A caring family has raised more than £1,700 for a devastating brain disease slowly killing a member of their family - by cooking curry.

Vijay Sharma, 46, invited people to her home in Church Road, Isleworth, in an attempt to raise awareness and funds for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), charging nearly 100 adults and children for home-made, hot Indian food in a marquee in their garden.

Vijay's mum, 72-year-old Kailash Bawa, was diagnosed with the disease four years ago and is just one of 10,000 in the UK to suffer from the condition.

But because PSP is so rare it took a number of misdiagnoses, such as Parkinson's, before the true cause of her illness was discovered.

"The disease affects the person's balance, movement, vision, speech and ability to swallow and there is currently no effective treatment or cure for this terrible disease," said Vijay.

"There is so little awareness for this disease we thought we would try to raise its profile, and at the same time bring in some money, which will all go towards, the PSP Association."

The PSP association is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting those affected by PSP, raising awareness of the disease and funding research into its cause, treatment and eventual cure.

"My mother is now bedridden and although she knows what is going on around her, it is as though she is locked in her body as she cannot speak," said the loving daughter. "It really is a terrible disease."

Broadcaster and Daily Mail journalist Nigel Dempster died of PSP last year, while actor Dudley Moore lost his own fight with the disease in 2002.