Marvellous marathon runners!

UKIST would like to say a huge thank you to Ben and Emily our London Marathon 2023 finishers! We are so grateful for your efforts and fundraising – between them Ben and Emily raised over £3000 for the charity. If you are inspired by our fabulous fundraisers and would like to attempt a challenge for […]

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UKIST grant helps Jaxon to swing!

We received a lovely testimonial from Emma, a member of our support group: “Just over nine months ago we were lucky enough to be awarded a grant by UKIST to fund a GoTo seat for my lovely little boy Jaxon who has battled IS/epilepsy for over 15 months now without ever really gaining control of […]

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UKIST granted national lottery community funding!

We’re extremely pleased to share some exiting news! UKIST has secured some much-needed funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund ? One of UKIST’s core ambitions is to provide a network of support to parents and carers with children affected by infantile spasms. In this Covid19 pandemic, we […]

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Fantastic fundraisers dancing for UKIST!

    We would like to say a massive thank you to Dayna Teehan, her beautiful daughter Penny and the staff and children of Small Steps Montessori Nursery and Tigers Childcare Preschool Ongar who held a series of events during ISAW including a funday, danceathon, breakfast and facepainting and raised a massive €1230 for UKIST. […]

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Christmas wreaths for a good cause

UKIST would like to say a massive thank you to Diane Hodgetts who organised a wreath-making workshop to raise funds for UKIST in honour of her grandson Harry. Harry had infantile spasms when he was 3 months old and although he is spasm free at 3 years old, he continues to have various developmental issues […]

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The Summit Club – They did it !!

We would like to say a massive THANK YOU  to Sacha Rehmat, Adrian Tisi, Stuart Taylor, Robert White and Chris Sidwell Smith – aka The Summit Club from Palo Alto Networks who on Wednesday 18th September took on the mammoth challenge of climbing Ben Nevis.for UKIST. We cannot thank these guys enough! Every penny raised […]

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Thank you to Brook Foods

Brook Food Processing Equipment 25th Anniversary charity donations hit £10,000 with June’s donation going to UKIST. As Brook Food reach the half way point of their silver anniversary celebrations, the chosen charity for June was the UK Infantile Spasms Trust. Brook Food Processing who pride themselves on being a family run business, for the second […]

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