Dan Ward

I'm running 26.2 miles at The London Marathon to help support The Lily Foundation for Teddy and all those affected by mitochondrial disease

Fundraising for The Lily Foundation
£1,515
raised of £2,000 target
Event: London Marathon 2025, on 27 April 2025 Start fundraising for this event
Please join Team Teddy and help our Mito-Bear and The Lily Foundation fund vital research into mitochondrial disease and support families just like his ours live with the disease everyday. You can donate or why not take on your own challenge!

Story

At 11am on 24th January 2024, Teddy's parents were told he has a life limiting mitochondrial disease, and an extremely rare defected gene (DNAJC19). This defected gene causes something called dilated cardiomyopathy, which is the degeneration of Teddy's heart.

To the doctors knowledge, Teddy is only 1 of 55 in the world to carry this, and the only known case in the UK, so we have limited research and unfortunately no cure.

I want to help Teddy and his family to give hope to all those effected by mitochondrial disease so I am supporting The Lily Foundation a charity dedicated to funding vital research to find a cure and support families like Teddy.

Please give if you can and help me help them beat Mito!

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Please join Team Teddy and help our Mito-Bear and The Lily Foundation fund vital research into mitochondrial disease and support families just like his ours live with the disease everyday. You can donate or why not take on your own challenge!

About the charity

The Lily Foundation

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The Lily Foundation funds research into Mitochondrial Disease and other metabolic disorders. It also raises important awareness and supports those families who are affected with metabolic disorders.

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Total raised
£1,515.00
+ £300.00 Gift Aid
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£1,515.00
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£0.00

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