Fashion & Fizz
We are so pleased to announce that the joint Fashion show hosted by DC Boutique together with The Bodie Hodges Foundation and Hope Against Cancer raised a fantastic £3,269.22!! We would love to thank everyone who came along, Leicester Race Course for hosting us, Samworth Brothers for providing food. Rosemary Conley for speaking! We also […]
Fundraising baking challenge is a piece of cake for Alex
Our very own Alex Hallam will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen over the next few months. Alex has been tasked with baking nine celebratory cakes for its supporters. Each cake will be priced at £200, with all proceeds going towards funding new effective treatments for Duchenne and ultimately finding a cure […]
Alex’s Wish gives £100,000 to Duchenne UK’s Gene Therapy Grant Call
Alex’s Wish has given a further £80,000 on top of the £20,000 pledged in 2022 towards a £1 million gene therapy grant call from Duchenne UK, the national Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Charity. The money will go towards research into treatments which will ultimately allow everyone living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to receive gene therapy safely […]
Alex’s Wish pledges £20,000 to Duchenne UK’s gene therapy grant call
Alex’s Wish has pledged £20,000 so far towards a £1 million grant call into treatments which will ultimately allow everyone living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to receive gene therapy safely and effectively. Alex’s Wish are also hoping to pledge another £80,000 over the early Autumn months to support this project from their fundraising activities over […]
Thank you Cureton Consulting!
We would love to thank Karen Cureton and Lindsey Newman-Wood for raising over £100 for Alex’s Wish. Karen from Cureton Consulting, an expert in Social Media and Sales raised the money at their ‘Small Business Saturday on a Thursday’ networking event. Thank you!
Howes Percival raises £1,650 for Alex’s Wish
On Thursday 8th December Leicester law firm Howes Percival helped raise £1,650 for us by organising a Christmas corporate charity quiz. Seventeen local business teams took part in the festive quiz at The Parcel Yard on London Road, including teams representing HSBC, Kelvin Power, Brewin Dolphin, Ridge & Partners, Hayles Leicester Ltd, Grant Thornton, The Rowleys Partnership, […]
Wreake Valley Rotary Club
We had a lovely time last week with Wreake Valley Rotary Club where they presented Alex’s Wish with a cheque for £3,000 which they raised at their Watermead Challenge Run in July. In the picture is Chris Thorpe of the new Syston Rotary Club, David Brown President of Wreake Valley Rotary Club with Emma Hallam. […]
TIME Mortgage Experts Bake Off
We would like to say a massive thank you to TIME Mortgage Experts who raised money for us at their The Great TIME Bake Off – £220 raised on the day, which was then rounded up to £500!! A big thank you to everyone who made cakes and contributed to the event.
Our Leicester Marathon Wish Warriors
Yesterday, 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. We want to thank them so much for all the hard work and effort that they have put in training for the […]
Bradgate Rotary raises £1,200
Absolutely wonderful news, the newly formed Bradgate Rotary Club has donated £1,200.00 to our cause, the most they have ever donated to date! Members took part in a Santa Run back in December last year. It is with thanks to Sue Witts for putting our charity forward! #WishWarriors