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Payroll giving

Payroll Giving is a simple and tax-efficient way for you to give to NASS directly through your salary, without paying tax on your donation.

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Trusts and Foundations

We are incredibly grateful to all of our Trust and Foundation supporters who help us unrestricted and restricted funding to provide medical advice, practical support about living with axial SpA, emotional well-being support, and welfare and benefits advice to everyone with axial SpA who needs us.

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Challenge events

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Georgie Wishart Stretch-tember 2023

Stretch-tember

Want to move more for your AS? Join Stretch-tember in September 2024! Whether you'd prefer a very gentle session or something more challenging, there is something for everyone.

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Do your own fundraising

Raffles and Auctions

Super Summer Prize Draw 2024

Enter online NASS Summer Prize Draw 2024! Help raise funds for NASS and get the chance to win £500, £125 or £50! The raffle will close on 29 August at 11:55pm. The raffle will be drawn automatically via email at 2am on Friday 30 August 2024. Raffle tickets are only available to buy online.

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Give as you shop

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Easyfundraising

Join over 1.8 million people raising free donations at over 4000 shops and sites every day, the easyfundraising way! A quick and easy way to support NASS for free!

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Give as you live

Sign up to Give as you Live Online and shop at over 4,200 leading stores and browse loads of great offers and voucher codes. Every time you shop, a percentage of every pound you spend will be donated to NASS – without costing you a penny extra!

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Thrift

Thrift

Through Thrift+, you can donate to over 8,000 charities in the UK. All thanks to our partnership with PayPal Giving Fund (learn more about how we process donations here).

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Microsoft Bing

Microsoft Bing

Did you know you could support NASS through 'Give with Bing'? Microsoft Rewards lets you support the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society through its Give with Bing program. After signing up and selecting our charity, you can earn reward points just for searching the web with Bing. Microsoft then turns those points into cash donations to NASS. The program is free - you just need to sign up with a Microsoft account and then, choose to give your points to NASS.

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Your stories

Caroline's Boutique Sale

Caroline's Boutique Sale

Caroline raised an incredible £1,336 for NASS from her Boutique Sale on Saturday 4 November. She’s sharing her story to inspire others who “don’t want to run a marathon” or “do another a sponsored activity” to fundraise in their own way.

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Laura Wilkinson

Laura's story

As a sixteen-year-old, Laura was crushed when she was told by professionals that her increasingly painful symptoms were most likely to be psychological. After three years of pain, doubt and fear she finally received her diagnosis. Now on a new treatment plan, Laura has decided to undertake the 2024 Plymouth Half Marathon, to raise crucial funds for NASS and help raise awareness of Axial SpA.

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Winter Walk Challenge

Simon's story

"I have learnt so much more about my condition in the last 18 months, partly thanks to research by NASS. For this reason, I decided to take part in the Winter Walk Challenge to help raise funds and awareness and as a challenge for myself." Read Simon's story to find out why he joined the Winter Walk Challenge.

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Jamie's Rowing Challenge 2023-24

Jamie's story

Huge congratulations to Jamie Howard, who finished rowing 3,000 miles solo across the Atlantic at 4am UK time on Wednesday 21 February. It took him 69 days, 17 hours and 56 minutes to complete his epic journey. Read Jamie's story and donate to help him raise £25,000 for NASS!

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Sarah's story

Sarah shares her journey to diagnosis, how she has used swimming to help manage her symptoms and as a way to incorporate movement and exercise into her routine. Read Sarah's story to find out why she took on the Scilly Swim Challenge.

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The impact of your support

NASS is the only charity in the UK dedicated to supporting people with axial SpA. NASS doesn’t receive any statutory funding. We rely on your kindness and generosity, and other people like you, to help us transform the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with axial SpA and help more people live well with the condition sooner.

  • £10 can enable our Helpline team to respond to a call or email and provide guidance and advice to anyone affected by axial SpA.
  • £25 could help provide a pack of NASS guidebooks for a local axial SpA clinic.
  • £50 could help our team provide 1:1 welfare and benefits support for someone living with axial SpA.
  • £100 could help by contributing towards the cost of one of our weekly My AS My Life sessions to help people living with axial SpA manage their symptoms between hospital appointments.
  • £250 could help us run an online session to help up to 20 people learn how to manage symptoms of axial SpA, such as extreme pain, severe exhaustion and poor sleep.

We urgently need your support

Your support for NASS and people with axial SpA is more critical than ever:

  • As the NHS recovers from the pandemic, 67% of people with axial SpA are being left to cope with debilitating pain, exhaustion and fatigue alone.
  • The current economic climate has meant that we have seen a reduction in fundraising income.
  • With a cost-of-living crisis, more people than ever need support to claim life-changing disability benefits they are entitled to.

Thank you for your support for NASS and people with axial SpA.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about fundraising for NASS, please don't hesitate to email fundraising@nass.co.uk or call 020 8741 1515 (press option 2)

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  • 220k

    Adults in the UK

    1 in 200 of the adult population in the UK have axial SpA (AS). That's twice as many as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.

  • 24

    Average age

    Axial SpA (AS) is a condition that affects young people. Symptoms start late teens to early twenties, with the average age of onset being 24.

  • 8.5

    Years to diagnosis

    The current average delay to diagnosis from when symptoms start is 8.5 years, by which irreversible damage to the spine may have occurred.

  • 59%

    Mental health

    59% of people with axial SpA (AS) report experiencing mental health problems compared to 25% of those with musculoskeletal conditions overall.