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About us

We’re the leading charity for over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions. For over 60 years, we’ve been building our community of individuals living with muscle-wasting or weakening conditions, families and carers, scientists, health professionals, supporters, volunteers, and donors. Making advances that would have been unthinkable just ten years ago.
Our Purpose

• We share expert advice and support people to live well now. 

• We fund groundbreaking research to understand the different conditions better and lead us to new treatments. 

• We work with the NHS towards universal access to specialist healthcare. 

• Together, we campaign for people’s rights, better understanding, accessibility, and access to treatments. 

Our Vision
We connect our community of more than 110,000 people, and all the people around them. So they can get the healthcare, support and treatments they need to feel good, mentally and physically. Through advice and support, research, campaigning, and fundraising.
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Our strategy
Our commitment to find treatments and ultimately cures through research, and to drive improvements in care and quality of life, remains as strong today as ever.
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Our achievements
We are focused on results. Everything we do is designed to improve the quality of life of people living with muscle-wasting conditions.
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Our team
We bring together a community of individuals, families, researchers, scientists, supporters, donors and volunteers. So everyone can get the healthcare, support and treatments needed to feel good, mentally and physically.
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Contact us
We’re here for you. To help you understand your condition, or the condition of someone you care for, to offer financial or practical advice, to share information and support. To help you live well now.
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Work for us
We bring together a community of individuals, families, researchers, scientists, supporters, donors, staff and volunteers. So everyone can get the healthcare, support and treatments needed to feel good, mentally and physically. Join us. Together we are stronger.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our EDI document sets out some high-level guiding principles, which will underpin all the work we undertake.
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