One of the things I value most about being part of our Chamber of Commerce is the way our business community comes together to support ideas and causes that genuinely matter.
Today, I’d like to invite you to become part of something that gives all of us real reason for hope.
This month, researchers at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) are preparing to begin human clinical trials of a pioneering new treatment for Motor Neurone Disease. This exciting programme targets the UNC13A protein, a genetic pathway that could potentially benefit around 97% of people living with MND. Currently there is no cure or effective treatment and most people die within two years of diagnosis.
For families affected by this devastating disease, it represents one of the most significant moments in MND research for many years.
As Founder and CEO of the Mel Evans MND Foundation, I’m incredibly proud that our charity helps support the pioneering work taking place at SITraN. We have seen first-hand the passion, dedication and determination of the researchers working tirelessly to turn hope into reality.
To mark this exciting milestone, we are launching our 30 Days of Hope campaign throughout August.
30 Businesses. One Shared Belief. A Future Beyond MND.
Our ambition is simple.
We’re inviting 30 businesses from our local community to stand alongside us over the next 30 days and become part of a campaign built around hope, innovation and the belief that together we can help accelerate life-changing research.
We’re asking businesses to support us in whichever way they can:
💙 Make a one-off charitable donation.
🤝 Become a corporate supporter of the Foundation.
📢 Share our campaign with colleagues, customers and your wider network.
Every act of support helps us continue investing in pioneering research, raising awareness and giving hope to the thousands of families whose lives have been changed by MND.
As business leaders, we all understand the importance of investing in innovation. Research is no different. Every breakthrough begins with people who believe enough to back it.
Imagine looking back in years to come and knowing that your business played a small part in supporting research that helped change the future for people living with MND.
We would be honoured if your business became one of our 30 Days of Hope Partners and joined us in showing that our business community believes in hope, believes in research and believes in a future beyond MND.
If you’d like to join us, I’d love to hear from you.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you for everything our Chamber community does to make such a positive difference.
Together, let’s turn hope into progress.
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