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£2.4m to search for MND cure
09 July 2007
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association has received its largest ever single donation pledge.
The £2.375million pledge has been offered to fund new grants for biomedical research into the causes of and potential cure for MND.
The donation from a Lawson Trust and related sources of funding will be made over a six year period and will be used by the MND Association Research Foundation for UK and international biomedical research projects. The donors, who wish to remain anonymous, were inspired to donate through their own personal experience of MND.
The MND Association’s Research Foundation was launched last year. It aims to raise £15 million to invest in researching MND, with £7.5 million from major donors, supported by a campaign to attract £7.5m worth of matched funding from the Government.
The latest pledge closely follows the £1m pledge received last month. These plus other donations take the total amount raised so far to approaching £4m.
Commenting on the latest pledge, MND Research Director Dr Brian Dickie, said: “This enormously generous donation takes us a significant step closer to achieving our goals of understanding the causes of MND and of finding a cure.
"I would like to express deepest heartfelt thanks to our benefactors on behalf of all people with MND. Because of the vision of this family and many other supporters, we will one day free the World of MND.”
The £2.375million pledge has been offered to fund new grants for biomedical research into the causes of and potential cure for MND.
The donation from a Lawson Trust and related sources of funding will be made over a six year period and will be used by the MND Association Research Foundation for UK and international biomedical research projects. The donors, who wish to remain anonymous, were inspired to donate through their own personal experience of MND.
The MND Association’s Research Foundation was launched last year. It aims to raise £15 million to invest in researching MND, with £7.5 million from major donors, supported by a campaign to attract £7.5m worth of matched funding from the Government.
The latest pledge closely follows the £1m pledge received last month. These plus other donations take the total amount raised so far to approaching £4m.
Commenting on the latest pledge, MND Research Director Dr Brian Dickie, said: “This enormously generous donation takes us a significant step closer to achieving our goals of understanding the causes of MND and of finding a cure.
"I would like to express deepest heartfelt thanks to our benefactors on behalf of all people with MND. Because of the vision of this family and many other supporters, we will one day free the World of MND.”
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Notes to editors
Motor Neurone Disease is a rapidly progressing disease of the brain and spinal cord. MND leaves people locked in a failing body, unable to move, walk or talk. It is fatal. There is no effective diagnostic test. There is no effective treatment and there is currently no cure. Half of people with MND die within 14 months of diagnosis. Five people a day die from the disease in the UK and MND kills 100,000 people throughout the world every year.
The MND Association’s Research Foundation is committed to raising the funds needed to support national and international research efforts to end MND.
Major donors are able to select and follow progress in particular aspects of MND research.
Funds raised by the Research Foundation will drive science forward, so that a cure can be found and MND will be beaten. Until that day comes, the MND Association's Research Foundation is equally committed to funding research that improves the lives of people living with MND.
The MND Association’s Research Foundation is committed to raising the funds needed to support national and international research efforts to end MND.
Major donors are able to select and follow progress in particular aspects of MND research.
Funds raised by the Research Foundation will drive science forward, so that a cure can be found and MND will be beaten. Until that day comes, the MND Association's Research Foundation is equally committed to funding research that improves the lives of people living with MND.
