Our £50,000 investment in Solid Biosciences
May 23, 2017 4:06 pmWe are so pleased to be able to share with you an update from Solid Biosciences, the company that developed a gene therapy treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. ...
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Sky Dive Sunday
April 26, 2017 12:31 pmWe would love to thank Martin Hoskins, Dave Allen, Glynis Wright, Faye Percival, Sheryl Heath and Stephanie Kyriacou for raising a fabulous £7,674.12 between them at our Sky Dive Sunday....
Swimathon raises over £4,250!!
March 8, 2017 11:30 amOur swimathon took place on 25th February and we had nearly 30 swimmers taking part to achieve the 21 miles that we needed to ‘Swim the Channel’. ...
Thank you to LTU Girls Hockey Team
February 1, 2017 4:55 pmThe Leeds Trinity University Girls Hockey Team organised a charity Hockey Match for Alex’s Wish. Emma’s cousin Ganxue plays for the team and arranged the event with them. ...
6th Annual Charity Golf Day best yet!
October 4, 2016 12:49 pmWhat a fabulous day we had at our 6th annual charity golf day on Friday, 30th September held at Rothley Park Golf Course in Charnwood, Leicestershire....
Sky Dive Success
April 1, 2016 9:10 amWe would love to thank our latest Sky Diver Wish Warriors who managed to raise £1,861.37 for Alex’s Wish. They couldn’t have picked a better day for it – perfect blue skies. ...
Sileby Cricket club donates £250
February 25, 2016 4:17 pmWe would like to thank Sileby Cricket Club for their £250 donation to Alex’s Wish. Each year they choose a local cause to donate to from what’s raised at each Firework night....
Charities announce £1.2m investment into key clinical posts
December 23, 2015 12:01 pmAlex’s Wish and seven other patient organisations, who are working to eradicate Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, are funding a total of 16 clinical posts at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre at Newcastle University and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, to help support clinical trial development for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy....
Spreading the love this Christmas
December 1, 2015 4:03 pmThis Christmas instead of buying Christmas cards and paying for postage why not donate that money to Alex’s Wish and in return we will give you a warm fuzzy feeling instead and a lovely jpeg to send to your friends electronically to help spread the love this Christmas!...
Ladies Pamper Evening raises £1,774.60
November 30, 2015 11:18 amWhat a wonderful night it was, Friday, 20th November our latest Ladies Pamper Evening took place at The Rothley Centre with nearly 100 ladies coming along to enjoy pamper sessions donated by lots of local businesses and to buy lovely Christmas gifts at our stalls....
Our Dandelion Ball raises £35,000.00
November 27, 2015 12:15 pmOn 14th November we held our annual ball at the Hilton, EMA. This year we went with a Casino Royale theme, complete with Casino tables which were sponsored by HorsesFirstRacing. ...
Newman Gauge Charity Golf Day raises £3,724.00
November 26, 2015 5:24 pmNewman Gauge Design, a company who specialises in commercial interior design for the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors joined forces with The Little Britain Pub Company to hold a charity golf day to raise vital funds for Alex’s Wish....
Duchenne Charities Announce £120,000 funding.
October 12, 2015 9:43 amDuchenne Charities Announce £120,000 funding for new research project to investigate cancer therapeutics as a treatment for Duchenne. We are pleased to announce that Alex’s Wish along with Action Duchenne, Duchenne Now and Harrison’s Fund are co-funding a new research project....
Niche Business Awards
October 6, 2015 4:20 pmOn Friday 25th September it was the inaugural Niche Business Awards and Alex’s Wish had been nominated for the Courage Award sponsored by RDZ PR. ...
Golf Day 2015
October 5, 2015 2:00 pmThis year’s Golf Day took place on the 18th October 2015 on a beautifully sunny day. It was a brilliant day with 86 golfers taking part and we raised £10,363.28 – which is an absolutely fantastic amount....
Prudential Ride London 2015
August 11, 2015 2:58 pmThis year we had an amazing 30 people in Team Alex’s Wish for the Prudential Ride London. It was an amazing day, the sun was shining, the streets were full of cyclists, many raising money for fantastic charities. ...
Meet Wendy & George Fielding
June 25, 2015 11:36 amWe would like to introduce you to our latest Wish Warriors Wendy Fielding and her 12 year old son George. Wendy and George spent 5 days walking the West Highland way from Glasgow to Fort William averaging 19 miles a day to achieve this 96 mile walk. ...
£500 donation from Dolphin Brewin
May 14, 2015 1:50 pmFabulous News! The Dolphin Brewin Foundation has very kindly donated £500 to Alex’s Wish. We would like to thank Robert Branham for putting us forward and to the management committee for choosing us as one of their charities to support this year....
Paula Parsons runs the London Marathon
April 28, 2015 11:35 amA massive well done to Paula Parsons one of the school mums at Alex’s Wish for completing today’s London Marathon raising over £500 for Alex’s Wish!!...
Urgent Call to Action – Translarna
January 30, 2015 11:13 amPatients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy have been specifically disadvantaged by the failure of the NHS England system to consider funding drugs for rare diseases....