News Archive - MND Scotland

MND Scotland – Interim Financial Update – Year Ended 31 March 2026

At our AGM earlier this year, we promised our members that we would keep them updated on our financial position so, as our 2025/26 financial year ended on 31 March, we are providing an interim financial update.

MND Scotland strengthens free counselling service with ACT training

Scotland’s MND charity has invested in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for all its trained counsellors to ensure people affected by motor neuron disease (MND) are receiving the most up to date and effective support.

Research highlights the role of stathmin-2 and stress in motor neuron survival in MND

Dr Tatyana Shelkovnikova, University of Sheffield investigates a new way of protecting motor neurons in people with motor neuron disease (MND), thanks to a grant of £84,059 from MND Scotland in 2022.

MND Scotland’s Lived Experience and Researcher Network (LEARN) local events will return in Autumn 2026.

This year we will be returning to Aberdeen, Dingwall, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow - with the addition of our first LEARN event in Dumfries to our event calendar.

MND Scotland Announces New Ignite Early Career Researcher Competition

On 1 August 2026, MND Scotland will launch the inaugural Ignite Early Career Researcher (ECR) competition. Ignite will offer up to five ECRs the chance to embark on their own, small-scale research project in motor neuron disease (MND), to help spark their careers in the field.

Singing Our Way to the FIFA World Cup 2026

To celebrate, we are thrilled to share that MND Scotland has been selected for not one, not two, but three charity World Cup songs!

Carers Week – We’re here to make time count

At MND Scotland, we know that carers are at the heart of the support network of someone living with MND.

Support Scotland’s MND charity

Some of you will be aware that the MND Association has asked their members to vote, at their AGM on 8th July, on a proposal to register as a charity in Scotland.

Volunteers Week – The Value of Volunteering

It’s Volunteers’ Week! This is an annual event that takes place between 1-7 June to recognise and celebrate all the volunteer contributions that take place across the UK.

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