Two of the people featured in our Great North Run Review are to be the focus of a major programme on Channel 4.

The Association's announcement about it can be read here.

It's not just about fundraising. For our supporters, the Great North Run is also a social occasion. The Welcome Tent becomes filled to overflowing and the crowd spills out onto the grass. It becomes quite a scrum - a time to relax and enjoy some nosh, a chance to chat and swap stories now the big physical effort and the tension are over.

Time: 7:30 till late

Venue: Shearer’s Bar Strawberry Place, Newcastle upon Tyne

Tickets: £3:00

Featuring:

• Live Music by Lou & Pete

• Fun & Games
• Raffles
• Fancy Dress
• Prizes to be won

For tickets and further Information contact Marian on tel 07977628929 or email:

marian@mnd-tyneandwear.org.uk.

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Why not enter the Great North Walk and get sponsored for MND? The 10 mile walk is taking place at Gisborough Forest & Walkway, on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors, on Sunday 10 July 2011.

Information on how to sign up can be found on the Great North Walk website.

Our branch secretary Marian and her friend Sue are once again taking part in the Walk to raise money for MND. If you would like to sponsor them for the event, please look at their Just Giving page.

Start Time: 11:00am

Come along and help raise money and awareness of motor neurone disease. Have a family day out, or walk your dog! Enjoy the beautiful scenery on this delightful 6 mile walk, from Tyneside Riverside Park, Newburn to Wylam.

For more details contact Marian Dent by email: marian@mnd-tyneandwear.org.uk or by telephone on 07977 628 928, giving your name and address and I will forward a registration form and walk details.

Some caught the public eye - and the eye of the TV cameras.

Last New Years’ eve, fuelled with hope, good cheer and too much drink, I told anyone who would listen that I was entering for the Great North Run. My best mate was aghast: ‘But Liz – you couldn’t run when we were at school. What on earth makes you think you can do it now?

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For just £10:00, there will be a 3 course meal on offer. All money raised on the evening will go to the MND Association. If you fancy coming along for the evening please call Susan on 07540871618 or Lynn on (01670) 826192, so they can let the restaurant know numbers.

Time: 7.00pm

Date: Monday 22 November 2010

Address: 2b Oldgate, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1LX.

For just £10:00, there will be a 3 course meal on offer. All money raised on the evening will go to the MND Association. If you fancy coming along for the evening please call Susan on 07540871618 or Lynn on (01670) 826192, so they can let the restaurant know numbers.

Time: 7.00pm

Date: Monday 20 September 2010

Address: 2b Oldgate, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1LX.

The event starts at 12pm. Entry is £1.00 per person.

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A charity evening with live music from the fantastic “The Twilight ZONE” is taking place at Ashington Rugby Club on Saturday 10 July 2010, from 7pm - midnight.

Please donate something for the raffle/auction (you could even donate yourself to do some ironing/gardening for a couple of hours!!)

Tickets are £10 each, available from : The Poachers Rest, Powburn. Cheryl Chisholm ( 01665 574112 / 07789936454 or Yasmin Darling.

The event was Kickathon 2010 and the ages of those taking part ranged from 4 to 28 years.

The participants comprised Taekwondo students and Kickboxing students together with the Tae Kwon Do Tigers, who are aged 4 to 6 years.

Why not enter the Great North Walk and get sponsored for MND? The 10 mile walk is taking place at Gisborough Forest & Walkway, on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors, on the 27 June 2010.

Information on how to sign up can be found on the Great North Walk website.

If you’re not up for the challenge but would like to sponsor our branch secretary Marian and her friend Sue in their efforts, please contact Marian on 07977628928.

Captions and stories will be added soon.

The 10-mile event is taking place at Gisborough Forest & Walkway on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors, on the 27 June. Full details are on the Great North Walk website.

If you would like to sponsor Marian and Sue in their efforts, please contact Marian on
07977 628 928.

Our gratitude and thanks go to the volunteers who collected for the Branch, and to the shoppers at the MetroCentre who gave so generously.

The meeting will be held in the Multi-Media Room, floor 2, Gateshead Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH. For people who may have difficulties using the stairs there is a lift and easy access to the room.

All are welcome at this meeting and we looking forward to seeing some new faces on the night.

Mike Ranson’s (president) father suffered and died from motor neurone disease over 30 years ago and it was his way of saying thank you for the help and support he and his family received at the time.

There will be a fully licensed bar and raffles will be held throughout the evening.

For further information and contact details, please view the event flyer.

All money raised through the sale of these tickets and on the night will go towards the Great Wall of China Challenge being undertaken by Susan Lamb & Lynn Rowley to raise money and awareness of Motor Neurone Disease.

Please view the event flyer for further information and contact details.

We thank Vera for all of her hard work and dedication to the Branch.

Details and directions

An appreciation of this remarkable woman can be read here.

A humanist memorial service, attended by around 150 family and friends, was held at West Road Crematorium, Newcastle, on 15 October. Liz's parting message, written some years earlier, was read to the gathering and is also reproduced here.

Please note the change to the venue!

Details and directions

Details and directions

But this was no mass shopping expedition. Saturday 5 September 2009 was our street collection day when Branch members and supporters swoop down on innocent shoppers to deprive them of their loose change - and their not-so-loose change if possible.

Answer: They started from Whitehaven, the west coast end of the celebrated Coast-to-Coast (C2C) cycling route. And on the way had to pass through large chunks of the rather hilly Lake District and battle their way over the Pennines. Admittedly they did not have to navigate their way across any glaciers or use pitons for the ascent of Hartside Height, but it was tough going all the same.