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Will is a typical 14-year-old boy whose life up to this point has been full of sport, friends and school.
Renowned as a talented athlete, Will was Vice Captain of the Victorian School Boys State Football Team, represented Australia at the World BMX titles, played representative basketball and captained his school football team.
In one moment, Will’s life changed forever and so did the life of his entire family.
Will sustained a serious neck injury in January 2016, when he was playing with his mates at a local beach in Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Black Rock. An accident off a pier resulted in catastrophic damage to his C5 vertebra and diagnosis of quadriplegia from severe spinal cord injury.
Where There’s A Will There’s A Way is a group of locals close to the Murray family who are committed to doing whatever they can to help them support Will in his recovery.
They have established a trust fund, the Will Murray Trust; and are steering a range of ongoing fundraising activities and events to help relieve the significant financial pressure the Murrays are under.