10th Erskine Walk of Hope

On Saturday 11th September 2021 Margaret Moncrieff and friends did a sponsored Walk of Hope along the banks of the Clyde at Erskine to increase awareness of Huntington’s disease and to raise funds for Scottish Huntington’s Association (SHA). This was the 10th anniversary of this Walk.

SHA is the only Scottish charity dedicated to helping people affected by Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is a desperately cruel condition which over a period of perhaps as long as 25 years reduces an adult to a state of total dependence for emotional and physical support. Other members of the family may have to accept that this is a genetic condition and every child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 risk of inheriting the faulty gene and therefore developing the condition.

It was a lovely day and we all enjoyed the Walk. We were joined by friends from Houston, Erskine, Bishopton and Glasgow. The amazing sum of £1,300 has been raised to date.

Thanks are due to members of Houston & Killellan Kirk, staff and partners of Walker Laird, Solicitors, friends from Erskine and surrounding areas and our families.

Very many thanks to all who contributed. Donations can still be made to the following JustGiving page:

http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/margaret-moncrieff11