We are delighted our next Support Meeting will be at the Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel Le Ferne on Saturday 19th October.
The meeting will start at 11.00. We will enjoy tea, coffee and cake
It promises to be a great meeting and we look forward to a good turnout and of course wonderful weather.
The address is The Hunters Lodge, Battle of Britain Memorial, New Dover Road, (B2011), Capel Le Ferne, CT18 7JJ
Everybody affected by MND or has been affected by MND is welcome.
A group of young people doing their National Citizenship service selected MNDA East Kent as their charity for a series of events which took place in Thanet from Tuesday 13th until Friday 16th August.
The reason for selection of MNDA was the death of a family member, you can see the video the group made about this here https://t.co/QYjklKXEEt?amp=1
Another member of the group also had been affected by MND, you can see the video the group made about this here
You can donate to the group on Just Giving by visiting https://t.co/ccILEJNMM4?amp=1 This group of young people hoped to raise in excess of £500, they actually achieved the astonishing sum of £1337.00. Huge thanks to every donor.
The events planned were:
Tuesday 13th August Walking Football with a cake sale at Margate Football Club, Hartsdown Road, Margate. 13.00 – 16.00. Admission was free. To play football, the donation was £1 and for 3 penalties the donation was £2. Full details can be found by visiting here https://www.instagram.com/p/B08-OltlmEh/?igshid=1dvkortoex0xq
Tuesday 13th August at 16.35 members of the NCS Group visited 107.8 Academy FM to be interviewed. Details here https://www.instagram.com/p/B053laKFlAg/?igshid=1rl585ob4lbos
Wednesday 14th August there was a live stream on Twitter, Instagram and You Tube.
Friday 16th August the group held a NEON PARTY at Newington Green Community Centre,
Marie Thomas, Princess Margaret Avenue, Ramsgate, CT12 6HX, from 16.00 – 20.00. Entry was £3.00. There was music and refreshments.
Huge thanks to this wonderful group of young people, who raised £1337.00 in a very short period of time. Thanks to you all and thanks to everyone who supported your efforts and to everyone who donated.
Can you WALK for 40 minutes and can you raise £40 sponsorship?
If the answer is yes to both please join us in Canterbury on Sunday 6th October. The venue is Lifestyle Fitness, Canterbury Campus, Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 QA and the time is 2pm.
This year is the 40th anniversary of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. To mark this event Brian Sackett and his sister Hilary Smith are organising a Ruby Walk to D’Feet. Both Brian and Hilary lost partners to MND, so it is a subject very close to their hearts.
Registration details are shown below, if you register on the web site, you will be sent an electronic sponsorship form which you can print, if you chose to register with Brian Sackett he will send you a sponsorship form.
Every sponsored walker will receive an MNDA tee shirt and upon completing the 40 minutes, you will receive a souvenir medallion of the day.
You can register for our walk at http://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/rubywalk
You may donate to the Ruby Walk to D’Feet MND at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rubywalk2019 all monies donated will be used to support people living with MND in East Kent or to contribute towards research for a cure.
Brian and Hilary gave an interview to Kent On Line. It is very moving and worth a read. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/i-thought-it-can-t-strike-our-family-again-how-wrong-was-i-210322/ this link also takes you to the KMTV interview.
The third Coastal walk to D’Feet MND took place on Saturday May 18th. There were three walk options.
Some 60 walkers walked on the day. The weather was fair and the walk most enjoyable. The walkers from Whitstable started at 7.30 am, those from Minnis Bay at 11.30 and the final group from Margate at 1.30pm
All walkers finished at the Wrotham Arms, Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, between 2 and 4.30pm. Medallions were presented to all walkers who completed their walk.
Adrian Powell made a brief speech of thanks to all walkers, the organisers and of course our sponsors.
Refreshments were provided by the Wrotham Arms and excellent they were, thanks to Jackie and her team at the Wrotham Arms. Soothing drinks were also enjoyed from the bar.
As of June 12th, the Walk has raised £6,500 including gift aid. A fantastic result which means over 3 years we have raised over £25,000 to support people living with MND in East Kent and contribute towards research for a cure for this devastating disease.
As a direct result of our walk in 2018, MNDA East Kent have been able to fund the purchasing of a piece of equipment to allow the respiratory nurse to be mobile in the MND clinic at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. This will make life much easier for patients with MND visiting the clinic.
We will be announcing details of installation on our web site, when the equipment is installed.
Huge thanks to our sponsors Greenwich Kitchens and Premier Signs and Graphics; to The Wrotham Arms; to all walkers; to everyone who collected sponsorship, and everyone who gave generously.
The Wrotham Arms in Broadstairs has been a fantastic supporter of MNDA East Kent for several years.
The Wired New Year’s Day Jam, which featured many local musicians, and prizes donated by various people, with a special mention to Hornby for their generous donation, raised the fabulous sum of £960.30. The main contributor being the raffle, but also sales of the Fairholt album and some £70 from the collection box.
More recently on 14th April Lodestone, Flame Pilots and Spyplane played in the afternoon. Ben Mills and Robert Jarvis performed in the evening, great fun was had, and a raffle raised some £310.00.
The Wrotham arms has now raised over £6,000.00 for MNDA East Kent, since the 1st Jan 2016. Thanks to Jackie and her staff at the Wrotham Arms, thanks to all the musicians who have played at various functions, thank to all organisers and finally thanks to all the customers at the Wrotham Arms for their generosity over the past few years.
The Saltwood Run has been held for many years on Boxing Day. Large numbers of runners turn out to run off some of the Christmas dinner.
North Kent MNDA have been a recipient of funds from the run for many years. We have received a cheque for £2,500.00 from funds raised at the 2018 run.
Thanks to Ross Sansom and the team organising the Saltwood Run and to all the runners who efforts over many years have raised substantial funds to support people living with MND in East Kent.
Many thanks also to the Members of Rotary Club of The Channel for their continuing support over many years. We received a cheque for £250 for the run in 2018.
Huge thanks to everyone involved in the Fun Run: The Runners, Ross Sansom and his team, Rotary Club of The Channel and everyone who donated. People living with MND in East Kent and MNDA East Kent are very grateful for your continuing support.
East Kent MNDA Group help their annual Spring Lunch on Saturday 27th April at the Yarrow Hotel, Broadstairs.
There were 36 diners and we all enjoyed a well prepared and presented 3 course meal by the staff of the Yarrow Hotel. The food was excellent and heartily enjoyed by everyone present.
We had the honour of having Richard Coleman, the Chairman of our Board of Trustees as our guest. Richard gave a short speech about the history of the association and where it is going in the future, which was very well received.
Richard made presentation to Katy Styles and Clive Hudson for service to the association.
We had been donated a 4 Ball Golf Prize for Goodwood and we duly auctioned this. Pat McCabe won the bidding with a donation of £100.00.
Adrian Powell made an impassioned plea for diners to either join our walk to D’Feet MND on May 18th or get their friends to do so. See www.mnda-eastkent.org.uk/walk19
We ended with a raffle, which is always fun. It is a joy to watch the anticipation of our young diners. Thanks to all our members who contributed prizes.
Thanks to everyone for coming and special thanks to the staff and management of the Yarrow Hotel, who made us feel very welcome. f
We had 53 diners at our annual Christmas Lunch at the Yarrow Hotel, Broadstairs on Saturday 8th December.
We had an excellent meal, beautifully served by the staff of the hotel, who as ever were excellent.
During the course of the lunch Katy Styles MNDA Trustee awarded a 25 year award to Hazel Izzard (Watts) for her service to MNDA in East Kent over the past quarter century. Hazel has retired from our group and we gave her a beautiful bouquet in recognition of the incredible work she has done to support people living with MND in East Kent.
As in previous years we had a superb raffle, with prizes being bought along by many diners and we had lots of fun drawing the raffle and the children present certainly had fun collecting various prizes.
We would like to thank the Yarrow Hotel and their wonderful staff, all raffle donors and everyone who attended for making it such a splendid lunch.
We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a good 2019.
We will be holding our third Coastal Walk to D’Feet MND on Saturday May 18th 2019.There will be three walks, the first from Whitstable to Broadstairs , the second from Birchington Minnis Bay to Broadstairs and the third from Margate to Broadstairs. All will end with refreshments at The Wrotham Arms, Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs.There is an entrance fee of £10 which includes a tee shirt (collected on the day), training program, detailed plan of walk, and full insurance. Only registered walkers can walk and they must wear the tee shirt for insurance purposes.
Each walker is requested to find sponsorship to support people living with MND in East Kent. There is no obligation to raise sponsorship but all support is greatly appreciated.To register for the walk, please visit www.mnda-eastkent.org.uk/walk2019 , complete the form, then follow the link to Just Giving to pay your entry fee of £10. If you intend to set up your own JustGiving page, we are happy for you to do so. Please select MNDA as your charity and then please mention MNDA East Kent in your story to ensure that funds you raise are used for people living with MND in East Kent. Once you have set up your JustGiving Page, please link it to our team at www.justgiving.com/teams/coastalwalk2019/join so we can keep track of the total funds we raise.If you want to make a donation in support but not register please visit our Donations PageShould you experience any difficulties please email webmaster@mnda-eastkent.org.uk
The route is shown on the map above. Training programs for the walks, the Walk Plan, sponsorship forms, posters and flyers can be downloaded below:
24 mile walk training programme download PDF
11 mile walk training programme download PDF
Walking Route and Plan download PDF
We thank our sponsors, with whose help we are able to raise substantial sums to help people living with MND in East Kent.
On Saturday 2nd June the 7th annual Pearson Whiffin Charity 5-a-side football tournament took place at KSports Cobdown in Ditton, Aylesford.
The day was overcast but dry, ideal conditions for playing football.
48 teams played several matches each seeking to win the coveted Champions Cup, the cup was won by Macklands with ISS winning the Consolation Cup.
The chosen charity for the day was MNDA in Kent, with all proceeds to be shared amongst the branches and groups in Kent.
Through various activities on the day and raffles, Pearson Whiffin raised over £5000 to support people living with MND in Kent.
MNDA East Kent warmly thank Rob Pearson and his team for organising this wonderful event and raising funds to support people living with MND in Kent.
Please support our sponsors by visiting www.pearsonwhiffin.co.uk for all your recruitment needs.
