Katie’s Fundraising Story My family has recently found out devastating news that my amazing nephew has a terminal disease, CLN6 Battens disease, which will progressively take his vision, motor and neurological functions and we have until possibly early teens with…
BDSRA online conference July 10th - 12th 2020 SIGN UP DEADLINE TUESDAY 9TH JUNE We are official partners of the BDSRA (Batten Disease Support and Research Association) in the US as they are holding their annual family conference entirely online.…
International Batten Disease Awareness Day Tuesday 9th June 2020 4 DAYS TO GO! We are getting very excited about Batten disease awareness day next Tuesday 9th June which we are sharing with international peers. We are kicking off our awareness…
Conference News Postponement of our face to face conference As I am sure you will understand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our conference due to Covid19. The future is uncertain and October feels too soon for…
Virtual ‘family’ meeting to share our future plans and financial position Friday 1st May from 2-3.30pm The BDFA is pleased to invite you to a virtual ‘family’ meeting on Zoom to discuss our latest accounts (year end August 2019)…
Cancellation of AGM on 25th April 2020 Dear all, It is with great regret that we, the BDFA, have had to make the disappointing decision to cancel our AGM in April. We hope that you understand, in line with organisations…
Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Batten Disease Family Association NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Batten Disease Family Association will be held on Saturday 25th April 2020 12pm in the Davies Room The…
BDFA CEO APPOINTMENT The Board of Trustees of the BDFA is very pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Mortensen as the BDFA’s new Chief Executive. As many of you know, Amanda has served as a trustee and then as…
With your support we can help support families living with the devastating diagnosis of Batten disease
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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