To raise funds to aid research into the causes of Motor Neuron Disease and investigate potential cures.
To make grants to individuals suffering from MND, to enable them to live as fulfilled a life as possible.
Your support will help Doddie and the Trustees make a difference to the lives of those coping and battling with MND.
Doddie Weir OBE is one of rugby’s most recognizable personalities. He earned 61 caps for Scotland during a successful playing career, represented the British and Irish Lions on their successful tour to South Africa in 1997, and won championships with his two club sides, Melrose and Newcastle Falcons.
A talented, committed and athletic lock forward, Doddie is now facing his biggest challenge.
In June 2017 the Scot revealed he was suffering from Motor Neuron Disease.
From the outset, Doddie has been driven to help fellow sufferers and seek ways to further research into this, as yet, incurable disease.
In November 2017 Doddie and his Trustees launched the registered charity My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
Its aims are simple:
Doddie wants to help those touched by MND – be it fellow sufferers or their families having to deal with the daily consequences – with basic and practical relief, whether that be to help with mobility and transport needs, with care and respite, or access and basic living requirements.
My attitude is that you should do what you can today and worry about tomorrow when it comes. This is the card I’ve been dealt so I’ve just got to crack on.
3rd Apr, 2019
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong rugby and business communities are once again staging a dinner, billed as The Greatest Rugby Dinner Ever to support My Name'5 Doddie Foundation. It follows the enormous success of last year's star-studded event which raised £300,000.
Following huge demand, the second Doddie Dinner in Hong Kong is now booked in for April 3rd 2019 and is already nearly sold out! It promises to be another amazing night and a great opportunity for the international rugby community to show its commitment to the foundation and its love for Doddie and his family. Here’s to a great night!
Take a look at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIaz-dGD2w4
For more information and to book your place at The Greatest Rugby Dinner Ever, please contact:
myname5doddiehk@gmail.com
Thanks to Colin Mearns, Ian Rutherford, Jonathon Fowler Photography and Craig Watson for contributions.
