A glorious evening of carols at Christ Church, Chelsea.  Music from the choir of Tudor Hall School and distinguished readers from stage and screen including Fenella Woolgar, Robert Daws, Mark Umbers and Douglas Reith.

Please join us for our candlelit carol service at Christ Church, Chelsea on Tuesday 3rd December 2024.

Tickets: £25

For tickets please contact faircharityuk@gmail.com

Glasgow University Sailing Club are having a bake sale this weekend at their Scottish Student Sailing (SSS1) event at Bardowie Sailing Club.

Lucy MacDonald and Ross Connick ran the Great Scottish Half Marathon for FAIR in Glasgow on Sunday 6 October 2024 in memory of their close friend Finlay.

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Our Christmas card designs for 2024 are now available to order. Original artwork by Paul Fozzard, Rebecca Hewitt, Steve Moore, John Fozzard and Louise Edwards.

Available in packs of five for £5.

Size 21cm x 15cm.

See the Christmas card section on our homepage for all designs.

For orders please contact faircharityuk@gmail.com

FAIR is proud to have accepted an invitation to become a charity partner of a national project to set up translational research centres in partnership with LifeArc.

This includes a project, led by Dr Louise Oni who has previously been awarded FAIR funding. Dr Oni will lead the LifeArc-Kidney Research UK Centre for Rare Kidney Diseases to transform rare kidney disease advances across the UK.  This new research centre will enable thousands of people living with rare kidney diseases to gain access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures.

FAIR will support the strategic oversight of the transformative project which benefits from the support of other charity partners Beacon and Genetic Alliance UK.  FAIR will be representing the community with regards to autoimmune rare diseases.

Largs Sailing Club raised funds for FAIR at their Charity Fun Day with dinghy racing, games and a BBQ.

Initiated by Fiona Murdoch, a 3K open water swim took place for FAIR on 31 August in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Team England:  Claire Talbot and Amy Talbot swam at Tooting Lido, London.

Team Scotland: Fiona Murdoch, Carol Alderson, Sarah Green, Bill Crooks, Lynne MacDonald, Linda Andrews and Nicola Law (with paddle board support from Alistair McLaughlin), swam at Largs Bay Beach, Strathclyde.

Team Wales: Ruth Longfellow and Isaac Melia swam at Hanmer Mere, Wrexham

Team Northern Ireland:  Sue Moore and Alex Bould swam at Helen’s Bay Beach, Belfast Lough.

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Alder Hey is an established UK leader in paediatric research.  On 29 August, the trustees of FAIR had the privilege of visiting its Clinical Research Facility and Research Laboratories.  Presentations on projects FAIR has helped to support were given by Professor Christian Hedrich, Dr Claire Pain, Dr Chloe Williams, Dr Ein Mitford Davies, Dr Amandine Charras, Dr Andrew Chetwynd, Hannah Ging and Francesca Sposito.

Pictured, Dr Louise Oni and Paddy Sherman marked the Ann Wyn Sherman Kidney Tissue Bank for autoimmune research, funded by the Ann Wyn Sherman Award.

On 23 August, friends and family of Finlay Herrington will Skydive from Strathallan Airfield, the oldest and largest skydiving centre in Scotland, for FAIR.

Good luck to Eva Herrington, Cairn Miller, Rosie Bowman, Eva Hennessy, Chloe Hood, Eva Connon, Nairne Matthew, Yuri Joyce, Evan MacDonald, Rory Healy, Max Guthrie and Sophie Graham.

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Tyra Will is running 30km along the Old Deeside Railway in memory of Finlay Herrington.

Click on the link to donate to her Just Giving page.

Good luck to Aeneas and Jonty who will walk the 177 miles of Offa’s Dyke to raise funds for F.A.I.R. and Claire House Children’s Hospice.

To visit their Just Giving page click ‘view event’

Congratulations to all who took part in the Five Ferry Cycle Challenge, a circular route on Scotland’s spectacular West Coast from Ayrshire into Arran, Kintyre, Cowal and Bute. Another fabulous fundraiser organised by the Herrington family.

Prestwick Sailing Club, one of the premier sailing clubs in Scotland, will host the Finlay Herrington Sprint Races during its Club Regatta Weekend. The event, intended to encourage young people to take up dinghy race sailing, was organised by the Prestwick cadets as a tribute to Finlay. Many of the cadets were coached by Finlay over recent years. Participants will compete for the Finlay Herrington Trophy. In the evening, a social event is to be held with live music by Finlay’s friends Yuri Joyce and Rory Healy. Donations are invited to Finlay’s just giving page to raise funds for FAIR, click ‘view event’ for the link.

Nick Shellock of the London Fire Brigade ran the London Marathon as a tribute to his mother who was diagnosed with Susac’s syndrome, a rare autoimmune condition, some years ago.

He is the first person to run the London Marathon for FAIR and he comfortably beat his fundraising target. Congratulations Nick.

Another fabulous day at the LLHM. Our 14 runners donned FAIR shirts and set off with almost 19,000 others on the 13.1 mile (21km) course passing landmarks including Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral and the Royal Courts of Justice.

A spectacular performance from Ben Leaman who won the men’s race with a breathtaking time of 1 hour 9 minutes and 2 seconds.

Thank you to our runners: Rob Ashbrook, Maddie Ashbrook, Lucy Bell, Gary Billington, Theo Bould, Kate Cleary, Matt Cleary, Dan Grinnall, Ben Leaman, Connor Lee, Robyn Rafferty, Tom Rafferty, Jill Sankey and James Shaw, together raising more than £7,000 for FAIR.

Post run celebrations continued long into the night!

Our thanks to Joe O’Reilly for printing the shirts and to all who donated and supported.

A raffle with a difference courtesy of Clay Farm Partnership / Beech Hay Livestock.

Supporters were offered the chance to win semen from one of these handsome rams: Dutch Spotted, Zwartbles or Border Leicester.

Our thanks to Rob, Vicky and Dan Grinnall and to all who purchased a number!

We are delighted that Chloe Breen chose to donate to FAIR the proceeds of a raffle held at the Breen Equestrian Stud Open Day and Spring Auction 2023. Chloe, a former winner of the Hickstead Speed Derby, is involved in the running of Hickstead Show Jumping and Breen Equestrian. We are grateful for her support.

An exciting day at the London Landmarks Half Marathon. We are so grateful to our 12 runners headed by Ben Leaman who crossed the finish line joint first! A remarkable achievement.

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Join us at our popular Candlelit Carol Service on Tuesday 6th December 2022 at 6:30pm at Christ Church Chelsea SW3 4AS.

Tickets £25 including mulled wine and mince pies.

For tickets please contact faircharityuk@gmail.com.

Emily, Cheryl and Stephanie are cycling, swimming and walking the 750km distance between Crolour, France and Paignton, Devon over 15 weeks in memory of their mother Cyndy Ness. We are delighted that they will be raising money for FAIR. To support them or follow their progress please visit their Just Giving page. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/familyness

We are delighted to announce a generous donation from Warwick and Warwick to FAIR.

Caz Mcmenamin ran her first marathon for F.A.I.R in memory of her best friend Finn

A virtual festive cocktail making class with mixologist Stephen Conroy, hosted by Matthew and Grainne Dennison.

A glorious candlelit service at this beautiful place of worship. Music from the choir of Moreton Hall and readings selected by Matthew and Grainne Dennison. Distinguished readers at our carol services have included Dame Penelope Keith, Angela Thorne, Bertie Portal, Dervla Kirwan, Douglas Reith, Hugh Fraser, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alistair Petrie, Pandora Clifford, Matthew Sweet, Geoffrey Munn and Dr Tom Cairns. 

Tickets £25. Please contact : faircharityuk@gmail.com or pay direct into FAIR account a/c no : 17217768 sort code : 30-98-90