March of the Day

On March 22-24, 2024, we are staging possibly our biggest fundraising event yet. As core team of 16 ex-footballers will take on a 175 mile route between Bradford City and Liverpool calling at 17 other football grounds along the way. It will take nearly three days to complete with the core team of 16 walking…

Stewart’s Sports Tour

On July 20th, 2024, Stewart’s Sports Tour will take place. This follows the model of the recent Roads for Rimmer event and will see teams of walkers undertaking a journey of nearly 18 miles around the sports arenas of Bristol. The walk will begin and end at the home of Bristol Rovers, one of the clubs…

Five Years On

On Wednesday 12th September 2018, 5 years ago today, I was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. To put this into perspective, 80%-90% of people who are diagnosed with MND die within 5 years. A third of people who are diagnosed die within a year, and half of people diagnosed die within two years. I count…

Wesleyan Sports Tour

On Friday, September 8, 130 Wesleyan colleagues and their friends will be completing an eighteen mile circular route around Birmingham’s sports arenas. They are aiming to raise in excess of £20000 for the Darby Rimmer MND foundation and they are well on the way to achieving this. Twenty four teams of walkers will set off…

#TeamStewart254 Cycle Challenge

As many people have learned now that Marcus Stewart, ex Premiership Football Goal Scorer was sadly diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) over a year ago. Since then Marcus and his wife Louise have been working very hard to raise awareness of MND and raise much needed research funds for the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation…