Charity urges people to go the extra mile for Doddie Weir with fundraising event

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A charity is urging people to help honour Doddie Weir’s legacy and sign up for a fundraising event for research into motor neurone disease. Doddie Aid is the biggest annual fundraising event of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation which Weir launched in 2017 to further research into the disease. Jill Douglas, chief executive of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, said: “We are overwhelmed by the huge number of people who have already signed up for this year’s Doddie Aid. With over 9,000 people already signed up, I think this will be the biggest Doddie Aid yet.” Speaking at the memorial service in Melrose earlier this week, Rob Wainwright urged people to sign up to help “keep Doddie’s fundraising legacy alive”.