# #WeWontWait: Parkinson’s UK campaigns for funding for next step of research

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/10/wewontwait-parkinsons-uk-campaigns-funding-next-step-research/
- Published: 2017-04-10T07:20:29+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Parkinson’s Awareness Week runs this week (10-16 April) and focuses on the urgent
need for funding to unlock the next step of research developments into the condition.**

The We Won’t Wait campaign highlights the fact that levodopa, the main drug used
in treating the condition, hasn’t changed in 50 years, with no current medication
available to slow down or stop the condition’s spread.

The first in a series of campaign videos features Donna, the third generation of
women in her family to have Parkinson’s, with both her mother and grandmother diagnosed
before her.  Donna is committed to supporting research into the condition to find
a cure, as she worries for her own daughter’s potential future diagnosis.
 **SEE
ALSO: [National Gardens Scheme raises £1m for Parkinsons UK](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/04/01/national-garden-scheme-raises-1-million-for-parkinsons-uk/)(
1 April 2019)**

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The [Parkinson’s UK](http://www.parkinsons.org.uk) ‘#WeWontWait’ campaign aims 
to raise essential funds and awareness that will drive forward developments in Parkinson’s
research and will hopefully help find more effective treatments that are desperately
needed for the 127,000 people currently living with the condition.

Last week Parkinson’s UK unveiled its [improvements to donor journeys](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/07/parkinsons-uk-improves-online-donation-journeys-ahead-annual-awareness-week/)
on its website, designed to make it easier for donors to give.

## WATCH: Parkinson’s UK CEO Steve Ford present the campaign

## More Parkinsons fundraising

 * **[Singles supporting charities this Christmas includes one for Parkinsons Association of Ireland ](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/12/14/singles-supporting-charities-this-christmas/)(
   14 December 2021)**
 * **[Parkinsons organisations launch grant funding initiative to make sports more inclusive](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/11/20/parkinsons-organisations-launch-grant-funding-initiative-make-sports-more-inclusive/)(
   20 November 2020)**
 * **[Peter Blake and Julian Opie among artists in Cure Parkinson’s Trust exhibition](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/19/peter-blake-julian-opie-among-artists-cure-parkinsons-trust-exhibition/)(
   19 January 2017)**