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Join Our Team! The BDFA Are Looking For A Scientific Officer

Fancy working for the BDFA? The BDFA currently have an exciting job opening for a Scientific Officer to join the team. This is an opportunity for to join a national rare disease charity as our in house scientific ‘expert’ on…

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BDFA Christmas Charity Single Made It All The Way To The No 1!

Well the Christmas charity single made it all the way to the no 1 position in the official UK physical singles charts!! Huge congratulations and thanks to our friend and supporter David McGovern for this amazing achievement. David has worked…

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The BDFA Family Conference Is Back In 2022

**** SAVE THE DATE **** The BDFA Family Conference is back in 2022! Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th June 2022 Due to current times, the BDFA are planning that this conference will be a hybrid event, so families can join…

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THANK YOU TO BDSRA ATTENDEES

Here at the BDFA we want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all of our families in the UK who attended the BDSRA annual family conference this past weekend, and thank you to all the other families all over…

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Brineura In The Eyes Funding Target Smashed!

The BDFA is absolutely delighted to announce that through the incredible hard work of families, the target for the compassionate use programme at Great Ormond Street (GOSH) has been not just met but exceeded. The total amount raised is £212,749.51…

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2021 BDSRA Annual Family Virtual Conference- Sign Up Now

The BDFA is delighted to partner again with the BDSRA (Batten disease support and research association) for their annual conference that is yet again online. As last year, we will be sending out conference boxes full of activities and conference…

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Pre Order Beautiful Girl By David McGovern In Aid Of The BDFA Now!

The official Single of the Batten Disease Awareness campaign in now available to pre order on iTunes and pre save on Spotify!! After reaching No.2 in the Official UK Physical Charts with his cover of East 17’s classic Stay Another…

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Batten Disease Family Association will be held via Zoom video-conferencing on Saturday 12 June 2021 at 10:00. Given that the Covid-19 restrictions are only in process of being…

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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET? ‘13 In Whatever Way To Raise 13k For Awareness Day

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET???? ‘13 in whatever way to raise 13k for Awareness Day ’We have launched an exciting fundraising event for Awareness Day to raise much-needed funds for the BDFA. It is an event that we hope the…

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International Batten Disease Awareness Day News 2021

The BDFA team recently had a meeting to plan events around this year’s Awareness Day! The following are ideas that we came up with and we hope that as many of our families as possible will join in with them.…

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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