MGBSFL teams up with Familial-Dysautonomia UK for the new season

THE MACCABI GB Southern Football League has teamed up with the Familial Dysautonomia United Kingdom ahead of the new season.

The charity was set up more than 40 years to help support sufferers and their families of Familial Dysautonomia — a genetic disease that affects Ashkenazi Jews, primarily causing dysfunction of the autonomic and sensory nervous systems.

League Chairman David Wolff said: “I’m delighted we’ve secured this association and intend promoting the charity through all our social media forums. It’s important for us that we’re linked to the wider part of the Jewish Community and are looking forward to a long relationship with this extremely worthwhile cause.”

Dr Shara Cohen, Chair of FD-UK, said: “The MGBSFL is a long-standing organisation and integral part of the Jewish Community for many years and FD-UK is proud to form a new relationship whereby both parties can promote their activities. For FD-UK this represents a real opportunity to link up with a fantastic set-up, increase our social media reach, and raise awareness and further funds.

Being associated with the MGBSFL is a really exciting step forward for FD-UK and we can’t wait to watch the coming season unfold! This will be a crucial relationship enabling us to raise awareness of the FD condition to a key age bracket in our community. In turn we hope this will enable more testing and more vital funds to be raised to help those suffering with the condition in the UK.”