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Convection Enhanced Delivery provides major brain cancer treatment breakthrough

A British medical team led by Stephen Gill, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Bristol, has made a major breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) brain cancer which affects young people. DIPG is currently untreatable and is found in children and young adults aged under 20. In the UK […]

GDNF Participant Unifying challenge

Funding Neuro are delighted to be supporting the GDNF Participant Unifying challenge A group of pioneering medical trial participants are set to embark on a 4,200-mile fundraising challenge to support further research into potentially life changing treatments for Parkinson’s. The money raised will be split between three charities to support work in neurotrophic factors, a […]

My Name'5 Doddie Foundation Donation

Motor Neurone Disease research boosted by Rugby Legend’s charity     The charity established by rugby legend Doddie Weir has made two substantial donations to help fund groundbreaking research into a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. The most recent contribution to medical research charity Funding Neuro, from the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation amounts to £165,000. […]

Coronavirus: A message from Funding Neuro

Coronavirus  (Covid-19) The situation is a worrying one for all at the moment, but even more so for people who have underlying health problems, including neurological conditions. The links below provide support and guidance related to Covid-19, for specific neurological diseases. I would like to thank our donors and volunteers that have allowed us to […]

Anima Mundi Charity Print Donation To Funding Neuro

Anima Mundi Charity Print Donation To Funding Neuro In Memory Of Little Daisy Brooks And Ethan Cass We are proud to announce that the Anima Mundi art gallery have made a wonderful donation of nearly £3000, raised so far for Funding Neuro from this years Winter Print Edition. The donation has been made in loving […]

Documentary Winner

Grierson Award Winning Documentary The BBC Parkinson’s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure has won the 2019 Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary. The Parkinson’s’ Disease programme follows a group of volunteers with Parkinson’s’ disease. As they take part in a groundbreaking medical trial testing a drug called GDNF.  Showing the ups and downs of a […]

Yorkshire 3 peaks challenge

  An amazing day for The New Homes Group challenge!  The New Homes Group took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday 28th September 2019. They were hoping to involve as many teams as possible to scale the peaks of Whernside (736 m or 2,415 ft), Ingleborough (723 m or 2,372 ft) and Pen-y-ghent (694 m or 2,277 ft). To raise as much as they could […]

Darren's One Million Pound Raise!

Raise a Million for GDNF Funding Neuro are proud of our supporters. No more so than Darren Calder one of the incredibly brave volunteers that took part in the Parkinson’s GDNF study. Darren has now set up a dedicated website for people to follow the progress of his fundraising. Keep up to date with Darren […]