Over the last year this disease has become something close to my heart. My incredible friend Jennie was diagnosed recently, and I am devastated that one day this disease will take someone so special from this earth. It will leave four young people without their Mum, it will take a daughter from a Mother, it will be an unquantifiable loss for friends, and the world will have lost someone remarkable. Tragically, Jennie while being completely aware, will lose her independence, ability to function, and ultimately her life.

There is no cure for MND, and there isn't enough data to currently unfold more knowledge. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make this disappear, but I can't, so I pledge to be a part of Mission 5000 for the 5000 people living with MND in the UK, and most importantly for me, for Jennie. 

We need your support: £120 could provide an overbed table, making it easier for someone with MND to eat, drink and read safely and comfortably in bed, £230 could fund the coordination of care for someone with MND at a Care Centre for a year, £500 could provide a tablet device with specialist communication software, allowing someone to communicate with loved ones, £750 could fund an MND expert researcher for a week. Every penny raised from Mission 5000 will bring us closer to achieving our ultimate mission; a world free from MND.