Charity launches appeal to raise cash for heart research

Published date27 March 2024
Publication titleLoughborough Echo
In a bid to understand just how the heart is affected and identify potential solutions, Mountsorrel-based charity Alex's Wish is working with Duchenne UK to raise money for a grant to attract world-class scientists and researchers

To do this, the charity needs to raise £80,000. Its autumn charity Ball raised £33,000 and its new Fill our Heart with Hope campaign aims to raise the remaining £47,000.

Alex's Wish was set up in 2012 by Emma and Andy Hallam, whose son, Alex, has DMD, an aggressive form of muscular dystrophy that affects one in every...

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