MADAM - I’m writing to appeal to your readers to get involved and show their support for The Oneday campaign on July 11.

The aim of the day is to provide a fun day to encourage children across the globe to explore their future careers, but at the same time raise money for Duchenne researchers that are working on finding a cure for children that will not have a career due to their prognosis.

One in 3,500 boys is born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the United Kingdom each year. Their average lifespan is just 20 years and it is 100 per cent fatal.

As a dad of a young boy with the fatal disease Duchenne, I am passionate about highlighting this cause and drawing attention to this lesser known disease through education.

We’re also asking teachers to:

•         download our school pack which includes fundraising ideas and lesson plans from our website
•         speak to students about their career choices
•         highlight Duchenne and talk to the students about what they can do to support fundraising for a cure

Diseases touch every single person so we’re asking everyone to take a moment to read about Oneday and get involved.

Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and share the #Oneday and other fun content during on July 11 to help spread the word.

You can also text Make24 to 70070 to donate £3*.

Visit http://www.onedayiwanttobe.org/ to find out more.

Alex Smith
Dad of two, Founder of Harrison's Fund and Co-founder of Duchenne Alliance
Surrey