376 days ago From Portsmouth News   View Archived Article

PORTSMOUTH, U K - Clarke, the 2011 Open champion, is backing the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's Four Course Classic. This is a golf marathon which sees teams of four play four courses over a single day to raise funds for the charity. Jack Layton has the muscle-wast ...

428 days ago From Watford Observer   View Archived Article

WATFORD, U K - A Northwood mum is climbing mount Kilimanjaro for charity, after trekking across the Sahara and walking the length of the Great Wall of China. Bharti Shah's son Rikkin, 22, has congenital muscular dystrophy, and she is taking part in the charity ...

441 days ago From South Wales Argus   View Archived Article

SOUTH WALES, U K - A RISCA man took on a 24-mile wheelchair challenge to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Martin King, 42, travelled from the Twyn Carn Day Centre in Risca to the Senedd, to raise awareness of the condition. Mr King is visually impaired ...

463 days ago From Lennox Herald   View Archived Article

LENNOX, U K - BRAVE Dumbarton women jumped out of a plane on Sunday =96 just a fortnight after two skydiving accidents. Thrill-seekers Lauren John, Fiona Peffers and Michelle Brooks weren't put off after hearing about the incidents at Strathallan and Errol air ...

469 days ago From This is Gloucestershire   View Archived Article

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, U K - ORANGE and blue were the colours of the day for school children in Bishop's Cleeve on Friday. Pupils from Grangefield Primary School ditched their normal uniform for bright outfits to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. The charity i ...

474 days ago From Watford Observer   View Archived Article

WATFORD, U K - The grandmother of a disabled teenager from Watford has been given the all clear by her doctor to take part in a 10000 foot skydive for charity. Linda Harman will be skydiving on Sunday, to raise money for the "Make the Day Count" campaign ...

502 days ago From Portadown Today   View Archived Article

PORTADOWN, U K - BRAVE Portadown mum Lisa Armstrong will be taking to the skies for a hair-raising 13000ft skydive to raise funds for vital research into Muscular Dystrophy, a condition which her 11-year-old son Tom suffers from. Tom was diagnosed with Duchenne ...

653 days ago From Swell UK   View Archived Article

SWELL, U K - Doing this enables individuals to "come face to face with one of nature's most feared creatures of the deep", Muscular Dystrophy Campaign volunteer fundraising manager Charles Horton said. It is "a great way to raise money" fo ...

657 days ago From Aylesbury Today   View Archived Article

AYLESBURY, U K - Richard Parks, 23, was nominated by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign after raising =A35500 for the charity by climbing Kilimanjaro. Inspired by his mother who has a muscle-wasting condition and his grandmother who died due to the same type of illness, ...

684 days ago From Wirral Globe   View Archived Article

BIRKENHEAD, U K - Two-year-old William Magee from Oxton was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy three weeks ago. His parents became concerned when he began walking relatively late. Hospital tests revealed he had the disease, which is characterised by muscle ...

692 days ago From ParentDish   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - Leaders of Britain's Muscular Dystrophy Campaign tell the BBC the new drug offers "real hope" for victims of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which affects one in every 3500 newborn boys. The disease causes muscles to waste away rapidly thr ...

705 days ago From Penarth Times   View Archived Article

PENARTH, U K - SUPPORTERS of the Cardiff/Penarth Branch of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign have been busy this last week raising funds and promoting awareness of the needs of sufferers. Two events last weekend raised nearly =A3400. The first event was an Indian coo ...

931 days ago From Chester Standard   View Archived Article

CHESTER, U K - A FEARLESS fundraiser from Neston is set to take to the mountains of Peru to raise money for charity close to her heart. Elspeth Church has decided to go ...

1029 days ago From BBC News   View Archived Article

BRISTOL, U K - A man who suffers from Becker muscular dystrophy is to ride on Weston-super-Mare's big wheel for 30 hours in a bid to raise money for charity. ...

1030 days ago From WebMD.Boots.com   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - The research can be useful for scientists trying to develop new drugs to treat or cure this progressive, muscle-wasting form of muscular dystrophy (MD). ...

1111 days ago From Tamworth Herald   View Archived Article

TAMWORTH, U K - The Four Course Classic challenges golfers to play four courses in just one epic day to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, the charity of ...

1111 days ago From Leighton Buzzard Today   View Archived Article

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, U K - Emma Jones-Parry, the Head of Events at the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign said:"We're thrilled that Russell has agreed to star in 'That Glorious Noise' and ...

1113 days ago From Lancashire Evening Post   View Archived Article

FULWOOD, U K - The team that raises the most for the charity will go to Portugal for a luxury golf holiday. To sign up a team, log on to www.fourcourseclassic.co.uk and ...

1124 days ago From Oxford Journal    View Archived Article

OXFORD, U K - Money raised on the day will be used by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign to hand out grants for specialist equipment, including powered wheelchairs, ...

1124 days ago From CisionWire    View Archived Article

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Mackie's of Scotland is set to host its first ever open farm charity day in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Join the fun between 10am and 4pm on ...