Overview
- A tribute video released on July 3 features rugby icons Kenny Logan and Rob Wainwright alongside Olympic medallists Duncan Scott and Eve Muirhead, former footballer Ally McCoist, Mike Tindall and fly-half Fin Smith.
- Supporters across the UK will wear Doddie Weir’s signature tartan at work on July 4 as part of a long-standing birthday commemoration.
- My Name’5 Doddie Foundation has committed nearly £20 million to targeted studies since launching its Catalysing A Cure strategy.
- Earlier this year the foundation pledged £4 million to the MND Discovery Network to unite leading scientists in a UK-wide effort against motor neurone disease.
- The recent Doddie’s Lions Challenge cycling event raised almost £650,000 for MND research through a 555-mile ride around Ireland.