This Friday is Champagne Friday and we will be supporting the Huntington's Disease Association (HDA), a charity suggested by Amy Cliffe, Croydon, whose Grandmother died after battling with the disease for over 20 years in 2005.

Huntington's Disease is a rare progressive degenerative neurological disorder causing a steady decline of people's physical, emotional and cognitive skills. It is a
genetic illness and everyone born to a parent carrying the gene has a 50% chance of developing Huntington's. There are 50,000 people in the UK with the disease
It mostly affects adults between the age of 30-55, although there is a juvenile form. There is currently no cure.

Fortunately the gene has not been passed to Amy's or her side of the family.

HDA was founded in 1971 and works to raise the profile of the disease as well as funding further research into finding a cure.

Thank you for your donation to this worthwhile cause.