Tag: Gordon Aikman

Applications are now being taken for a scholarship fund set up in memory of motor neurone disease (MND) campaigner, Gordon Aikman.The Gordon Aikman Scholarship is worth £50,000; with Scottish Government funding of £25,000 and...

Only eight weeks after his death and on what would have been his 32nd birthday, Gordon Aikman's fundraising campaign has broken through £600,000. The funds will be used to find a cure for Motor...

The Scottish Government has announced a new £25,000 scholarship in memory of Gordon Aikman who died at the beginning of the month.The scholarship will support improvements in motor neurone disease (MND) care. Gordon was...

 Gordon Aikman, the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) patient and campaigner, has died. He was 31 years old.Gordon was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) at the age of 29 in 2014. Following his diagnosis,...

Edinburgh and Lothians MSPs supported Rob Shorthouse yesterday as he trained to take part in a marathon this Christmas Day.Comms guru Shorthouse is running the marathon for MND Scotland to help Gordon Aikman's Fightback...

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) patient and campaigner Gordon Aikman has smashed the £300,000 mark in his bid to fund research into a cure for the disease.With a flurry of donations made during MND Awareness Week...

Both David Cameron and Ed Miliband backed their teams for victory today as the battle for Number 10 took to the football pitch in Edinburgh. Labour and the Conservatives faced each other in a penalty shoot-out to...

Dying Motor Neurone Disease campaigner Gordon Aikman will today make a speech at the  Edinburgh International Science Festival where he will outline his thoughts on what is needed to ensure that Scottish scientists and doctors...