Muscular Dystrophy UK is a leading UK charity focused
on muscular dystrophy. They are dedicated to finding treatments and
cures and improving the lives of adults and children affected by
the condition. As well as providing funding for world class
research they also provide practical information, advice and
support, campaigning to bring about change and raise
awareness.
Action Duchenne fund cutting edge technology and clinical trails into potential treatments to benefit everyone living their lives with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. They campaign for equality for people with disabilities and provide life lines through their support for families
Duchenne Research
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a neuromuscular condition caused by the lack of a protein called dystrophin. It is a serious condition that causes progressive muscle weakness. About 100 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are born in the United Kingdom each year.
EVENTS SO FAR......
Virtual London Marathom
Sunday 4th October 2020
Go Orange Day
Friday 7th February 2020
Thank you to everyone who took part in Go Orange Day, we are just waiting for the total's to come in then we can update you
Rushmoor Parkrun
Saturday 1st February 2020
Thank you so much to Eva raising money for Help4Harry, here are a few words from Eva herself
On Saturday 1st February I ran my first 5km run at Rushmoor Parkrun. Luckily it wasn’t raining. By 2 ½ km out of the 5km my legs felt exhausted but I kept on going. I finished it in 35 minutes and raised £45 for Help4Harry.
Mr Motivator workout at FHES
Monday 27th January 2020
Thank you to everyone who came along for the workout with Mr Motivator, we raised £2408.14 which will go towards disability adaptations to Farnham Heath End School
January 2020
Year 4 St Polycarp's School, Farnham
Thank you to Year 4 at St. Polycarp's School in Farnham, they
held a Jamaican Day, they wore clothes in the colours of the
Jamaican flag. They also talked about Muscular Dystrophy, raising
awareness and raise funds for research into treatment and finding a
cure.They raised £106.32 for Help4Harry - thank you so
much!!!
Help4Harry Hot Chocolate Sale
Sunday 15th December 2019
Massive thanks to the Hardcastle Gang for the Hot Chocolate Sale on Sunday, a great few hours as always. We raised in excess of £230 so thank you to everyone who helped and all that came along and supported
Help4Harry Hot Chocolate Sale
Sunday 2nd December 2018
Massive thanks to the Hardcastle & Bloomfield families for
organising and running their annual Hot Chocolate Sale yesterday,
thank you to everyone who came along and supported. They raised a
brilliant £235.00
Amazing support, thank you xx
Be Gung-Ho
Saturday 21st July 2018
A great day was had by all at this event in Southampton, Harry managed nearly all of the obstacles, this boy has great determination
Hedgehogs Motoring Revival Farnham
Sunday 15th July 2018
We had an amazing day at this event organised by the fantastic Gareth Jex from the Hedgehogs Farnham. The day including looking at the collection of cars on display, the Gin Van was there along with a bar and some lovely food. Harry got the surprise of his life when he was presented with an All Terrain Hopper which has been made just for him, Robert & Tanya Lewis and friends got together and bought this vehicle for Harry. It has been a life changing experience for him and us as a family as we can now start to go out for family days once again. BIG, BIG thanks to everyone involved, we are so very grateful. A total raised from the day is still to be announced.
Harry's Big Bash
Saturday 19th May 2018
What an amazing night!! Thank you so much to everyone who came along to support us, to everyone who donated either an auction or raffle prize. Big thanks go to Pete and his team at Cater 4 U catering services LTD. The support we receive from everyone is always overwhelming. With your help we managed to raise just over £7,000 which is just phenomenal!!! THANK YOU!!!
Outlaw Half
Sunday 20th May 2018
Massive thanks and respect to Lucy Capeling-Sides who took part is this gruelling event, Lucy did a 1.2M swim, 56M bike ride followed by a 13.1M run, don't know how you did it Lucy but we think you're awesome!! Lucy raised a fabulous £530.00
Help4Harry SkyDive
Sunday 13th May 2018
Massive thanks to our amazing skydivers, they are Kristina Ortubai, Brad Reeves, Jason Gregory and Dan Falconer, they braved the skies and were fabulous. They raised an incredible £3,128.00 THANK YOU SO MUCH :)
Virgin London Marathon
Sunday 22nd April 2018
One last big thanks to our amazing Marathon runners yesterday,
what an amazing achievement in that heat, you are all Harry's
Hero's. In total Steve, Sophie and Veronique raised an incredible
£3,082 and the
money is still coming in #biglove #bigthanks #vlm2018
Zumbathon
Saturday 24th March 2018
Massive thanks to our lovely Sister-in-law Becci Barnley who is took part in a Zumbathon for 3 hours for Help4Harry/MDUK - Thanks Becci for raising much needed awareness and £150.00
Go Orange Day
Friday 2nd February 2018
Thank you so much, we've had some amazing support this year, the school's/companies who took part are William Cobbett Primary School, Badshot Lea Infant School, Folly Hill Infant School, Heath End School, Treloar College, Specsavers in Farnham & Alton, Ducati Alton, Sales Office @ Celtic Manor Newport, AQA in Guildford, Farnham Leisure Centre, Rougemont School in Newport, Mini Monster Football Team (part of Farnham Town FC) & Hawthorn Lodge in Farnham. We had a grand total locally of £3,804.35!!! Amazing thank you!
Help4Harry Quiz Night
Hale Village Hall Saturday 20th January 2018
A brilliant time was had by all at the quiz night, we also held a pudding auction which alone raised £500.00, the total for the night was £1,295.00 - amazing atmosphere with amazing people who came along to support. Big thankas to Natasha & Paul and Vicky and Darren and everyone who made a pudding
Great South Run
Sunday 22nd October 2017
Massive thanks to the amazing
Veronique Haynes who completed the #GSR2017
doing a personal best no less dressed as a Poo Emoji (outfit chosen
by Harry!) Vee raised an amazing £1,035.33 
Caroline Varley you are
fabulous, you raised a staggering £2,665.31 inc gift aid when you ran
the #GSR2017 Help4harry/M.D. UK, amazing
achievement - thank you so so much
Farnham Pilgrim Half Marathon
Sunday 10th September 2017
A belated massive thanks to Veronique and Oliver Haynes for
completing the Farnham Pilgrim Half Marathon, It was hilly and the
first time they have ever dressed up for a running event but they
thoroughly enjoyed it!!! What a great local event!
Thank you very much to all the marshalls and organisers!
It was the Anniversary of meeting each other, 11 years together,
what a perfect way to celebrate 
David's 10K Buttermere Swim
Sunday 10th September 2017
Thank you to Dave Capeling who completed 10K swimming in Buttermere Lake. In ever changing conditions, strong winds and large waves Dave finished 11km (1 for luck!) in a time of 4hrs 40m utterly exhausted; Dave said it is, without doubt, the hardest thing I have ever done. Thank you to everyone who donated, you made it all totally worth while. It may be a while before I head back to a lake!
Thanks for raising an fabulous £792.50 incl gift aid
Harry's Ironmen
Saturday 26th August 2017
The alarm went off at 2am on Sat 26th Aug, the Ironmen were in the pool by 4am, onto their bikes by 6am then running the small matter of a marathon starting at 2 pm finishing at 9.30 pm. There are so many people to thank and I'm sorry if we've missed anyone but from the supporters all day to Debs and Colin for all the swimming support, Scott and Aaron in the support vehicles and everyone at the The Hen & Chicken. The awareness and money is just incredible, to date they have raised an incredible £15,300 and counting!! From the bottom of our hearts thank you so so much, you are all fabulous people. This money will make such a difference in the research world and for that we are very grateful. Simon Hewitt, Dan Sheehan & Richard Littlewood - THANK YOU xxx
Ruby Mane Salon Farnham
Saturday 19th August 2017
Thank you so much to Ruby Mane of Farnham who organised an amazing charity day, staff really got behind the event, donating prizes, money and cakes and volunteering their families to join in the fun, they raised an incredible £889.00 - thank you so much!!
Help4Harry HairCut - Daisy Makins
Augusy 2017
IDaisy hasnm't had her hair cut for 2 years. 36cm will be cut off! That's a lot! Thanks so much Daisy, you raised a fantastic £240.00, we think you're amazing
Wimbledon Half Marathon
Sunday 30th July 2017
Big thanks to Ed Simpson who ran his first half marathon in approx. 20 years, he ran this in just over 2 hours which is a fantastic time. Ed raised an incredible £1652.71 Thank you so much :)
Arthur Boxall - Cycle Challenge 2017
Friday 2nd June 2017
Here is Arthur Boxall who completed a 37 mile bike ride in
Cornwall with his Mum & Dad all to raise cash and awareness for
Help4Harry. This is the third year Arthur has taken on a similar
challenge but this is the furthest he has every cycled. Arthur is
truly a very special, kind and caring young man who we are very
pleased to know. For this challenge alone he has raised
£1,778.43!!!! Big thanks also to
Katie (Mum), Alex (Dad) and Buddy
(Brother) 
Go Orange Day
Friday 26th May 2017
Lloyds Register in Bracknell held a Go Orange Day for Help4Harry, all the staff wore orange for the day and took part in lots of 'orange' games i.e. Hit the orange game/buy an orange hot chocolate, they raised a brilliant £198.00 - thank you so much to Tanya for organising it all
Help4Harry Fundraising Night - Farnham Rugby Club - Saturday 20th May 2017
We had an amazing night for our Eighties Fundraiser, fabulous outfits and a real party atmosphere. Thank you so much to everyone who donated an auction or raffle prize and a big thanks to everyone who came along. We raised an awesome £9,300.00
Virgin London Marathon
Sunday 23rd April 2017
What an incredible day at the #VLM2017 Pam Carr-Barney, Cheryl Connelly & Sally Williams all ran the Marathon for Help4Harry. They all had an incredible race and once again the atmosphere was awesome. We can't thank the three of them enough for raising such brilliant awareness and between the three they have raised £9,800.15!!!! Just phenomenal
Trekking The Great Wall of China
14th - 23rd April 2017
Big thanks to Dan Rideout who trekked the Great Wall of China this month for Help4Harry, thank you so much Dan for your support yet again. Dan has raised an incredible £855.00 - thank you so much!!
Megan - Haircut for Help4Harry
We want to say a huge thank you to Megan from Harry's school who decided to have her hair cut short and donate this to The Little Princess Trust who make wigs for children who suffer from cancer, as if that wasn't enough Megan decided to fundraise for Help4Harry and has raised £118.26 - Thanks Megan we think you are fantastic xxx
St Polycarp's Primary School
March 2017
Thank you so much to the children and parents of Year 4 at St. Polycarps School in Farnham who recently performed a play for their parents and had a collection for Help4Harry. They raised £176.13 - thank you so much, thank you to Miss Field and Mr Finch
Harry's Ironmen Fundraising Night
Saturday 4th March 2017
We had the absolute pleasure of going to the Alton Maltings along with another 150 people. An absolutely amazing night was put on by Harry's IronMen that's Simon Hewitt Richard Littlewood Mickey Piper & Daniel Shehan they had an auction and raffle. There was an amazing amount of generosity in the room. They raised a whopping £11,088. They deserve this success with the amount of work that has gone into this
Eggars Court - Aldershot
Charity of the Year - 2016
Thank you so much to Eggars Court who made Help4Harry their charity of the year in 2016, they raised an incredible £785.10 - huge thanks to all involved xxx
Farnham Homemakers
Farnham Homemakers made Help4Harry their Charity of The Year 2016, we went along to receive the cheque which was for £1,200.00 - thank you so much for your support, a brilliant amount of money
Orange Mufti Day
Friday 27th January 2017
We enjoyed another brilliant Go Orange day for Help4Harry on the above date. Thank you to William Cobbett Primary School, Badshot Lea Infant School, Heath End School, Farnham Sports Centre, Elm Tree Pre School, LeapFrogs and Ducati Alton who all turned orange and raised an incredible £1,825.92 Thank you so much
William Cobbett School Christmas Collection
Tuesday 20th December 2016
Massive thank you to William Cobbett School staff who instead of giving each other Christmas Cards have donated to Help4Harry and raised a fabulous £118.50. Thank you so much!
Help4Harry Hot Chocolate Sale
Sunday 18th December 2016
Thank you to the Hardcastle and Bloomfield gang, yesterday they raised an amazing £300.00 selling Hot Chocolates, there was a brilliant vibe throughout the 2 hours and this total smashes the previous 2 years - thank you to everyone who came along to support, it means the world to us
A-Gas Christmas Raffle
Friday 16th December 2016
BIG BIG thanks to A-Gas Ltd of Bristol, in particular Rachel Marshall who organised and raised an incredible £1769.68 last Friday at their Xmas Raffle. This funds an entire week of world class research to find better treatments and a cure for Harry and many other children with the same condition as him - thank you so much!!!!
Rawles Motorsport Open Day
Saturday 15th October 2016
Massive thank you to Deborah and Andrew Cluett and Simon Hewitt and all the staff at Rawles Motorsport for organising such a brilliant Open Day and making Help4Harry/MDUK the charity for the day, they raised a brilliant £274.67 - THANK YOU!!
Mr Motivator - Farnham Leisure Centre
Monday 12th September 2016
What a day! What a legend! We had the pleasure of spending the day with Mr Motivator, he came into the boys school, William Cobbett Primary and did a couple of work-outs there, came back to our house for some fun with the boys. Then off to Farnham Leisure Centre for 2 aerobic classes hosted by Mr M. He gave up his time with a constant smile on his face, oh and we raised over £600 in the process. Thanks to Farnham Leisure Centre who gave us the space
Eggars Court
Thank you so much to Ric and all at Eggars Court for raising an incredible £421.95 for Help4Harry - amazing support.
South Downs Way Challenge
Sunday 16th July 2016
Dan McKiernan got in touch with us to say he and 3 work colleagues want to take on the challenge of cycling the South Downs Way 100 miles in one day, thank you to Dan Padhraic, Phil and Simon, just phenomenal support. They have raised a staggering£1613.93 incl gift aid - thank you xxxx
The Bastion Full Iron Distance Triathlon
Sunday 10th July 2016
Nicky Wilson took part in this epic challenge, in short:
A ‘full iron distance’ race is made up of 3 parts:
1. The swim – 3.8km (2.4 miles)
2. The cycle – 180km (112.5 miles)
3. The run – 43km (26.2 - marathon distance)
All completed without stopping and without a rest.
Nicky came in 8th place overall - simply amazing. Nicky has raised
£1307.50 incl gift aid - thank
you so much xxxxx
Race to the King Double
Marathon
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26th June 2016
Massive thanks to Claire & Phil Davies who took part in the Race To The King Double Marathon this weekend, so far they have raised a mega £1156.25 incl gift aid so THANK YOU to everybody who has donated xxx
Wednesday 1st June 2016
35K Pool Swim - Distance to swim the Channel
Remco Postma has undertaken this epic challenge for Help4Harry/MDUK - thank you so much, we love this challenge!! So far Remco has raised a fabulous £579.84 incl gift aid THANK YOU
https://www.justgiving.com/remcotpostma
Sunday 29th May 2016
Edinburgh Marathon
Sophie Blackmore completed the Edinburgh Marathon on the above date for Help4Harry - thank you so much Sophie you are brilliant! If you would like to sponsor Sophie here is the link. Sophie has raised a fabulous £1,254.75 incl. gift aid
https://www.justgiving.com/Sophie-Blackmore3/
Golf Day
Friday 27th May 2016
Dan Rideout organised a Golf Day in aid of Help4Harry on the above date, he also organised and auction and raffle, thank you so much for your efforts as this has raised a brilliant £440.00
Saturday 7th May 2016
Gung-Ho! Southampton
We had a brilliant day today at BeGungHo 20 people including 8 children made up our Help4Harry team, they were all awesome - think we may go back next year!!!! So far the team have raised a fabulous £1,295.00 incl gift aid. Thank you so much TEAM you are all wonderful people xxxx
Sunday 24th April 2016
London Marathon
Here are our two fabulous London Marathon runners from today Helen Bloomfield & Kevin Loth. Between them they have raised an incredible £5795.00 we can't thank you both enough - please know all the training /blisters /lack of alcohol was SO worth it this is vital money going to research to find a cure.
Friday 15th April 2016
Huge thank you to Ella Cattell and More House School for raising an incredible £1000.00 for Help4Harry when they held a Spring Fayre along with a collection at the Easter Service, fabulous local support.
Saturday 27th February 2016
Help4Harry Skydive
Tom did his skydive that he was unable to do last year, we met some great people and rased awareness for MD UK
February 5th 2016
Mount Kilimanjaro Trek 2016
Our friend Fiona Baxter has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, this is a massive achievement and we can't thank Fiona enough. Fiona has raised an amazing £1,792.75. Thank you Fiona xxxx
Monday 15th February 2016
Arthur Boxall - Cycle Ride Wentfordbridge
to Padstow
In February 2015 Arthur Boxall aged 5, cycled part of the Camel Trail from Wadebridge to Padstow (and back again), a total of about 12.5 miles raising a mega £1434.00. He has decided on another challenge in February 2016 he cycled the whole of the Camel Trail from Wenfordbridge to Padstow which is just over 18 miles. Arthur is just amazing, he has raised a staggering £1,666 including gift aid - absolutely amazing!!!!
Saturday 6th February 2016
Help4Harry Quiz of Quizzes
Friday 5th February 2016
Bethel Ladies Charity Evening
We had a great evening raising funds for 3 local charities, Help4Harry being one of them. The evening raised a total of £400.00 which will be split between the 3 charities. Thank you so much!
Friday 22nd January 2016
Help4Harry Orange Mufti Day
We had a brilliant day turning Farnham Orange, all
these schools got behind us William Cobbett Primary School, Farnham
Heath End School, Badshot Lea Infant School, Folly Hill Infant
School, Potters Gate Primary School , St. Marys Infant School, Elm
Tree Pre School, Greenways Pre School. We also
had Farnham Sports Centre & Ducati Alton turn orange. I
am delighted to announce we raised a brilliant £2,148.00 Thank you for all your
support
Saturday 14th May 2022
Harry's HoeDown - Farnham Rugby Club
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