Another Fabulous Family Day

We had a fabulous time on Saturday 15th July at our Leigh Network Family Day at the Newcastle Life Science Centre. Thank you to everyone who came along and to Dr Lyndsey Butterworth and Dr Albert Lim from Mitochondrial Research for an insightful talk together with a Q&A session and activities. As always it was…

Mito Matters – Supporting Awareness Across our Socials

Over the last few months we have been supporting many different awareness campaigns. So many different conditions have been shown to have mitochondria dysfunction and highlights the fact that research into mitochondrial diseases will not only benefit those diagnosed with the condition but millions of others.  If you visit our social media pages on Facebook,…

Raising Awareness & Funds Wherever We Go!

Over the last few months we have been busy raising awareness about mitochondrial diseases and about the support that Leigh Network offers.  We have been lucky enough to hold awareness days at Tesco in Heswall and  Asda in Liscard, we had some fantastic chats with the customers, gave out lots of our leaflet and raised…

A Glittering Message of Support – Keeeeep Dancing!

Kai & Nadiya Our founder Faye and her mum Mandy were lucky to meet some of the amazing dancing stars from Strictly Come Dancing, with Kai and Nadiya sending Leigh Network a fantastic message of support! Faye and Mandy raise awareness about mitochondrial disease wherever they go – even when they’re dancing 🙂    …

Donating to Research – Thank You!

A huge thank you to all our supporters who have helped us raise funds over the last year, because of this support we were recently able to donate £2,200 to The Wellcome Trust Centre in Newcastle who carry out vital research into mitochondrial diseases.  We were so pleased to receive a thank you letter from…

Rare Disease Day 28th February 2023

We were extremely proud to join the international mitochondrial community during Rare Disease Day to not only support raising awareness about all rare diseases but also about the significant contribution that research into and understanding mitochondria does and can have on the whole rare community.  We were able to take part in a tweet storm…

Leigh Network 2022

What a year 2022 has been! A round up from Faye: We began the year with Laura Jakubowski completing her fundraising challenge. A sit down cycle which was amazing and raised much needed funds for Leigh Network. Laura sadly lost her fight to mitochondrial disease in July. She is so missed ❤️ Robyn a student…

Katie our Superstar Fundraiser

Katie Maj, who herself has mitochondrial disease, causing dystonia, mobility and balance issues, among other things, has just had her milestone birthday of 21 so decided to celebrate by taking on a mammoth challenge of exercise. Throughout the whole of October Katie has been pushing herself to her limits, swimming, trampolining, cycling, boxing, stretching, walking…

Fantastic Flea Market Fundraiser

💚🙌🏻 We had a fab day at Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight on Sunday 2nd October! We raised a whopping £163! We’re so grateful to everyone who donated items, for those who bought from us, and it was great chatting to some lovely people about who Leigh Network are and why awareness about Mitochondrial disease…

Walking a Thousand Miles for Leigh Network and Sammy

Mandy explains why she has set herself a new challenge to raise funds for Leigh Network, which she started during Mitochondrial Awareness Week. Click on the video to find out more and the link to donate is below. Everyone at Leigh Network is supporting Mandy with this fantastic fundraising initiative and we hope you will…