Multiple Sclerosis Research Initiative Fund

		On this page: The Northern Word CD Could you walk one mile for research? A Stranger In Your Town Donate To The Myelin Project Donate To The Accelerated Cure Project The Mayor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hazel Bettison, presenting us with a guitar signed by The Proclaimers - "The Proclaimers Walking Side By Side 5,000 Miles For MS" Thank you Mr. Mayor, thank you The Proclaimers!
		NORTHERN WORD
		ELEVEN TRACKS only £7 + P&P ALL PROCEEDS TO RESEARCH Track listing: (click on the artists name for a sample. opens in new window) 1. Ed Blaney - Digs Deep 2. Aveneta - Round Mound 3. Hustler - Money 4. Black Jackson - Stay Easy 5. Chris Tandy - The Girl In The Car Next Door 6. Cosmic Daisy - Into The Light Into The Dark 7. Hans Island - Month Of Mondays 8. The Planets - Then He Snaps 9. Mother John - 54321 10. Boo Boo Kiddy Fonc - Six Billion Bombs 11. The Lancashire Hotpots - Shopmobility Scooter P&P is 99p within the UK and £2.29 to the US To buy your copy please click the button below to pay through PayPal or send a cheque payable to MSRI Fund to 36 Ashdene Crescent Harwood Bolton Lancs BL2 3LW The cost of the CD is £7 + 99p P&P within the UK or + £2.29 P&P to the US Click here to see all donations
		Walk A Mile For MS Research
		Could you walk ONE MILE and help to raise funds for research? It's easy to walk a mile, and it only takes about 15 minutes on a good day. During my last 1,000 mile walk, through England, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, following the route my father took with the Cameronians during WWII, your sponsorship totalled an inspirational £10 a mile. If just one person from each town I will be walking through this time would walk one mile with me and raise a tenner or more, the total raised throughout the country would be a significant boost for research. My wife, Gwen, was stricken by Multiple Sclerosis sixteen years ago at the age of 32. I have watched a fit, healthy, young woman gradually being forced to come to terms with a fearfully debilitating illness. Research is getting closer to an effective treatment for MS - at present there is absolutely no treatment for people with progressive MS, like my wife, Gwen, but Professor Ffrench-Constant in Edinburgh says he will wipe out MS altogether in 15 years and I'm convinced that if there was more money for research that time frame would be much shorter; 15 years is much too long for many people with MS. Please click here to send me an email if you could walk a mile for research.
		Sponsor a mile without actually walking it !
		Sponsor a mile, I'll walk it, and let you know when I've done it! If you would like to sponsor a mile now, please click the 'Donate Now Online' button above, or post your sponsorship to: MSRI Fund 36 Ashdene Crescent Harwood Bolton Lancs BL2 3LW or click here to send me an email with your pledge
		Post Your Sponsorship Direct to the Myelin Project
		To send your sponsorship by post to The Myelin Project, please send a cheque made payable to Myelin Project (MSRI) to: The British Trust For The Myelin Project 139 Hulme Hall Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Cheshire SK8 6LQ Tel: 0161 292 3191 The one aim of the Myelin Project is to accelerate research into remyelination of the damaged nerves caused by Multiple Sclerosis and the Leukodystrophies which affects adults and children. They do not receive any government funding or lottery money so there is no red tape that could tie up funds and keep them from taking immediate action towards a promising research. Their Trustees receive no salary, as they do not want to take funds away from their intention - to find that breakthrough! Click here to visit their website
		Donate by Credit Card to The Accelerated Cure Project
		To donate online now directly to The Accelerated Cure Project by Credit Card Click here Non-US credit card holders are able to make contributions through the 'Network for Good' organization (this will be reflected on your credit card bill), which is a nonprofit that provides, among other things, subsidised credit card processing so The Accelerated Cure Project can receive your gift with minimal (3%) transaction fees being charged.
		Post Your Sponsorship Direct to The Accelerated Cure Project
		You can send a cheque drawn on a UK or European Bank Account, and made payable to The Accelerated Cure Project at: Accelerated Cure Project 300 Fifth Avenue Waltham, MA 02451 USA The Accelerated Cure Project will not be content with simply finding ways to slow the disease or treat symptoms. Curing means preventing the disability caused by MS, permanently stopping the progress of MS, and repairing the damage already caused in patients with MS. As quickly as possible. By concentrating on finding the causes of MS. Click here to visit their website
		A Stranger In Your Town by The Mayor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hazel Bettison.
		There's a stranger walked through our town today From the minute that I saw him My heart went out to him The journey that he's walking Is a long and sometimes a lonely road Walking from my town, into your town There is a purpose to his mission To walk for miles and miles To raise a great awareness for MS sufferers So others can hopefully find a cure Listen to his words He tells a special tale Not of himself but of those for whom he walks each mile So if you see this lonesome stranger Walking through your town Spare some funds for his purpose & his mission To find a cure for others with MS Take the time to talk a while Offer if you can your hospitality A warm drink & a meal The comfort of a bed is even better if you can He is a selfless man For only others is his goal A warm and cheery smile, he'll surely bring to you He's a stranger walking through your town Back pack on his back Walking 5,000 miles for MS please give generously Andy is his name