Do your own fundraising for NASS

From quiz nights to coffee mornings and bake sales, organising a step challenge or a dress down day at work or school, or celebrating your birthday by asking your friends and family for donations to your Facebook Birthday page, there’s no limit to what you can do to organise your own fundraising for NASS!

Go Orange for AS

It’s really easy to Go Orange for AS! From quiz nights to coffee mornings and bake sales, from sponsored silences to organising a step challenge or a dress down day at work or school, there’s no limit to what you can do!

Sign up to Go Orange for AS

Interested in doing your own fundraising, but not sure where to start?

Email Richard and Marcia at fundraising@nass.co.uk or call 020 8741 1515 (press option 2)

Contact the fundraising team

Other ways to fundraise for NASS

Caroline Brocklehurst & Minnie, Walk Your AS Off 2023

Join a community fundraising event

Join a community fundraising event and fundraise for NASS. Whether you join Walk Your AS Off, Stretch-tember or Winter Walk Challenge, every penny you raise really does make a difference to the lives of people with axial SpA with the help of NASS.

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Make a regular gift to NASS

Donate to NASS

Donate to NASS in a way that suits you. Whether it's making a regular donation, a one off donation or pledging to leave a gift in your will, every penny you donate really does make a difference to the lives of people with axial SpA with the help of NASS.

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Get inspired

Kelvyn's plant sale to fundraise for NASS

Kelvyn's Plant Sale

Kelvyn, NASS Newport & Caerphilly branch member, is a keen gardener. For the last few years, he's put his love of gardening into a fundraising opportunity, by selling his greenhouse plants, to raise vital funds for NASS.

Read Kelvyn's story
  • 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.

  • 26

    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 26.

  • 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.