About Aims2Cure

Read about  Our objectives  |  Where our money goes  |  The Michele Elster Fund

History of Aims2Cure

The Aims2Cure Committee was formed in January 1999 with the sole aim of raising money for research into Multiple Sclerosis. We are continuing the work of the Aims North West Committee originally established in 1978 to provide the salaries for Research Scientists in the Department of Neuroinflammation at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London.  Since we started in 1999, Aims2Cure have raised over £500,000 for research into Multiple Sclerosis.


The Aims2Cure Committee is dedicated to continuing the outstanding work of our predecessors. We are currently a group of ten young parents, and we are all whole-heartedly committed to this cause. Aims North West meanwhile, continue to support us with various events throughout the year. Aims2Cure however, was launched with the aim of establishing a younger branch of the original charity, to organise events which would appeal to a younger audience and to increase awareness of Multiple Sclerosis to the generation that it unfortunately most commonly strikes.

The current committee consists of:

Objectives

Aims2Cure is governed by a constitution. We have a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer who are all re-elected every year. Our objectives are:

• To promote medical research into the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis, to disseminate the useful results of such research and to relieve persons
  suffering from multiple sclerosis or associated diseases.
• To provide assistance and advice to persons suffering from MS or
  associated diseases.
• To establish research laboratories and clinics for the treatment of MS or
  associated diseases.
• To promote fellowships and engage research personnel for the purpose
  of research into MS or associate diseases.
• To co-operate with any other charitable organizations having similar
  objects to Aims2Cure.

Where our money goes

Aims2Cure finances research into the causes and abnormalities found in the nervous system in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). We sponsor research scientists at two leading neurological institutions in London. These are firstly, the Institute of Neurology at The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square, London and secondly at the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in Whitechapel, London. A proportion of the money which Aims2Cure raises is currently donated to these two units for both research and equipment. The rest goes to The Michele Elster Fund.

The Michele Elster Fund

In 2007 Aims2Cure established The Michele Elster Fund. Michele Elster was a wonderful young woman who tragically died from MS in 2006. The fund was set up to help other MS sufferers with their everyday lives by alleviating some of the obstacles life may present. For example, we have purchased a scooter to help with mobility, enabled a garden to be decked so that an individual is no longer confined to the house and adapted a car to help with journeys to and from school. This type of help is essential and makes such a difference to the lives of MS sufferers and with the blessing of Michele Elster’s family, Aims2Cure have been able to make this difference.