After months of tests, treatments and uncertainty, last summer my sister Stacy was devastatingly diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Since then, life for her and her family has changed beyond recognition.

Stacy is married to Barry and is the proud mum of 2 boys, Jenson aged 12 and Josh aged 17. She is also a loving Step Mum to 4 boys. Stacy went from playing football and working at the end of 2024, to being wheelchair bound relying on Barry and my parents to help her do the everyday mundane tasks that we all take for granted, and now relies on an oxygen machine for the majority of the day to help her breathe.

I had a small awareness of MND before Stacy was diagnosed. One of my best mates Joe; lost his Dad, Kevin to the disease when we were younger. I saw how hard it must have been for their family and sadly we are now living the same nightmare.

There is currently no cure for MND, and the average life span from diagnosis is heartbreakingly short. Stacy has made it her mission to raise awareness about MND and to raise as much money as she can to fund finding a cure for this horrible disease.

To support this mission, Stacy and Barry are in the process of registering a charity called ‘Stacys kick for a cure’ with all money raised going to help fund vital MND research.

To help kickstart the charity, Barry, myself and 15 of my close friends (Joe included in memory of his Dad) will be walking 26 miles from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham to The White Hart in Fernhill Heath, Worcester on Sunday 23rd August 2026. The walk should take around 9 hours, and we’ll be proudly dressed in orange and blue ‘Stacys kick for a cure’ tshirts. We are hoping to raise over £150 per mile we walk

Every donation, no matter how big or small will help us raise awareness and move one step closer to finding a cure for MND.

Thank you all so much x🧡💙