Nicolene Van Niekerk

Niki & Candy running the 2022 London Marathon for CJD

Fundraising for University College London Hospitals Charity UK
£176
raised of £1,000 target
by 8 supporters
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Event: London Marathon 2021, on 3 October 2021
In memory of Charles Van Niekerk
The Cure CJD campaign has been set up by a group of individuals, personally affected by the disease, to support the work of researchers & doctors at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL and NHS National Prion Clinic at UCLH. We are a fund within UCLH Charity.

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Myself and Candy have been lucky enough to get ballot entries for the 2021 London Marathon. Due to personal circumstances we have had to defer to 2022, so an additional year of fund raising. :-)

This will be a first (and maybe only ;-) marathon for both of us and we have decided to raise funds for CJD treatment/cure: A very cruel, fast progressing prion disease that my dad passed away from in 2020.

Please support us to find a cure for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). There is currently no cure but every day scientists and doctors are getting closer to finding a treatment. We aim to raise funds to support the use of an antibody drug developed for the treatment of patients with CJD. The first patient was treated at UCLH in October 2018.

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About the campaign

The Cure CJD campaign has been set up by a group of individuals, personally affected by the disease, to support the work of researchers & doctors at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL and NHS National Prion Clinic at UCLH. We are a fund within UCLH Charity.

About the charity

We're the official charity supporting patients, staff and research at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust. We focus on four main areas. Supporting patient care Training and developing staff Environment and equipment Advancing research.
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£176.00
+ £41.50 Gift Aid
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£176.00
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