May 30, 2024 2:10 pm
We wanted to share with you Emma’s first podcast appearance, it is a fabulous listen as she takes you right back to when Alex was diagnosed, and talks about setting up the charity and how the diagnosis has powered her to make a difference....
April 12, 2024 10:22 am
We are so pleased to announce that we have successfully appointed two new Trustees to join our Board.
Dr Aishah Iqbal and William Hazlerigg join their fellow Trustees from the 1st of April....
February 3, 2023 2:53 pm
Great news. The lovely Miss Great Britain girls will be supporting Alex’s Wish as one of their two chosen charities for the fourth year running....
June 23, 2022 9:51 am
Intrepid motorcyclist Stan Hulme, also known as the ‘Inspired Rider’ is about to embark on a 6,000-mile Nordic solo expedition across the Scandinavian Arctic in aid of Alex’s Wish....
March 8, 2022 2:26 pm
When Amanda’s son Tomos-William fell forward in his shower chair, she didn’t know that, because of his DMD, he was vulnerable to certain complications. ...
November 22, 2019 9:28 am
A great turn out of over 100 guests attended a new networking group for members of Leicestershire’s professional services – Lawyers, Tax Specialists and Accountants....
August 9, 2019 12:28 pm
Congratulations to our Trustee Glynis Wright on becoming the 9th female President of the Leicestershire Law Society, a fabulous evening, thank you from the bottom of my heart for choosing Alex’s Wish, we are honoured & delighted to be involved such an amazing opportunity....
December 20, 2018 9:07 pm
As 2018 comes to end, I wanted to share with you an update on how this year has gone. For a start, it’s been our best year in terms of fundraising....
December 14, 2018 10:56 am
So pleased to let you know that we have just invested the £30,000 raised at the Mardi Gras Ball!
In 2017 we funded £25,000 into a €675,000 funding towards TAMDMD, a phase 3 clinical trial to test the breast cancer drug tamoxifen for use in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. ...
October 18, 2018 2:50 pm
Alex’s Wish has been working with Duchenne UK to invest and fund in some very important projects over the last couple of years and here is an update of our funding....
July 3, 2018 12:53 pm
In recent years, our community has watched with hope as pre-clinical data has emerged showing the promise of gene therapy as a valuable treatment for everyone living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. ...
December 20, 2017 3:56 pm
We don’t know if you have noticed but we have launched a brand new visual identity aimed at helping to take the charity through its next phase of growth and development. ...
July 19, 2017 11:15 am
Stephen George + Partners, one of the UK’s leading architectural practices, has become a corporate sponsor and supporter of local charity Alex’s Wish....
September 7, 2016 2:59 pm
We are delighted to announce on World Duchenne Awareness Day (7th September 2016), that we are joining forces with Duchenne UK as a “Partner charity”, in our fight to conquer Duchenne....