Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page, we just wanted to tell you a little bit about why we are asking for your support. 

Less than a year ago we lost our Dad to Motor neurone disease.  

One minute Dad was just Dad....then the next minute everything changed......that numbness he had been feeling in his hands was diagnosed as Motor neurone disease.........

If you aren't sure what that is, Motor neurone disease (MND) describes a group of diseases that affect the nerves (motor neurones) in the brain and spinal cord that tell your muscles what to do. With MND, messages from these nerves gradually stop reaching the muscles, leading them to weaken, stiffen and waste.   It is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease.

We watched as our Dad very quickly (despite a strong determination) succumbed to this dreadful disease. He was locked in a body unable to move, talk and even breathe without the support of a ventilator and the help of others.  It didn't affect Dad's mental acuity, his memory or his sharpness of thinking; it didn't dull his senses - he still felt pain, he still found things funny, he just couldn't react physically or verbally.

The long and short of it is that MND is a brutal, merciless disease. There is no cure, its really just about symptom management.  It was terrifying for us knowing there was very little we could do, no one beats MND, we all knew how the story would play out.....we cannot even begin to imagine what that was like for Dad?

So that's really what brings us here to this point. We want to fundraise for the Motor Neurone Disease Assosciation (MNDA) because the work they do around improving care, funding research and raising awareness of just how devastating MND is, is crucial both now and for the future.....and besides, we know Dad would be chuffed & proud.  So please, any donation you can afford will be very gratefully received, and we can assure you will be put to very good use.  It will also spur us on our way....so thank you from both of us (and from Dad) for your support.

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