The difference we make for our community
Throughout 2024 the MND Association continued to push boundaries in the fight against motor neurone disease (MND) fuelling groundbreaking innovation in MND research, transforming the care and support people living with MND receive and demanding better for our whole community.
With the generous support of our fundraisers, donors and supporters we have helped to reduce the financial burden of MND by awarding more support grants than ever before, joined forces with new partners to help us deliver more and demanded that those in authority take notice by launching powerful campaigns which make a real difference. MND doesn’t stop and neither do we.
2025: So far this year
We know the on-going cost of living crisis has forced some people living with MND and their families to make heartbreaking decisions about the money they spend.
Cost of Living grants up 60%
The MND Association has been quick to respond to the needs of our community, increasing the number of Cost of Living support grants awarded by more than 60% compared to the first quarter of 2024.
Steven Williams, who is living with MND said: “Without this help, we would be further in debt to the energy company. I am happy with the financial support you have given me and can’t thank you enough for that.”
Wheelchair Support grants up 75%
Giving people living with MND the chance to live life to the fullest has also been a key priority and the amounts we have awarded in Wheelchair Support grants have increased by 75% compared to the first three months of 2024.
Eoin Egan received a grant from the MND Association which allows him to drive his wheelchair via a special headset.
He said: “I’ve benefitted enormously from integrating two technologies to enable me to use a head-joystick to drive my wheelchair.”
Elsewhere, as the Association continues to look closely at the way it looks and presents itself, we are listening to our community and embracing their views and opinions.
As an Association – dedicated to supporting people living with MND, their families and carers in any way we can – we are bold and ambitious for the future.
Our vision is a world free from MND and we will not give up until we get there.
Every day, we're there for people with MND.
You make it possible.