If you have mito, or suspected* mito you can start your own mission if you wish. You can also start one for someone else (with their permission), or for your child, or as a tribute to someone who’s sadly passed away. A mission can be for one person, two people or a whole family!
No mission is too big or too small… because together we can make a massive difference. If just one more person gets to know about mito or if just £1 is raised through your mission then you’ve made a personal difference.
An easy way to raise awareness and understanding amongst your family, friends and community, along with funds, if you wish, for research and support. We provide a FREE personalised logo, leaflets, collecting cans, web page, online fundraising page, merchandise etc, all featuring your (or your loved one’s) name, story and photos. You start to raise awareness and funds to the extent you want.
You’ll join a network of missions, all under one umbrella and be invited to our WhatsApp groups, monthly video chats, events and our fabulous annual ‘Meet Up’. We hope that you will join us, and become part of our My Mito Mission family and benefit from the support that it offers.
Check out an example mission page.
It’s entirely up to you. Whether it’s simply giving out a few leaflets, or running some events, over a few weeks or indefinitely – there are so many ways to raise awareness and funds and we have lots of ideas and help to get you going, as well as the tools you need.
Remember that you don’t have to do everything yourself. You can ask – and inspire – others to help you raise awareness and funds for you. People like to support a good cause and they like to support people they know or people in their community. You will be giving them that opportunity with your mission.
Any money raised by individual missions goes to one central fund which we then use to benefit as many impacted people as possible. This is made clear on our literature and support materials so that the public is aware of where their donations are going.
Any money raised online, through JustGiving for example, will come automatically to us. Anything you raise that is not online you simply pay over. Any cheques need to be made payable to ‘My Mito Mission’ in order that we can bank them. Our funds are used to create more awareness about mitochondrial disease for support and research projects. Our ‘missionees’ have the chance to input on how the research funds will be allocated and our charity trustees make the final decision.
You can, by all means… but just not through our charity, or by using our name.
Alternatively, rather than raise funds yourself – why not first check out all the funds that exist to provide equipment, experiences etc for people with illness? See our My Mito Directory – ‘Charities Which Give Grants to Individuals – UK’. Here you will find some of the charities who offer this kind of support and who welcome applications from those who fit their criteria.
You can, absolutely! In fact we support other mitochondrial disease charities ourselves through various collaborations. It’s all about working together for a common goal – to raise awareness, support, funds for research and hopes of a cure.
If you have a Mito Mission and also wish to support other charities – you just need to make it clear to the public who you’re supporting at any one time and then ensure that the funds go to that cause. If you raise money using our branded items then any money raised needs to come to us. If you raise money for another charity then simply do it without using our charity’s name, your mission name or any branded items we provide.
Our aim is to compliment the excellent mito charities out there and to give more choice to mito-affected families as to how they might raise awareness and funds themselves, if they wish. We believe our unique concept adds value because personalised missions can best capture people’s desire to support someone they know, and can make a greater impact in a local community.
We are also passionate to educate everyone about the far-reaching importance of mitochondrial research and how it could transform the future of medicine and bring treatments and cures for many common diseases. We firmly believe that this message will fast track treatments and cures for mito. Our missions are not only an effective way to showcase the incredible variance in how mito affects people, they also help us to get across this vital message together.
Simply get in touch with our friendly team for an informal chat on 0300 102 1112. Or you can fill out our contact form and we’ll answer any questions you may have. There’s never any obligation to take things forward.
Once you’ve made the decision to join us, we’ll guide you step-by-step through the process of setting up your mission. Basically, we just need your story, a good selection of photos and a bit of paperwork and we do the rest… and before you know it, you’re part of the team!
How we support those affected by mito
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