Gloucestershire Branch: Events

Date: Saturday 9th December 12-2pm
St Andrews Church Hall Churchdown 

As always, if you want to attend our meeting, but need a taxi, you can contact me.

For more information please contact Ruth Vidal - [email protected]

Date: Tuesday 12th December 2-4pm
Location: Great Oaks Coleford

Great Oaks is a small informal MND Support Group of people from the Forest of Dean who meet on the 2nd Tuesday of alternate months to enjoy tea and cake and share news of what everyone has been up to since the last meeting. Occasionally a member of the Great Oaks Complementary Therapies Team will Pop in to talk about what’s on offer.

Ellen Murdock, MND Association Area Support Co-ordinator, comes along each month to support volunteers Ruth Brennan-Craddock and Chris Geeson who run the group.

Just let Ellen know if you would like to come or just turn up on the day if that’s easier for you.

How to get there. Map at bottom of page.

For more information please contact Ellen Murdock
[email protected]

Our next Walk to D'feet MND is on Sunday 8th September 2024. This is a joint event with North Wiltshire MNDA Group and is being run at Lydiard Park Swindon. To register contact [email protected]

Location: The 2024 Walk to D’feet MND was held at Lydiard Park Swindon. A combined event with the North Wiltshire Group

Walk to D’Feet MND 8th September 2024
The 2024 Walk to D’feet MND was held at Lydiard Park Swindon. A combined event with the North Wiltshire Group.
The weather was surprisingly good and it was a joy to see the MND community come together. The mass of blue shirts flowing round the park gave the MND great exposure. It is a boost for all of us who volunteer to see such support.
Well done to everyone who got round the course. We appreciate that for some ambulant and some wheelchair users, doing a trail is not easy. One highlight was Anthony. He pushed his wife Tina in her chair for a lap, then went off to run/walk the second lap. Well done that man!
The fundraising for the event was amazing. Once the Just Giving, Gift Aid, cash donations and known sponsorship promises come in we should be close to £3000 raised for the two branches. That is truly remarkable. The funds will go towards supporting local people with MND and of course contributing to the international effort to find a treatment.
 

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Sunday 26th March 2023

We just wanted to say a big 'thank you' to the Gloucestershire branch for turning out in force today in support of our event (in spite of the weather!)

We had another good turnout of over 20 teams and have moved our fundraising total closer to our £6,000 target. We are sat at £5,654 as I type this and I am sure there is a bit more to come still from teams who participated today.

Attached is a snap of the team, still in remarkably good spirits after a couple of damp, breezy hours!

Best Regards,
Robin & Rachel

Our last Support Group Meeting was a joint event of the Gloucestershire and Forest of Dean Groups. A chance for people from both groups to get together and have a coffee and a chat. The event was well supported and new acquaintances made and lots of helpful tips shared.

Date: Tuesday 17th January at 7pm
Location: Zoom meeting invite click link below

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For more information please contact Tash Flintoft
[email protected]
Tel: 07961 821097

Date:  10th December 2022
Location: St Andrews Church Hall

An excellent turnout, great to see some new and familiar faces.

Date: 25th September 2022

Location: Cheltenham Lido

The Autumn Sun Shone - all bit it a little chilly - When Joanne Byrne bravely set the challenge to 25 of her friends and work colleagues to swim 2.5 or 5k of the Cheltenham Lido.

Such a great atmosphere was set with an opening speech by Alex Chalk MP who spoke about the many challenges faced by those touched by MND and how our charity needs every ounce of support we can muster. Alex took to the water with the first set of swimmers - lots of applause and cheers of encouragement continued as each set of new swimmers bravely swam their distance.

Date: 9th June 2018

Location: The Abbey Tea Rooms, 59 Church Street, GL20 5RZ

With a gorgeous array of home-baked cakes and goodies, we were set for a fantastic fundraiser. A raffle added to the funds brilliantly and raised awareness of our group with many swimmers and families who were at the lido for one of the final weeks of the season. Huge thanks to Jo and the generous band of swimmers for giving their time and achieving so much sponsorship for the event and to Chris Geeson and Family for the delicious cakes and arranging the raffle.
 

Date: 7th June 2018
Location: Saul Junction, Frampton on Severn, GL2 7LA

Date: 9th April 2018
Time: 07:00 pm -09:00 pm
Location: St Andrew's Church

£3100  Raised by Derby County FC Quiz Night for MNDA Gloucestershire and Derbyshire18th July 2023

This event was organised by MNDA Gloucestershire in partnership with the Derbyshire branch to raise funds to support people in both counties living with MND.

We are delighted to announce that over £3100 was raised on the night attended by nearly 200 fans, Club owner David Clowes and former DCFC players at Pride Park, the home of Derby County Football Club. Derby poet Jamie Thrasivoulou opened proceedings with a rousing performance of his poem “We Are Derby”, followed by eight rounds of questions dedicated to the Rams. 

The evening was peppered with lots of laughter, applause and banter, especially among former team-mates who were very competitive. The winning team ‘The Eastsiders’ was captained by Dave Corser. They had an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of Derby County’s history by scoring 79 points out of 88 and with Mark Sims' team ‘The Eagle has landed’  just a point behind. Overall the scoring was very high with nine teams scoring over 70 points.

The quiz was organised by MNDA Glos Secretary  Peter Mills whose childhood friend and fellow DCFC supporter Martin Kelly has Motor Neurone Disease. Martin was able to watch the early part of the quiz from his home in Sheffield. 

Co-organiser Martin Allsop compéred most quiz rounds but the highlight was when  former players  Kevin Wilson, Steve Powell, Roy McFarland and Roger Davies took the microphone to ask questions. 

In total, the auction raised £475 for three items: a football shirt and print (signed by former players on the night) and a trophy donated by Steve Powell.. The envelope raffle with Rams memorabilia prizes raised over £1650. 

Guest of honour, former Derby Headmaster and MND sufferer, Richard Feist, was delighted to spend time talking to his heroes Roy McFarland and Roger Davies.
 

On a serious note, Eric Steele recalled how fellow DCFC player Rob Hindmarch died of MND. Eric said “MND is a cause we’re happy to support because it really hits home. We’re all living longer so we need a better quality of life and we need to raise the bar!” Kevin Wilson added “We try to give something back and it’s so good what Kevin Sinfield is doing (raising awareness & funds).”

Club owner David Clowes added “It’s been an absolutely fantastic night! I’ve really enjoyed it and it’s a fantastic cause the money is going to.” Former players gave their verdict with Roy Davies commenting “It’s been a brilliant night! I didn’t know what to expect but it’s been really magical. All the lads and the people have had a great evening!” Attendee, John Barry from Derby College added “It was an excellent event. Faultless. Very well-organised.”

Finally, it wouldn’t do to finish without a word from “The Guvnor”, rams legend Roy McFarland. He said “It’s been a fantastic night. It involved everyone in the room, put a smile on their faces and it’s a great cause we’ve been here for.” All money raised will make a difference to MND Sufferers in Derbyshire and Gloucestershire with grants awarded for specialised equipment such as wheelchairs, breathing equipment, transport and respite care.