Our featured Fundraiser today is Leanne Thorpe.  Leanne’s been raising money to fight MND for 7 years, during which time she’s raised over £10,000 in memory of her Gran.    Do something special.  What does that mean to you? To me, it means my pledge to MND Scotland for 2012.  I am already planning & hosting an Alternative Race Night & Disco at the King’s Park Hotel on 6th October,… read more »

  Since 2004 we’ve operated the Lang Break caravan near St Andrews (more information here: http://www.mndscotland.org.uk/services/holiday-facilities/lang-break-caravan/) which offers a specially-adapted short break facility for those with MND and their families.    Last year our Board of Trustees made the decision to grow this area of our operation, and we purchased a chalet at Tralee Bay Holiday Park near Oban.  With the help of the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust, who’ve funded many… read more »

Our Welfare & Benefits service is expanding!  We’ve taken on a small number of Welfare & Benefits volunteers as part of a pilot project running in the Glasgow & Lanarkshire area.    The W&B service is much in demand these days.  We currently have over 120 of clients, and we recently took on an additional officer, Maggie, who you may remember from this blog entry.  http://www.mndscotland.org.uk/2011/11/new-welfare-benefits-officer/  With the changes that… read more »

It’s been a while since we talked about our Machu Picchu trip here, so I thought we’d do a little update.  We’ve actually got a separate blog going for the trek here: http://machupicchu2012.wordpress.com, and that’ll get going a bit more over the next few weeks.      So far we’ve got nearly enough people for the trek – we really could do with a couple more though so we’re going… read more »

Happy January everyone, hope you’re all well and enjoying the first month of the year. One of the many New Year’s Resolutions that people have made as part of our New Year’s Resolutions campaign – asking you lovely folk to sign up to Do Something Special in 2012 http://www.mndscotland.org.uk/fundraising/new-year/ – is the pledge to take part in our Take The Plunge series of events during MND Awareness Week this year.… read more »

Have to say that we’re not entirely convinced by this whole Blue Monday lark.  It might be half way through January already, it might be cold & frosty outside, but there’s a wonderful warm glow coming from our supporters…    Ok ok, that was a bit cheesy.  But it’s true!  Every day more and more people sign up to #DoSomethingSpecial in 2012 to raise vital funds in the fight against… read more »

From everyone here in the Fundraising Department, HAPPY NEW YEAR!   Hope you had a great festive season, and that the return to the day-to-day hasn’t been too terrible.    We’ve been getting back into the swing of things here – and we’ve also been looking through the New Year’s Resolutions that have been made so far!  We’ll be in touch with everyone very soon – but in the meantime,… read more »

  Hello everyone, and a very merry Christmas and New Year to you all!   We’re about to pack up for the holidays, but before we do – have you thought about your New Year’s Resolutions?   As we discussed last week, we want you to think about Doing Something Special in 2012 to help fight MND in Scotland.   We’ve been working away putting together a list of events… read more »

I know, I know, it’s not even Christmas yet.  But we wanted you to have a wee think about something… January is a busy month for us.  And we like it that way, frankly!  It’s busy because lots of you lovely lovely people get to the beginning of January, and sign up for marathons.  And 10ks.  Or decide to organise your own event.  All in the name of fighting MND.… read more »

Last year, our Curry & Race Night had to be postponed, because of the snow.  So you’ll understand that we were getting a bit nervous last Thursday when the temperature started to drop… However, although the weather was very cold, there was no sign of snow (unlike today…), so we congregated on Mister Singh’s India in Glasgow for our Curry & Race Night.  We were delighted to see some new… read more »