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Celebrating Creativity and Courage: Steven Hart’s Journey with Motor Neuron Disease

13/01/2026

Steven Hart, artist, screenwriter, and former Art and Design lecturer from Glasgow, has lived a life defined by creativity, resilience, and a passion for storytelling. In 2020, Steven, 69, was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND) – a progressive and incurable condition that affects the nervous system.

Meet MND Scotland’s New Chairman

Meet Lawrence Cowan, our new Chairman and find out more about his drive to #CureMND and make lives better for people affected by the illness.

MND patient raises over £100,000

Calum Ferguson (52), reaches fundraising target of £100,000 for MND Scotland

Scottish Government Commitment to Fund MND PhDs Becomes a Reality

Scottish Government's commitment to fund MND PhDs becomes a reality.

Father of youngest MND sufferer pens open letter

Robert Lintott’s daughter, Lucy Lintott (22), was diagnosed with the terminal illness, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), almost three years ago, when she was just 19 years old. Opening up publicly for the first time he wrote this letter to her:

Scottish MND Register Gets Online

We are delighted to announce that we are now able to offer online registrations to the Scottish MND Register.

Balamory Star raises money for MND Scotland

Juliet Cadzow is running a very special raffle, with the top prize being a young female Luing heifer. Funds raised from the draw will go towards MND Scotland, in memory of Juliet’s husband, David MacLennan,

From Ireland to Scotland by Raft

Tommy Monteith (38), from Portpatrick, is rowing a raft 19 miles from Donaghadee in Ireland, to his hometown, with 11 others in aid of MND Scotland.

New Discovery in MND Research

It has been announced that a new row of gene contributing to MND has been discovered.

Scottish Charity Awards – Oh What a Night!

Gordon Aikman (31, Edinburgh) and Lucy Lintott (21, Moray), who both suffer from MND have jointly won the Charity Champion Award at this year’s Scottish Charity Awards. Lucy also left with the People’s Choice Award, which was decided by a public vote.

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