A Hull charity that supports people with Tourette syndrome has been thrown a financial lifeline.
T.I.C Yorkshire lost its funding in April, but on Monday its bosses announced they had secured grants from The National Lottery and BBC Children in Need.
The grants should cover 90% of the charity’s core costs for three years, said bosses.
Chief executive Kim Mitchell said the film I Swear, which premiered in the UK in September 2025 and stars the charity’s patron Robert Aramayo, had boosted awareness of the condition.
Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder that can cause sudden, involuntary and repetitive movements and sounds known as tics.
Mitchell said: “I think if the film hadn’t have been out and the awareness wasn’t as strong as it was, we wouldn’t have survived this year as well as we did.”
After major funding dried up, the charity was left relying on public donations and smaller grants.
Mitchell said both benefited from increase awareness of the condition arising from the film.
She said the charity had received “a lot of really positive publicity” following the film’s UK release in October 2025.
Having Aramayo on board had “worked wonders” for fundraising, said Mitchell.
She added: “I think a lot of our fundraising has come off the back of the film and people wanting to help and make a difference.
“There is a lot more understanding [of the condition].”