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*I will post updates throughout this challenge below. Mission 5,000 starts on 13/09/20 and continues until 18/10/20*

Alongside many others, I've decided to attempt to raise some money for the MND Association on behalf of my Dad for the North Wast Wales Branch.

I will be attempting to actively hike/walk/run/cycle/swim as many miles as I can for 'Mission 5,000' throughout the end of September/beginning of October. Any donations you can make will have a huge impact on this wonderful charity and everything they do to support MND patients and their families. Likewise, simply sharing this page or learning more about MND will make a difference. Raising awareness is equally as important to us!

"Motor neurone disease (MND) is a fatal, rapidly progressing neurological condition affecting up to 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time. The disease causes messages from nerves (motor neurones) in the brain and spinal cord that control movement to gradually stop reaching the muscles, leading them to weaken, stiffen and waste.

The result is that people become locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe. Some may experience changes in thinking and behaviour, with a proportion experiencing a rare form of dementia. MND does not usually affect senses such as sight, sound and feeling.

MND kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis. It affects all communities, with a person’s lifetime risk of developing MND around 1 in 300.

There is currently no effective treatment or cure."