A little girl isn’t asking for presents or chocolate this Christmas - she just wants her dad to get better.

Selfless Hannah Jones, nine, from Rayleigh, decided not to write to Father Christmas this year to ask for presents, but instead wrote to a charity to help her father, Tim, 36 who suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS).

Hockley Primary School pupil Hannah wrote to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, begging them to find a treatment for her beloved dad, after watching him suffer throughout her life.

Mr Jones was diagnosed in 2011 while he was working as a civil servant in central London. His disease has since progressed aggressively and he now uses a wheelchair.

A spokeswoman for the charity said: “Having grown up watching her dad battle multiple sclerosis, Hannah wants to do something to bring him a bit of festive cheer this Christmas. So instead of writing to Father Christmas she wrote to MS researchers in hopes they’ll find new treatments to make her dad better.

“Tim and Hannah are very close, and he tries his best to be an active dad to her. Just last year they did a wheelchair dance solo together for her school.

“Despite being only nine, Hannah does all she can to fight MS for her dad. Just last year she was recognised at our awards for all the fundraising she does for the MS community.

“She often says she wants to do all she for her daddy, and she hopes that by writing MS researchers this Christmas, she’ll help speed up new treatments and find a way to stop MS.”

Hannah’s proud dad Tim said: “She decided to do the annual MS walk in London. She’s an only child so this matters a lot to her. I’m in a wheelchair and have had to retire so she’s really aware of how much it affects family life. She has a passion to try to do something. I’m really proud of her.”

MS is a neurological condition which affect the nerves. It is caused when the immune system isn’t working properly. The family are sharing their story in support of the MS Society’s Christmas appeal, which is raising £250,000 for drugs trials.