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Clinical Academic Fellowship Announced for MND Research

29/04/2024

MND Scotland and the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office have appointed a three-year Clinical Academic Fellow to investigate potential causes of, and therapies for, motor neuron disease (MND).

Scottish MND Register Gets Online

We are delighted to announce that we are now able to offer online registrations to the Scottish MND Register.

Balamory Star raises money for MND Scotland

Juliet Cadzow is running a very special raffle, with the top prize being a young female Luing heifer. Funds raised from the draw will go towards MND Scotland, in memory of Juliet’s husband, David MacLennan,

From Ireland to Scotland by Raft

Tommy Monteith (38), from Portpatrick, is rowing a raft 19 miles from Donaghadee in Ireland, to his hometown, with 11 others in aid of MND Scotland.

New Discovery in MND Research

It has been announced that a new row of gene contributing to MND has been discovered.

Scottish Charity Awards – Oh What a Night!

Gordon Aikman (31, Edinburgh) and Lucy Lintott (21, Moray), who both suffer from MND have jointly won the Charity Champion Award at this year’s Scottish Charity Awards. Lucy also left with the People’s Choice Award, which was decided by a public vote.

Fun Run Fun 2016

Another year at the MND Scotland Fun Run at Strathclyde Park is over! And what a ball we had…

Westminster meeting with MPs

In April, alongside the MND Association we held a briefing session with SNP MPs in Westminster.

MND Scotland Manifesto Support

All the manifestos for the main parties have now been published and we have highlighted below the commitments from the parties that relate to the four main themes of our manifesto.

Ronnie Corbett passes away from MND

MND Scotland is extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Scottish born TV legend, Ronnie Corbett, who lost his battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

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