FAR EAST TO FAR WEST

Great South Coast Road Trip for The Motor Neurone Disease Association East Kent

When?Clive and Lynn Hudson moved to Broadstairs, the town at?the east?end of the South Coast they had an idea!? They?wanted to travel by bus all the way to Land?s End?just for fun!

It was planned as a holiday, but after becoming involved with The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND Association) in East Kent, they decided it would be great if it became a fund raising and awareness campaign for MND Association. They were inspired to undertake the

trip by seeing the dignity of persons living with motor neurone disease (MND) and the devastating effect MND has on them, their families and friends.

 

Travelling the entire length of the South Coast using public buses only, members from other branches of The MND Association along the South Coast will join them for parts of the journey They will also be attend many exciting events along the way!

From fairly humble beginnings the idea has really taken off?the trip includes 15 overnight stops and 17 events along the route. There are events in Broadstairs, Sandwich, Folkestone, Bexhill, Brighton/Hove, Worthing, Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Torquay, Plymouth, St Austell, Truro and Lands? End.

The events include Rock Shows, a Quiz, a Zip Wire Challenge, a picnic, and reception in Truro Cathedral. Many well-known people have been invited, from Bishops, to Rock Impresarios, Mayors, and Members of Parliament?we cannot confirm their attendance?. yet, but watch this space!

Events in East Kent are;

• 2^nd June 8pm Launch Party ? Wrotham Arms, Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, CT10 1QQ Great rock music from Blue on Black.
• 3^rd June 9am Farewell Breakfast ? The Olde Curiosity Shop, Harbour Road, Broadstairs, they do great bacon sandwiches!!
• 3^rd June 1pm Picnic in Salutation Gardens Knightrider Street, Sandwich, Kent, England, CT13 9EW?bring your own picnic.
• 3^rd June 6.45pm Wine and Wisdom, Phoenix Centre, Jubilee Road, Sandwich, CT13 0QP ?tickets include a glass of wine and a good Ploughman?s Supper? there will also be a raffle.
• 4^th June 11am Support Meeting, Battle of Britain Memorial, B2011, Capel Le Ferne CT18 7JJ. This will include a tour, talk from Clive Butler about The Memorial, coffee and biscuits and The Scramble Experience.

 

From Folkestone Clive and Lynn leave Kent for the rest of the trip along the coast, meeting up with other branches of The MND Association as they go. Highlights of this trip include Big Beach Caf?, Fatboy Slim?s Club in Hove on 8^th June, a great gig at The Rose in June Pub in Portsmouth with music from Dice, a Zip-Wire challenge from Bournemouth Pier on 11^th June and tea in the Bishops Palace in Exeter on 13^th June. An eclectic mix of events which it is hoped will appeal to many and help to raise much needed awareness and funds for The MND association.

Clive and Lynn hope to raise at least ?10,000 for The MND Association, which will support people living with MND in East Kent and contribute to research for a cure to this devastating disease.

 

Links

To Donate? ?https://www.justgiving.com/MNDA-East-Kent1

Full details https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=650

Flier http://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/pdffiles/Flyer.pdf

About MND https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?page_id=508

About Clive and Lynn Hudson https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1346

Photo http://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/CliveandLynn.jpg

Ad for Wrotham https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1346

Ad for Wine and Wisdom https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1317

T shirt details https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1334

Battle of Britain Memorial https://mnda-eastkent.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1323

Current Schedule (subject to change) https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=E524978EB7AB81DD!746&authkey=!AINiqG13WkxdL08&ithint=file%2cdocx

 

About motor neurone disease (MND)

• MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.
• It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. MND does not usually affect the senses (sight, sound and feeling).
• It can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe.
• It affects people from all communities.
• Some people may experience changes in thinking and behaviour, with a proportion experiencing a rare form of dementia.
• It kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis.
• A person?s lifetime risk of developing MND is up to 1 in 300.
• Six people per day are diagnosed with MND in the UK.
• It affects up to 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time.
• It kills six people per day in the UK, just under 2,200 per year
• It has no cure.

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About us

The MND Association was founded in 1979 by a group of volunteers with experience of living with or caring for someone with MND. We are the only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland focused on MND care, research and campaigning.

We are a membership organisation and have more than 9,000 people helping to strengthen our voice.

What we do

We improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers.

We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments, and brings us closer to a cure for MND.

We campaign and raise awareness so the needs of people with MND and everyone who cares for them are recognised and addressed by wider society.