Thank you to Swithland Church Men’s Club
January 19, 2016 9:59 amWe would like to give a big thank you to Swithland Church Men’s Club for donating £394 to our cause by generating funds at their Christmas dinner and carol singing event. ...
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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....
Thanks to Swithland Flower & Vegetable Show
December 8, 2015 2:20 pmWe would like to thank the organisers of this year’s Swithland Flower & Vegetable Show and to Gemma Lambell who took part in our Charnwood Forest Cycle Ride last year who nominated Alex’s Wish to receive a £200 donation....
Thanks to Cambridge & Countries Bank, Zu Print Plus & Creative Triangle
December 8, 2015 1:27 pmA huge thank you goes out to Cambridge & Countries Bank, Zu Print Plus and Creative Triangle for donating £307.00 raised at their recently held Charity Race Night in November. ...
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....
Our Leicester Marathon Wish Warriors
October 26, 2015 3:59 pmYesterday, 25th October 2015, Gavin Dilkes, Angela Darar & Craig Neale ran the Leicester Half Marathon for Alex’s Wish. All three did amazingly well, not only completing it, but in good times too. ...
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....
Yorkshire Three Peaks
September 10, 2015 2:26 pmOn August 21st some fabulous Wish Warriors – Melissa Jarman, Joanne Whomsley, Rose Stanford, Emma Hallam, Jo Enyon, Laura Storrs, Rachel Barbrook, Sam Hayman, Allison Ambrose, Catherine Jagger and Caroline Worby walked 25 miles on tracks and over hills to raise £3,000 for research and clinical trials to bring about new treatments for boys living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy....
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. ...
Alison’s Pamper Night
August 6, 2015 2:14 pmAlison Devlin is one of our Prudential Ride London team and as part of her fundraising efforts she held a pamper night at Eversheds with her work colleagues....
Verona and Team Tortoise take on the London 10K
July 14, 2015 9:56 amThe Vitality London 10K took place this weekend on the closed roads of central London. Alex’s Wish was represented by Verona Frankish and Team Tortoise who consisted of Lyndsey Wright, Bill South and Cyril Bekoe....
Race Night at The Rothley Court Hotel
July 2, 2015 11:03 amThank you to The Rothley Court Hotel for hosting a race night for Alex’s Wish. The evening managed to raise £331.60 for our cause. ...
Stuart and Keelan’s Cycling Challenge
June 30, 2015 3:42 pmStuart and Keelan have decided to do an extreme cycling challenge – they are going to cover 450 miles in 4 ½ days climbing some of the classic tour de france hill climbs such a Alp D’huez, Mont Vontoux & Col de Madelaine. ...
Fantastic Fundraisers
June 25, 2015 11:54 amWe are so lucky to have the Apps and the Devlins riding as part of our team at the Prudential ride London and they have started their fundraising already raising over £800....
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. ...