The Charity

Doddie Weir was one of rugby’s most
recognisable personalities.

In June 2017 the Scot revealed he was
suffering from motor neuron disease.

Doddie Weir was one of rugby’s most
recognisable personalities.

In June 2017 the Scot revealed he was
suffering from motor neuron disease.

From the outset, Doddie was 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:

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.

It is frustrating that there has been so little progress over the last two decades. I want to push the need for research into MND further up the agenda. We may be too late in finding something that can help me, but I am committed to doing everything I can to help find a cure.

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