A CHEPSTOW boy has raised more than £2,000 for Serennu Children's Centre.

Noah Herniman, nine, of Bulwark, who suffers from neurofibromatosis type two, which is a genetic disorder that causes tumours to grow along the nerves, took part in a sponsored walk across the M48 Severn Bridge on Easter Sunday.

Type two is a less common type of neurofibromatosis, affecting about one in 35,000 births.

It means Noah has weak bones and joint hypermobility. His knee joints are among the worst affected and can become very inflamed.

The Pembroke Primary School pupil has raised £2,100 for the Newport-based centre where he has been attending for physiotherapy treatment, and to see a paediatrician, since it opened in 2011.

Shelley Herniman, 43, Noah's mother said: "He is really proud of himself - his original target was £250 and now he wants to push it to £3,000.

"It took him about two hours to walk the bridge and back. When we were coming back he said what can we do next."

This isn't Noah's first fundraiser for the charity as he donated £100 from selling bangles he made from loom bands last year. But the response to his more recent effort has blown him away, his mother added.

To donate to Noah's effort visit www.justgiving.com/shelley-herniman