Muscle Help Foundation
In Episode 15, Series 2 of the Muscle Help Foundation’s ‘In Conversation With’ series, WFA National Development Manager Adam McEvoy, sat down with Chief Muscle Warrior, Michael McGrath, to talk about the places his work has taken him, his love of Powerchair Football and its ongoing development, broader disability football landscape and more! Their insightful conversation can be watched below.
The Muscle Help Foundation are a small multi-award winning, family-centred charity delivering virtual experiences in the UK that empower called ‘Muscle Dreams’ for children & young people (8-28yrs) with the muscle-wasting disease, Muscular Dystrophy (MD).
The launchpad for The Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) charity was a standalone project called pole2pole – an ambitious goal was set to journey to both the North & South Poles, two of the most extreme & inaccessible places on earth, with the aim to raise awareness & funds for Muscular Dystrophy. Michael and his expedition team reached the North Pole in April 2002 and the South Pole in January 2004. In so doing, Michael made history by becoming the first disabled person in the world to successfully lead expeditions to both Poles. What makes this achievement all the more remarkable is that in 1984, aged just 18yrs, Michael was himself diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy – today, he is a full-time powerchair user.
Rooted in the idea that well-executed, shared experiences can be powerfully transformative, Muscle Help Foundation delivers what it calls Muscle Dreams for children, young people and young adults (8-28yrs) in the UK with the muscle-wasting conditions and allied neuromuscular conditions – these highly-personalised, restorative experiences are uplifting, joyful and often cathartic.
Muscle Help Foundation is a small, multi-award-winning, family-centred charity with a national reach. It has a singular focus to deliver 657 Muscle Dreams, that’s one life-changing experience for every muscle in the human body.
