Reading & West Berkshire MND Association

Covering much of Berkshire including Reading, West Berkshire and Bracknell, Includes post codes RG1 - RG20, RG31, RG40 - RG42 and RG45.

A seven-strong team of mad-cap cyclists are planning to cycle from Casablanca to London in August to help fight Motor Neurone Disease. One of them, 20-year-old Jack Gilbert, the son of our publicity officer , took up the challenge in memory of his grand-mother who died from MND.

Jack,a second year engineering science student at Balliol College, Oxford, and Chris Kroon, who is reading biomedical science at Imperial College, London, are using the internet networking site Facebook to help raise vital awareness as well as funds.

The team , which includes Chris’s mum Annelie Green and her husband David from Kintbury , has planned its own route – 1,000 miles in 100 hours - and is paying all its expenses so that every penny raised will go to help with MND research projects.

To support their quest for 1000 miles in 100 hours visit: http://www.justgiving.com/casablanca2london

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Are you free on June 27th?

There is a collection in aid of MND in Newbury town centre on June 27th. More volunteers are still needed to help with the collection. If you are able to help then please contact Colin Moss for more information.

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Colin’s Tips

Colin’s positive and personal account of living with MND is now produced in pamphlet form and might be particularly helpful to those recently diagnosed with MND.

Click here to download your copy

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Want to take part in a research Project?

Dr Martin Turner is undertaking a BioMOX research study at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He needs up to 75 people who are living with MND and up to 25 healthy people to participate in the study. For first hand experience from Roland Lewis about what is involved see page 7 in the April newsletter or for full details, visit

http://plone3.medsci.ox.ac.uk/mndcentre/research/the-biomox-study