Star Trust raises £12,450 for Alex’s Wish
Star Trust, a foundation which exists to assist smaller charities in the East Midlands which undertake some fantastic work but are often overlooked and unrecognized supported Alex’s Wish at their recent Happy Diamonds event held at Lumbers on Saturday, 10th September. We were personally invited to attend this event and we thoroughly enjoyed every moment. We […]
Alex’s Wish joins forces with Duchenne UK as ‘Partner Charity’
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. Alex’s Wish will join Duchenne UK as a partner charity, to co-fund research. Alex’s Wish will remain as a strong and successful fundraising charity, […]
Alex stars in World’s Strongest Boys campaign
We were thrilled when Duchenne charity Duchenne UK approached us to see whether Alex would be able to support their new fundraising and awareness campaign World’s Strongest Boys. The idea of The World’s Strongest Boys campaign is that it focuses on the incredible inner strength and spirit of those living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, positioning […]
Ten posts in place to support UK Clinical Trial Capacity
Alex’s Wish contributes £29,000.00 thanks to its Wish Warriors In December 2015, eight patient organisations, who are working to help support clinical trial development for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, announced £1.2million of investment, to fund sixteen clinical posts. Today we are pleased to announce that TEN of those SIXTEEN posts have now been recruited. The posts […]
Trio of cycling events raises £50,769.00
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our trio of cycling events this year has raised a staggering £50,769.00. Our trio of cycling events includes of Charnwood Forest Cycle Ride which took place in May this year raising £10,797.00, our epic London to Paris Cycle Ride event held in July raising £26,321.00 and our team […]
Team of cyclists at this year’s Prudential Ride London raises £13,651
What a fabulous team of cyclists we had this year, with 17 cyclists taking part in this year’s fabulous Prudential Ride London on Sunday, 31st July – a 100 mile bike ride around London and surrounding Surrey towns. Together our fabulous team of Wish Warriors raised £13,651.00 for Alex’s Wish. This brings our final total […]
Rothley Duck Race raises £705.00
We would like to thank The Nottingham Building Society for organising the inaugural Rothley Duck Race this year and for allowing Alex’s Wish to be a part of it. We would like to thank everyone who bought ducks and came along on the night. It was great family-fun for all! Alex’s Wish would love to […]
London to Paris Cycle Ride raises £25,000
Alex’s Wish organised a London to Paris Cycle Ride over a 3 day period from 1-3th July this year. With 11 cyclists taking part in the event the charity has raised a staggering £25,000 and money is still coming in. We are absolutely thrilled and delighted with the success of the event. Our riders were […]
Emma Hallam, Founder wins Special Award for Personal Impact
Emma Hallam was delighted to receive news that she had won a prestigious award at this year’s Institute of Directors East Midlands 2016 Awards Ceremony. The judges including East Midlands Regional Director Ron Lynch were wowed by Emma’s enthusiasm and passion for the cause.
A week full of mixed emotions
What a week it has been! The emotions I’ve felt this week has been unbelievable. Alex took part in a film on Monday, I can’t tell you anything now but what I can say is that he was incredible and everyone on set fell in love with him. He’s an absolute super-star, full of determination […]