Supercar Day Success
July 29, 2022 12:54 pmSupercars 2022 raises £12,120 for Alex’s Wish This year’s Alex’s Wish annual Supercars event was another resounding success, raising a wonderful £12,120 for the Leicestershire-based Duchenne charity....
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Sunday Spotlight – Gill Castle
June 9, 2022 11:56 amThe birth of Gill Castle’s son changed her life forever. Not just in the fact she became a mother, but the trauma of childbirth left her with a permanent stoma, a surgery which someone in the UK undergoes every 39 minutes....
Sunday Spotlight: Rich Copson
May 8, 2022 7:12 pmWe all have things that we want to hide. Secrets, embarrassing stories, a whole host of information that must be kept out of the public eye....
We’re Hiring
February 8, 2022 4:52 pmAlex’s Wish seeks part-time paid admin assistant Would you like a rewarding part-time paid admin role? Well, how about working for a local organisation that’s really making a difference to people’s lives....
Thank You to our Wonderful Ambassador Rich Copson
January 27, 2022 5:21 pmA huge thank you to Rich Copson, for being one of our wonderful Ambassadors for Alex’s Wish Our charity is held together by all the wonderful supporters we have, Rich Copson, being one of our longest serving Ambassadors and good friend....
Alex’s Wish Supporters Lunch 2021
October 11, 2021 8:45 amOn Friday 8th October we held our Supporters’ Thank you Lunch at the Novotel in Leicester. It was a great event and so good to be able to invite all our supporters, in person, to thank them for all that they had done for us over the last 18 months....
Golf Day 2021
September 27, 2021 8:44 amA huge thanks to everyone that came along to support Alex’s Wish 10th Golf Day! What a great day – fabulous sunshine, great company and we raised an incredible £10K!...
Synergy Personnel Take on Alex’s Wish as Charity of the Year
September 9, 2021 12:57 pmSynergy Personnel Services, an East Midlands-based specialist recruitment company, have taken us on on as their Charity of the Year. Emma Hallam, Founder and CEO of Alex’s Wish, spoke of the news saying, “I’ve known Gavin Dilkes, their Managing Director, for many years now as we network together at BNI Premier. ...
The quest to beat the setting sun
September 6, 2021 4:56 pmWhen life throws up roadblocks, take a new road! Stan and Matt were all set for their arctic adventure, they were due to ride 6,000 miles through Scandinavia on a quest to reach the midnight sun....
Pure Table Top sponsor Oakham United U10’s
September 6, 2021 1:54 pmOur supporters Pure Table Top are sponsoring Oakham United U10s team on behalf of Alex’s Wish – Cure Duchenne for the 2021/2022 season ⚽️ The team is managed by Geoff Mann alongside his two friends Kevin Ainslie and Nathan Bottomley, the team’s boys will all be turning 10 during the course of the season....
Alex learns how to fly #BeMoreAlex
June 23, 2021 10:06 amWow!!!! Another amazing day with Rob Barsby at aeroSPARX The Gliding Centre for Alex’s second flight lesson… and guess what Alex only took over the controls and did the loop the loop…....
Technology used in COVID-19 vaccine to be used for Duchenne gene therapy research
May 6, 2021 8:19 amAlex’s Wish has funded £30,000 as part of Duchenne UK’s £287,500 investment into a new 18-month study investigating whether Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) could be used to help in gene therapy treatments for DMD. ...
Conquering ‘Mont Ventoux’
April 14, 2021 8:50 amFiona and Jamie have completed their challenge covering 85 miles and climbing well over the height of Mont Ventoux in just over 29 hours with 9 minutes of sleep!! ...
CaptainTom100
April 6, 2021 12:36 pmFriday 30th April 2021 would have been Captain Sir Tom Moore’s 101st birthday and the one-year anniversary of the extraordinary celebrations following the conclusion of his famous 100 laps of his garden that raised an incredible £38.9 million for the NHS....
Sue Grogan launches her new book with 50% sales going to Alex’s Wish
March 22, 2021 10:33 amThis fabulous book authored by Sue Grogan ‘Wellbeing: Healthy Staff, Healthy Business – Lessons Learned in Lockdown’ is now available with 50% of sales being donated to Alex’s Wish....
Close to my Heart
March 14, 2021 10:05 amEmma Hallam, Founder of Alex’s Wish and Mum to Alex, has spoken movingly about how she has discovered that as a manifesting carrier of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy she has an increased risk of developing cardiac and skeletal muscle weaknesses and dysfunction....
Rare Disease Day
February 26, 2021 10:22 amRare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year with an objective to raise awareness about rare conditions and the impact they have on people’s lives. ...
Alex’s Wish AGM
February 23, 2021 3:37 pmYou are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting taking place via Zoom on 18th March 2021 8-9am. RSVP to Zoe Edwards – zoe@alexswish.co.uk...
Virtual Mont Ventoux
February 18, 2021 2:01 pmThe wonderful Jamie and Fi, two steadily plodding fifty somethings who enjoy the outdoors are taking on an incredible challenge. They are running 100 miles in 31 hours, incorporating the ascent equivalent of Mont Ventoux!!...
London Marathon! We have your charity place !
February 9, 2021 2:45 pmWould you like to run the London Marathon for a cause that is close to your heart? Click below for details: London Marathon – We have your charity place!...