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Great Baydon Bake-off for Hayden




Villagers back research fundraisers

BAYDON is preparing for this year’s great village bake-off.

The annual event helps raise money for research into the degenerative condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a condition affecting seven-year-old Hayden Howell who lives in Baydon with his parents, Kevin and Dawn, and sister Ellie, aged 10.

Victims are predominantly male.

Mrs Howell said: “This is a degenerative disease that slowly eats away at the muscles.

“Most boys with the disease are wheelchair bound by their early teens.

“There is currently no cure for this life-limiting disease.

“However, there are some potential treatments, that are currently at the trials stage of development.”

She added: “This is all funded by charitable donations.

“We therefore, of course, spend a lot of our time trying to raise as much money as we can.”

The Great Baydon Bake-off 2016 takes place on Saturday, March 5, and this year it features two new classes – bread and rolls plus best decorated cake.

The judging and raffle takes place in the Red Lion pub and all cakes will be sold afterwards to raise funds for the Action Duchenne charity.

There is a recommended donation of of £2 per entry

Entry forms are available on the Baydon website www.baydon.org

Meanwhile there are two more fundraising events planned – a ‘Helping Hayden’ ball at Donnington Valley Hotel, Newbury, on March 12, and a Guinness World Record attempt for the ‘longest caterpillar in a 10k’ at the BUPA London 10k run on the Monday, May 30, bank holiday.

All proceeds from these events are donated to Action Duchenne, a charity that funds research into cures, and also aims to improve the lives of boys living with the disease, and their families.

The family said in a statement: “We spend much time trying to raise awareness of the condition with friends, colleagues, employers, as well as fund raising for research, and have made new friends and contacts as a result.

“We continue to have a full and happy home life, doing all the things you’d expect a family with young children to do – it just seems a little more urgent to enjoy things that require mobility sooner.

“As a family, we wish to thank all those that have leant help and support in whatever way over the last year, and all those who will join with us for Haydens ‘journey’ in the future.”

For more about Hayden and the bid to raise funds to research Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, visit www.helpinghayden.org



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