A CARING group of teenagers have been hailed as 'amazing' for stepping in when a dog walker suffered a fall.

Callie Neil and her mum Pauline, 65, left their house at Lynwood Grove to take dogs Maverick and Murphy out for some fresh air.

But they only made it around the corner when Pauline lost her footing and fell over, spraining her arm.

Callie, 36, told the Adver: “My mum was standing next to me and then in a second she was on the floor.

“I was trying to control the two dogs and get my mum sat up and there was a group of girls on the grass on the other side of the road.

"Initially, I was thinking ‘we don’t need gawkers’, and then they came over and asked if we were okay and if there was anything they could do.

“Mum only needs a splint on her arm, but she is getting frustrated that she can’t do what she wants to.

"We both make blankets for end-of-life patients at Great Western Hospital, and she can’t do that at the moment.

“It’s absolutely fantastic that the girls helped.

"My first thought was about them looking at us, and that’s because we live in an age where kids can come across in that way. It’s amazing that parents are raising their children to be like that and want to help.”

The group of 13-year-olds – Ava Fisher, Shayla Salter, Angel Hopinks-Gleed, and Bekkah Amor – helped by taking the dogs back to Pauline’s home and waiting for them.

Pauline’s left hand was left swollen and grazed and may take a few weeks before it heals. She also has some bruising.

But she’s eager to get back into knitting the blankets together for patients at the hospital.

She said: “I’ve been doing it for a year now. I had heard about The Blanketers Groups and I showed them what I could do and I’ve done it ever since.

“I thought the girls were brilliant. They didn’t have to do what they did, they could have gone on their way. They were amazing.”

The girls were relieved to hear that Pauline’s injuries were minor and hope that she recovers quickly.

Shayla said: “We were just outside hanging out, and we saw two ladies sitting on the curb, and one of them looked like they were hurt. We decided to go over and ask if they were okay, and we offered our help.

“We took their dogs back and checked on the lady who was injured, they went inside the house and came back out with two bags of Bueno chocolates as a thank you.

“It was just our instinct to go and help them. It made us feel proud and put a smile on our faces that she wasn’t too badly injured.”