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If you are a user of the online shopping platform Amazon, why not make your next shopping experience more rewarding and donate 0.5% of anything you will buy to the…
MND Matters Podcast
Created by the MND Association, the podcast will explore a wide range of subjects alongside people affected by MND. As well as being an extra information source for the MND…
Brian is soaring high!
Earlier this year, one of our greatest supporters and fundraisers, Brian, who is living with MND, amazed us all by boarding a plane and flying it over Devon! Brian, who…
Branch AGM update
As we have informed you in our previous newsletter, we have decided to postpone our branch AGM until further notice – this is still true and we are therefore not expecting to…
When a Covid Christmas could be your last…
If you take away the extravagance of turkeys, tinsel and trees, Christmas is about community. Sharing love and gifts and moments of laughter. To connect with others is a primal…
Volunteer Student receives Citizenship Award
So very proud of the achievement of our Volunteer Student @Scarlett Parr Reid, Scarlett joined us in 2017 and recently wrote a Carer blog with Brian Mackay and @Lynette Matravers…
An interview with Lynette Matravers on coping with lockdown as a carer for someone living with MND
“Brian’s not on the scrap heap. Just because he has Motor Neurone Disease, it doesn’t mean he can’t be helped”. Interview by Scarlett Parr Reid, Medical Communicator.…
Medical conditions won’t wait for the pandemic to pass. It’s time for the government to support medical research charities
‘When I got my diagnosis, I always tried to keep positive and say I would beat this. As I got sicker, I knew the only hope may be a…
Former Royal Marine Brian Mackay takes the Mission 5000 challenge!
Hello friends and MNDA family. Former Royal Marine Brian Mackay has taken up our Mission 5000 challenge, and has pledged 50 miles cycling on his trike for the Exeter and…
A very big thank you to The Bendarroch Book Club
Autumn is approaching! The first of September is here and we want to start the month by saying a very big thank you to The Bendarroch Book Club. Rachel Amos,…