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Rare Disease Day 28th Feb 2022

Join the Global Chain of Lights! Here is how.... Show your support for #RareDiseaseDay by lighting up your home, office or school on 28 February! By coming together to #LightUpForRare we can raise awareness, show solidarity, and be part of…

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The BDFA Welcomes Sarah Kenrick To The Team As Our Batten Behaviour, Adults And Transitions Specialist.

Sarah is a Registered Nurse for people with Learning disabilities and has worked in the health and social care sector for over 40 years, 20 of which were as Registered Manager for SeeAbility’s Heather House in Hampshire providing specialist long…

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BDFA Family Conference 2022 Tickets Available Now

The BDFA are so excited to be able to bring this event to you all again after a few years break, it will be so good to get together in person.You will have noticed the change in date for the…

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CLN5 Update- Neurogene NGN-101 Now Enrolling Participants At Clinical Trial Site In University Of Rochester Medical Center In Rochester, NY, USA

Neurogene Inc., a biotech company committed to developing life-changing genetic medicines for patients and theirfamilies affected by rare neurological disorders, is excited to share an important update on their development programfor CLN5, a subtype of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL), or…

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Taysha Gene Therapies Invites CLN1 Community Feedback

Taysha Gene Therapies is planning a webinar and invites the CLN1 disease community to submit questions about the TSHA-118 CLN1 Batten disease clinical trial to the patient advocacy groups BDSRA and BDFA.  Please submit your questions by February 20th, 2022 to Lisa at, admin@bdfa-uk.org.uk at…

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BDFA STAFF NEWS, A Warm Welcome To Elizabeth Jones

BDFA STAFF NEWS A big welcome to Liz Jones to the BDFA family support team! Liz is a qualified Child & Family practitioner working with families for over 16 years in both voluntary and public sector. Liz has spent most…

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With your support we can help support families living with the devastating diagnosis of Batten disease

Thank you for making a donation to the work of the BDFA.

The BDFA receives NO funding from Government and are only able to carry out our work because of the strong commitment of our volunteers and fundraisers.

Thank you so much for your support

How your donation can help

£5 a month
provides a support and information
folder for a newly diagnosed family

£20 a month

helps to run our family support services

£50 a month
enables us to run training workshops
for professionals to educate them on
Batten disease