Darby Rimmer MND Foundation

What a year for the Darby Rimmer Foundation! We have continued to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds which has helped us to fund research projects to help and assist with hopefully finding a cure for MND. Thank you to all of the MND community and all of our supporters for continuing to help us to raise awareness and taking part in events, such as the Great North Run and March of the day to name a few. Your support is paramount in helping us to #attackMND. I hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy New year. Stephen, co-founder

Ipswich Town Football Club are excited to be hosting a special event with Town legend Marcus Stewart in January. ‘An Evening with Marcus Stewart and Friends’ will take place in the Sir Bobby Robson Suite at Portman Road on Friday, 31 January 2025, with Marcus and a series of special guests reflecting on his incredible career. All profits from the event will be donated to The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, which has become hugely important to Marcus and his family since his motor neurone disease diagnosis in September 2022. Tickets will go on sale from 12pm on Friday, 20 December with a range of options available for the event, which begins from 6pm and is suitable for those 18+. Purchase tickets here 🎫⬇️ https://lnkd.in/enRrjGH5

Come and join us for March of the Day II as we walk around the capital visiting a number of clubs along the way. Come and be a part of something very special and help us bang the drum raising awareness of MND. We already have over 230 walkers taking part and that number has been growing steadily. As with this year, we expect this to be covered in detail by the BBC and possibly more news outlets. In March 2024, we staged the first March of the Day event between Bradford City and Liverpool, with 800 walkers taking part including over 60 footballers, past and present raising over £200,000 for the Foundation. For more info, visit the website or links in our bio and register your team Let's #AttackMND together. #AttackMND #MarchoftheDay2 #Motorneuronedisease #MNDfundraising https://lnkd.in/eAw3svFr https://lnkd.in/eMN7nf9A

Sinfield is heading home for Christmas on final day of latest challenge Rugby League and fundraising legend Kevin Sinfield CBE is heading home for Christmas on the final day of his latest epic fundraising challenge on Saturday 7th December. The day will start at 7.15am at Old Trafford, the place where Sinfield and Burrow created so many special memories during their playing days with Leeds Rhinos. He will then head to Manchester via Media City before calling to the Etihad Stadium on his way to his home town at Oldham. The route includes a stop at his old junior rugby club, Waterhead, before an emotional conclusion to the week long challenge back in Saddleworth. Sinfield will join over 2,200 Santas to set off the annual Saddleworth Santa Dash in Uppermill before leaving the Santas and heading to his own finish line, the same place his finished his first ever challenge back in 2020. #runninghomeforchristmas #7in7in7inChallenge #oldtrafford #saddleworth #mnd

Day 6: Northampton Sinfield heads to Midlands on penultimate day of latest challenge Rugby League and fundraising legend Kevin Sinfield CBE will be heading back to the Midlands on the penultimate leg of his latest challenge on Friday 6th December. Sinfield will run in memory of Burrow, who passed away from MND in June this year. This will be Sinfield’s fifth annual challenge for the MND community having raised nearly £10 million in the first four events. The day will start at 7am at the MND Association’s Headquarters in Northampton before heading north to Leicester, finishing at the home of Leicester Tigers at around 2.30pm. Sinfield will be met at Mattioli Woods Welford Road by former Leicester forward Ed Slater, who was diagnosed with MND back in 2022. #runninghomeforchristmas #7in7in7inChallenge #day6 #northampton #mnd https://buff.ly/4f7npsK

Day 5: Beverly to Hull Rugby League and fundraising legend Kevin Sinfield CBE is hoping for a warm reception when he comes to Hull in his latest challenge on Thursday 5th December. Sinfield will run in memory of Rob Burrow, who passed away from MND in June this year. This will be Sinfield’s fifth annual challenge for the MND community having raised nearly £10 million in the first four events but this will be his first visit to Hull. The day will start at 7am at Beverley Racecourse before Sinfield heads down through North Ferriby before heading East towards the MKM Stadium. Sinfield will be raising money for six MND charities with the MND Association being the primary partner and will aid the association’s work in the region. #runninghomeforchristmas #7in7in7challenge

Day 4: Glasgow Sinfield set for special visit to Glasgow in latest MND fundraiser. Sinfield will be raising money for six MND charities including My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and MND Scotland. Starting at Ibrox at 7am, they will remember former Rangers player Fernando Ricksen, who passed away from MND aged 43 in 2019. The route will also stop at the Jimmy Johnstone statue at Celtic Park, the legendary Celtic striker who lost his battle with MND in 2006. The route will also take in Firhill where former Partick Thistle defender Don McVicar will be remembered. He passed away in the same year as Johnstone aged just 43 having played with St Johnstone, Tranmere Rovers, Montrose, Forfar, Airdrie, Ayr United and Elgin City as well as Partick Thistle. Finally, the leg will end at Scotstoun, the home of Rugby Union in the city will invoke memories of the legendary Doddie Weir, who was a great friend and inspiration to Sinfield and Burrow before he passed away in 2022. Commenting on his new challenge, Sinfield said, “Our visits to Scotland are always very special. Doddie was such an inspiration to us all and he is always on our mind during each challenge. Our running top that day will feature Doddie’s famous tartan, which we are always proud to wear. “I am pleased to be raising money for MND Scotland and My Name’5 Doddie Foundation once again this year. Given all the connections to MND to the sporting clubs in the city, I think this will be a very special day and I look forward to seeing everyone as we go around Glasgow.” #7in7in7challenge #runninghomeforchristmas #glasgow #day4

Day 3: BELFAST Kevin Sinfield heads to Belfast for the third day of his epic fundraising challenge on Tuesday 3rd December. Sinfield will be raising money for six MND charities including the work by the MND Association in Northern Ireland and the Irish MND Association in the Republic of Ireland. #day3 #belfast #runninghomeforchristmas #7in7in7challenge

Day 2: Kevin Sinfield will break new ground when he travels to the South West of England on the second day of his latest epic fundraising challenge on Monday 2nd December. Former Gloucester Rugby forward Ed Slater will set Sinfield off from Kingsholm at 7am, Slater was diagnosed with MND in 2022. Sinfield will then face a gruelling challenge of running nearly 40 miles to Bristol. As he enters Bristol, Sinfield will stop at the Memorial Ground to meet for Bristol Rovers striker Marcus Stewart, who has been battling MND since 2022 and former Gloucestershire cricketer and current President, David 'Syd' Lawrence, who was diagnosed this year. #runninghomeforchristmas #7in7in7challenge

Rugby League and fundraising legend Kevin Sinfield CBE will kick off latest fundraising challenge in Liverpool on Sunday 1st December as he sets off to run over 230 miles in seven days across seven regions of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sinfield will run in memory of his friend Rob Burrow, who passed away from MND in June this year. This will be Sinfield’s fifth annual challenge for the MND community having raised nearly £10 million in the first four events. Read more https://lnkd.in/eKRs3mXa https://lnkd.in/eTdZ97TQ