physical limitations and dizziness.

“There are many therapeutic benefits to gardening, and our group focuses on addressing patients’ work stamina, mobility, balance, fatigue levels, concentration and general wellbeing.”