Kate Winslet meets Nottingham girl, 11, who is losing sight

An 11-year-old who is losing her sight has met Kate Winslet after the Hollywood star made a donation to her "visual bucket list".

Lily-Rae, from Nottingham, was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Stargardt disease in December.

She then compiled a list of places she wanted to see while she still could and her mother started a fundraiser online.

Kate Winslet left a £5,000 donation with a personal message for the family after she heard Lily-Rae's story.

The star has now met up with Lily-Rae and her mother, Emma, 45, after she invited them to join her watching My Neighbour Totoro at London's Barbican Theatre.

Emma said: "It just felt like we'd known each other forever. She was very, very welcoming, it sounds like a funny thing to say, but she was just very normal, very humble.

"Lily did a thank you card for Kate and her family but she did it in Braille.

"We also gave them the Braille alphabet as well so they've got to go away and decipher the message!"

Lily-Rae already has a number of adventures lined up as a result of the donations she has received, which total almost £10,000.

She is heading to Finland to see the Northern Lights, will meet the tigers at Knowsley Safari Park, see Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower and travel to Kenya to go on safari.

Stargardt disease is an inherited eye condition, which affects one in 10,000 people, according to the Macular Society, and causes blurriness in the central part of the eye.

Doctors have told Lily-Rae that her sight is deteriorating, but it is hoped she will keep some of her peripheral vision.

Lily-Rae says her condition does not affect colour, but she does struggle with depth perception.

She can only see from three metres or less, adding she uses a font size 64 to read her laptop.

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