Registered Charity No. 294354
Local Branch Patron :
Dr. Tom Warner
 MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION
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WE HAVE A NEW BRANCH PATRON
Dr. Dorothy Anderson, who has been Patron of our Branch since 2003, recently wrote to the committee asking to be replaced at the end of this year. Here is an extract from her letter:- 'I am asking you to replace me at the end of the year as I am now too old to be useful, as my 'circle of influence' is rapidly diminishing. All I have done is cut cakes and accept cheques and I should like to say how much I respect every one of you, past and present members, for all the hard work you have done in our united fight against MND'. We appreciate the interest and support she has given, over the years, and that she will continue to be a member of our Branch.
At our November meeting, the Branch was able to present Dorothy with a small token of thanks and a cake was presented, which Dorothy can be seen cutting. We are all very grateful for her support that she has given to the Branch.


We are very pleased to be able to tell you that Dr. Thomas Warner Ph.D FRCP has kindly agreed to become our patron from January 2011. Dr Warner is Consultant Neurologist at Lister Hospital (where many of our members will have met him) and Reader in Clinical Neurosciences at University College London, Institute of Neurology. He is also Consultant Neurologist at the Royal Free Hospital and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and has undertaken research into movement disorders at the Institute of Neurology. He has been a Consultant at the Lister since 1997, seeing all patients with neurological diseases including those with MND. Dr. Warner already has many commitments, but it will be good for us to have the support and interest from someone with so much experience in this field and we look forward to meeting him sometime in the coming year.



30th ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF THE MND ASSOCIATION
This year the MND Association celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the Association. A great example of how small beginnings can develop into much larger things. At our Branch meeting in October, we celebrated the Anniversary and had a talk on the history of our Branch from David Sims, one of our founder members and past Chairman. We also had a slide show of some of the memorable events in the history of the Branch over the last 7 years. We finished our celebratory evening with the cutting of an Anniversary Cake and this was done by our Patron, Dr Dorothy Anderson.
  
 


The inaugural meeting of the MND Association
 
 
LINKS TO JERSEY BRANCH OF THE MND ASSOCIATION

A few months ago, two of our Branch Members went over to Jersey for a holiday on the island. Whilst over there, they met with the Christine Whitfield, Chairman of the Jersey Branch of the MND Association. We are very pleased to have formed a bond with the Jersey Branch and here is a link to their website: www.mndjersey.org/index.html
Pictured below is Alan Lockett, on holiday in Jersey, meeting with Christine Whitfield.

 



Second new gene discovered in less than a year

Less than a year after the last major research breakthrough, collaborative researchers have discovered a new gene mutation that causes a rare inherited form of MND.

Find out more at :

www.mndassociation.org/researchnews


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