Global MND Awareness Day
Global MND Awareness Day Each year on June 21, the MND Association and international community come together for Global MND Awareness Day, honouring all those affected by motor neurone disease.
Research Funding update – June 2025
Darby Rimmer MND Foundation commits over £1.2 million towards MND research. After our recent research funding round the Foundation has agreed to support EXPERT-ALS by donating £700k. The Foundation’s support will allow more drugs to be used in the pre-trial platform. You can find out more about EXPERT-ALS using the link below https://www.experts-als.uk We have…
Join us for March of the Day II
. In March this year (2024), we staged the first March of the Day event between Bradford City and Liverpool. The event was an amazing success with 800 walkers taking part including over 60 footballers, past and present. Over £200,000 was raised for the Foundation. We are going again next year. On March…
Great North Run 2024
85 runners Over £47,000 raised Darby Rimmer MND Foundation would like to say thank you and well done to all the 85 runners who ran and took part in this year’s Great North Run. We know the time and sacrifices all the runners make to train for the run. We would like to thank everyone…
Rob Burrow Seven, Meets… Stephen and Steph Darby (BBC Sounds Podcast)
Football stars Stephen and Steph Darby (née Houghton) join Rob and Lindsey to talk about what life is like living with MND. The couples talk about how female sport is depicted and what their hopes and dreams are for their families in the future. This episode was recorded in 2024 before Rob passed away on…
Darby Rimmer MND Foundation funding advances the potential for repurposing existing drugs for MND
Project: Target identification of oxidative stress response-modifying drugs in an ESC-derived motor neuron model of ALS Lead Applicant: Professor Kevin Talbot Amount funded: £79,991.29 In 2022 we agreed to fund the research project above. This research project has now been completed. Those with MND need an armoury of drugs NOW to help with disease progression…
Research Funding Round 2024 – Open to Applications
Thanks to our incredible and generous supporters, the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation is having its 3rd research funding round. The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation is committed to making a positive impact and contributing to advancing understanding and treatments for MND. Ideally our funds will support work that aims to be driven towards further development within…
Information after diagnosis – Work and retirement assistance
After being diagnosed with MND some people are forced into retirement as the disease no longer allows them to continue to work. However some people can continue to work and want to continue working. One of the most worrying things when diagnosed is thinking about how we will cope financially. There are sources of help…
85 places available for the AJ BELL GREAT NORTH RUN
85 places available to run the AJ BELL GREAT NORTH RUN for the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation AJ BELL GREAT NORTH RUN 8th September 2024 85 places available £62 entry fee £400 minimum fund raised Receive a Darby Rimmer MND Foundation running t-shirt If you are interested in running the AJ BELL Great North Run…
Tenure Track Fellowship Award for Dr Ben Middlehurst
Dr Ben Middlehurst, a Post-doctoral fellow working on the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation funded study entitled ‘From biology to quality of life in motor neuron disease’, has been awarded a Tenure Track Fellowship at the University of Liverpool. This scheme is designed to foster future academics in a supportive environment with the aim of progression…