We had a fabulous morning at the Byrne Avenue Attic Sale on Sunday 12th May, raising awareness and a bonus of £35 for Leigh Network 😊 Thank you to everyone who came to our stall. These events are always run by our volunteers, as is the whole charity, every little bit of fundraising that we…
We had a great weekend in Blackpool Friday 26th – Monday 29th April with the amazing Leigh Network Mito families. We had a fantastic afternoon tea in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom whilst watching the dancers. A lovely brisk walk along the prom. We were entertained in the hotel by the cabaret every night. The company…
We had a brilliant day at Hulme Hall Flea Market on Sunday 3rd March! We had lots of lovely chats with people about mitochondrial disease, lots of laughs and we raised a whopping £200! Awesome! Thank you to everyone who donated items and to all the fab customers – you all rock! 🙌🏻😊💚❤️🥳 #MitoAware #MitochondrialDisease…
A fantastic way to raise awareness of mitochondrial disease and Leigh Network is to wear one of our gorgeous wristbands and badges! For only £1 each (+p&p UK only) you can get the conversation about mitochondria going! Why not order a bundle and give them to your friends, family or sell them at your workplace?…
What a year 2023 has been for Leigh Network! A round up from Faye; Year Round Up 2023 Video In January Mandy continued to walk on during the winter weather, towards completing her 1000 Mile Walk in memory of our Sammy. During February, Glasgow Rare Aware which is medical students from Glasgow University, asked us…
When we were at the Newcastle patient information day, we listened to Dr Albert Lim and Professor Bobby McFarland discussing their Leigh Syndrome research project which began by looking into how the disease affects children and progresses in its younger sufferers.Over the last few years Leigh Network have been contributing to the project and were…
On Sunday 3rd December 2023 a wonderful team of volunteers/trustees supported Leigh Network by running the Liverpool Santa Dash! Thank you to Sarah, Erin, Claire, Gaynor, Tiff, Kat and Oliver! ❤️ A huge thank you also to every individual who so generously sponsored our fantastic santas! Your kindness raised an amazing £520.00, this will go…
Leigh Network was proud to take part in World Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week between 18th-24th September 2023! Each year we join Mito organisations from across the globe in an amazing effort to raise awareness about Mitochondrial Diseases, the impact they have on patients and their families and the need for vital research to find…
A huge thank you to everyone who sponsored Mandy on her 1000 mile walk in memory of Sam who lost his life to mitochondrial disease 30 years ago, aged just 19 months. We can now announce that your generosity helped Mandy raise a fantastic £1815.00. THANK YOU YOU ARE CHANGING LIVES To celebrate Mandy…
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…