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The Motor Neurone Disease Association is the only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland focused on MND care, research and campaigning.
MND is a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that attacks the upper and lower motor neurones. Degeneration of these motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles, causing increasing loss of mobility in the limbs, and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing.
The MNDA supports families and sufferers by providing equipment such as Lightwriters, adapted chairs etc. to enable those with the disease to maintain an independent life as far as is possible, and to ease some of the symptoms where this can be done. They also fund important research into the disease, in the hope of one day ridding the world of this cruel disease.
The MNDA will receive 70% of sponsorship funds.
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Cancer Research UK is the only charity fighting over 200 types of cancer.
In the UK, someone is diagnosed with cancer every two minutes and your donation will make a real difference to those affected by cancer, now and in the future.
Every pound is important. Cancer Research UK committed £443m to research in 2021 thanks to our supporters.
Mike was diagnosed with kidney cancer at the end of 2022. Following surgery in March 2023, he has been receiving a relatively new form of immunotherapy which is having a significant positive impact on the survival rate for people in his situation. These therapy breakthroughs are made possible via world-class medical research.
Cancer Research UK will receive 30% of sponsorship funds.
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Alzheimer's Research UK fund the very best biomedical research, from basic to clinical, that improves our understanding of all the causes of different dementias or improves diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Their ultimate goal is a preventative treatment or intervention for neurodegenerative diseases.
There are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK today (1.3 per cent), including over 700,000 people in England, over 45,000 in Wales, nearly 20,000 in Northern Ireland and 70,000 people in Scotland. By 2025 the number is expected to rise to over one million and by 2050 it is projected to exceed 2 million.
