Trustee Caite Healy speaks on championing creativity and MND care with The Big Draw
Alan Davidson Foundation Trustee Caite Healy recently spoke with The Big Draw about the charity’s mission to support cutting-edge research and care for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) alongside championing creativity in the arts and architecture. In the interview, Caite reflects on Alan’s life and enduring legacy as an architect, artist and innovator, whose vision continues […]
Trustees attend a special dinner in honour of Euan MacDonald
Trustees Caite Healy and Jane Craik attended a very special dinner in Edinburgh on Wednesday 8th October, to celebrate the many successes of the Euan MacDonald Centre Founder, Euan MacDonald. The dinner was part of a two-day research symposium (8th – 9th October) hosted in honour of Euan. Euan MacDonald lived with MND for over […]
Q&A: Colin Reid on the Alan Davidson Foundation’s mission and the Longitude Prize on ALS
Alan Davidson Foundation Trustee Colin Reid recently spoke to the team behind the Longitude Prize on ALS, a global challenge prize designed to accelerate innovation in the search for effective treatments for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In the interview, Colin shares the Foundation’s ambition to help make ALS preventable or curable through pioneering research and […]
The Foundation attends launch of groundbreaking Longitude Prize on ALS in London
The Foundation was proud to attend the launch of the Longitude Prize on ALS, held in London on June 25th. The event marked a significant milestone in the global effort to accelerate treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND). Among the speakers was the Managing Director of […]
Supporting fundraising efforts at St John’s Hospice Garden Party
On June 11th, Trustee Colin Reid, and Foundation Director Marie Chamillard attended the St John’s Hospice garden party, an evening dedicated to fundraising efforts in support of the hospice’s ongoing work. During the event, they met with Rose Yombo-Djema, the Trusts and Foundations Manager, as well as other key funders and supporters. The evening featured […]
Trustees visit Aberdeen University to explore advances in MND research
On July 1st, Trustees Jane Craik and Colin Reid visited the Aberdeen University Institute of Medical Sciences to learn more about the institution’s ongoing research into Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The visit provided an opportunity to explore the various strands of MND research being undertaken, with a particular focus on the innovative use of MRI […]
Another successful year: HD5K 2025 raises over £40,000 for MNDA
HD5K 2025 proved to be another resounding success for Hayes Davidson, taking place on 15 May in London’s Hyde Park to raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA). This year’s event raised over £40,000, including match funding from the Alan Davidson Foundation, bringing the total raised since the event began in 2018 to […]
The Davidson Prize 2025 winner is “300 Homes within a Union Street Mile!”
Thank you to everyone who came down to Heatherwick Studio to celebrate the 2025 longlisted, finalist and winning submissions of The Davidson Prize as part of the London Festival of Architecture. The judging panel had three outstanding finalists to choose from and we are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025 Davidson Prize. Congratulations […]
Davidson Prize 2025: Finalists revealed ahead of June’s winner announcement
The Alan Davidson Foundation has officially unveiled the three finalists for the 2025 Davidson Prize, a prestigious £25,000 design ideas competition celebrating transformative architecture of the home. This year’s theme, “Streets Ahead: The race to build 1.5 million homes,” challenged multidisciplinary teams to propose visionary solutions for at least 300 homes in urban, suburban, or rural […]
The Foundation renews funding for ground-breaking motor neuron disease research at Oxford
The Alan Davidson Foundation has renewed its generous backing for motor neuron disease (MND) research at Oxford, pledging another three years of funding for the ACORN study, building on its original gift in 2021. Run by the Oxford Motor Neuron Disease Centre in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and supported by Oxford University Hospitals and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, ACORN tracks people who carry […]
