In June 2025 my sister Sarah and I will be taking on the HUGE challenge of walking 100km (62m) over 2 days in the Peak District to raise money and awareness for ‘Corben’s Courage’ and Muscular Dystrophy UK. We are doing this for Corben and other children who are living with Becker Muscular Dystrophy.

Any support means the world to us and if you can share this link with your contacts to get MDUK’s name out there that would be amazing!

Muscles.

We use them to move.

Walk, eat, smile, cry.

Pump blood around our bodies.

To breathe in and out.

Our muscles matter.

Corben’s Story

Corben is car and football mad! His dream, like most other boys, was to become a footballer one day; however, keeping up with his peers has always been such a struggle. Over the years, we had noticed the effort Corben had to put in to jump or run even a short distance, and the fatigue he suffered just wasn’t right for a young, healthy boy.

After a trip to the doctors with our concerns, Corben was referred to a physio who told us that there was nothing wrong from a muscle point of view but gave us some stretches to do, in the hope that this would increase his flexibility and, in turn, help with physical activity. In July 2021, at a Laser Tag party for his 8th birthday, Corben’s arm muscles seized in a bent position. Seeing our little boy in such pain after only 15 minutes of playing, we knew something wasn’t right. So, back to the doctors for a full blood workup, which revealed high liver enzymes, leading them to test for muscular dystrophy (MD).

In November 2021, we were given the full diagnosis that our little boy had Becker muscular dystrophy. Corben was just eight years old, and our world as we knew it came crashing down around us.

Since the diagnosis, Muscular Dystrophy UK has been a real lifeline. Meeting families in a similar situation at the annual Family Fund Weekend has been fundamental in giving us the support we truly needed after his diagnosis. The MDUK community is so special and a big part of our lives now. Therefore, we have decided to set up a family fund called Corben’s Courage to raise awareness of muscular dystrophy and to fundraise for research into Becker muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting conditions.

With the help of MDUK, friends, and family, we hope to raise as much money as possible to help find a treatment or cure.

By fundraising for Muscular Dystrophy UK, I’m helping to fund world-class research into effective treatments, and life changing support for the 110,000 people in the UK living with a muscle-wasting condition.

All donations and support are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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