Category: Events

We are excited to announce our upcoming Glow Walk, an event aimed at raising awareness for mitochondrial disease as part of the Light Up For Mito campaign during World Mitochondrial Disease Week (16-22nd Sept). The concept behind Glow Walk is simple: walk from point A to point B with as many or as few people as you’d like, using our glow wands to shine a light on mito awareness.
If you’re in the Elland area, don’t miss our local Glow Walk on Saturday, September 21st! We’ll start at MMM HQ in Elland once night falls and walk to Wainhouse Tower, which will be illuminated in green to honor mito. Bring your glow wands and join us! Stay tuned for more details and sign-up information. We would love to see Glow Walks happening all over the country, with your help!
If you’d like to organize a Glow Walk in your local area, here’s a simple guide:
Choose Your Route: Select two points in your area and gather your friends, family, and supporters! The route can be any length, and you can have as many or as few participants as you’d like, whether it’s just your family or a large group.
Gather Your Glow Gear: Once you’ve settled on your route and gathered your walkers, contact us to let us know how many glow sticks you’ll need, and we’ll send them to you free of charge. You can also wear your MMM tops, bring Light Up candles, or any other glowing items to enhance the experience!
Make It Extra Fun (optional): Not keen on just walking? Add a costume theme, turn it into a run, make it a pub crawl, or hand out mito awareness leaflets in your neighborhood. The goal is simply to participate in the campaign and raise awareness in any way you can. If you wish to fundraise, consider creating a JustGiving page for your event. However, please note that street collections require a special license, so we recommend avoiding donation buckets. That said, you are welcome to accept any donations offered! This event is primarily focused on raising awareness, so fundraising is entirely optional.
Keep an eye out for updates and sign-up sheets for our Glow Walk in Elland! We look forward to seeing your Glow Walks light up the night in support of World Mitochondrial Disease Week!

Following from the huge success of our first Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge, we will be holding our second one on Saturday 7th September.

This time, you have the option of doing all three peaks, Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, or just the one (Ingleborough).

The 3 Peaks challenge is open to adults only, but should you choose to do one peak, young people aged 14 and over can participate accompanied by an adult.

Join us on the day to raise priceless mito awareness and vital funds for mitochondrial research!

An 24 amazing people joined us to climb the Yorkshire Three Peaks on Friday 17th May, and we’re so incredibly proud of them all!

As well as raising lots of funds through sponsorships, we have raised valuable awareness of mitochondrial disease on the day (and on social media) sporting our stylish neon tops!

The day was a huge success, and we’re looking forward to organising similar events in the near future, so keep an eye out for details…

Amanda, Chris, Howard and Teresa did a fabulous job at keeping us motivated and energised, providing water, plasters and even homemade flapjacks at pit stops along the way.

On Saturday 6th April The My Mito Mission Energy Ball took place at Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford.

The night started with a fantastic performance by the Rock Choir, who got the whole room energised.

While this was going on guests were able to place bids in the wonderful silent auction, take a look at our merchandise, buy raffle tickets and take part in the golf putting competition.

We also had fantastic entertainment from Lula Hooper and the show girls from Event Dancers UK.

Our chair and charity co-founder, Christine gave a wonderful, emotional speech which highlighted the vast number of people in the room that have been affected by mitochondrial disease in some way.

The night was a tremendous success raising a total of £10,385 all of which will go towards mitochondrial research, awareness and support.

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came and supported our ball, everyone who helped out and of course Lula Hooper, The Rock Choir, the showgirls and Ben Eagle, our brilliant compere.

Wednesday 20th March is the last day to buy tickets for our fabulous Energy Ball on 6th April.

We have a fantastic array of entertainment and fundraising lined up for our guests.

The lovely Ben Eagle will be our host and the sensational, high energy Rock Choir will open the evening.

There will be prizes galore in our raffle, balloon draw, lucky dip draw … as well as an amazing auction. Our guests will be able to bid on lots of exciting items from a beautiful coffee machine donated by our friends at Gaggia to some Dyson straighteners donated by Dyson themselves. From a glamping pod break donated by High Farm Holiday Park to a ‘triple whammy’ thrill experience donated by Experience Days.

We hope to see you there!

A real ‘bucket list’ event is taking place on Friday 17th May … The Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge!

Don your walking boots and head for heights by climbing the stunning peaks of Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.

All our participants will be supported to complete the challenge by our charity’s volunteer team.

If you know anyone who would love to take part – and raise awareness of mitochondrial disease – please be sure to spread the word.