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28/03/2017

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Should I tell my kids? A child’s view.

By Kate | News, Stories

My name is Izzy. I am twelve years old and my dad is a sufferer of Kennedys Disease. Kennedys Disease is a rare motor-neuron disease that effects men and is...

16/03/2017

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Pub Quiz Night Raises Awareness and Funds…

By Kate | Fundraising, News

The Napoleon Inn, Boscastle organised a pub quiz night to raise awareness of Kennedy’s Disease and also to raise funds for much needed research into this rare disease. Many thanks...

22/12/2016

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Windsor Half Marathon 21st May 2017

By Kate | Events, Fundraising

Looking for a challenge in 2017? How about running for KD-UK at the Royal Windsor Half Marathon Trail Run on Sunday 21st May 2017? We think it’s up there as...

21/12/2016

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Parkers Property Consultants support KDUK

By Kate | Events, Fundraising

Thank you Parkers Property Consultants & Valuers of Poundbury, Dorset for supporting KD-UK at their Christmas Raffle evening. It was a great success with much needed awareness raised for Kennedy's...

30/11/2016

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My husband is disabled. One day I stood up and made MPs listen to our story…

By Kate | News

This is the excellent article written by Katy Styles and published in The Guardian newspaper highlighting the struggles sufferers and their carers endure at the hands of this disease. Please...

21/10/2016

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Moonlight Lantern Walk
21 May 2016

By Kate | News

On 21st May 2016 Sarah Hawkins organised a fund raising event, The Moonlight Lantern Walk. The walk started in Padstow and finished in Hawker’s Cover which is a distance of...

19/10/2016

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KD-UK awards its largest ever Research Grant to UCL

By Kate | News

Kennedy’s Disease UK (KD-UK) is a local charity making a big difference. It recently awarded an £80,000 research grant to University College London which hosts one of the leading research...

17/10/2016

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No Yorkshire hill too high
27th & 28th August 2016

By Kate | News

Over the August Bank Holiday weekend Finn Wood (12 years old) joined his Dad to cycle the 2014 Tour de France route from Leeds to Harrogate; some 127 miles over...

13/09/2016

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KD-UK attend Rare Disease Day
2 March 2016

By Kate | News

Kate and Karen, KD-UK trustees, attended the Rare Disease Day presentation at the Houses of Parliament, managing to speak to Ben Howlett MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group,...

13/09/2016

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Research Grant awarded to UCL
25th June 2016

By Kate | News

Karen Woollam, Kate Hopps and Ian Jones, trustees of Kennedy's Disease UK today awarded a research grant to the KD research team at UCL for £25000. This brings the total...

News & Events

Should I tell my kids? A child’s view.

Pub Quiz Night Raises Awareness and Funds…

Windsor Half Marathon 21st May 2017

Parkers Property Consultants support KDUK

My husband is disabled. One day I stood up and made MPs listen to our story…

Moonlight Lantern Walk
21 May 2016

KD-UK awards its largest ever Research Grant to UCL

No Yorkshire hill too high
27th & 28th August 2016

KD-UK attend Rare Disease Day
2 March 2016

Research Grant awarded to UCL
25th June 2016

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