Rob Burrow is one of a number of people helping to raise awareness of motor neurone disease Pic: MND Association Preston City Council has pledged to do all
Rob Burrow is one of a number of people helping to raise awareness of motor neurone disease Pic: MND Association
“What somebody with motor neurone disease also needs is speedy access to benefits [and] discussions about council tax, access to our leisure facilities and our parks, access to education, employment [and] accessible housing – and they need that quite quickly. They are all things that we deal with as a council.
The meeting also heard that a former one of their number had fallen victim to the disease. Tony Reid, a deputy leader of the authority in the mid-1990s, passed away in 2008 after a three-year battle with MND.
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