15 for 15

15 years of The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation supporting people with Vasculitis.
15 fundraisers.
Raising £150,000.

This year is the 15th anniversary of The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation.

Over those 15 years, we’ve done a lot. We’ve set up a charity. Raised money. Raised awareness of vasculitis. Set up support services for people affected by vasculitis. Funded research into vasculitis. Engaged with health care professionals. Fought battles. And, most of all, helped people. We’ve come a long way.

So we’re marking it in a big way. With our ’15 for 15′ campaign.

During 2025, we’ll be involved in or running 15 fundraising events. For 15 years of supporting people with vasculitis. Our target is an ambitious £150,000.

It’s going to take a lot to get there, but we hope you can help.

About the 15 for 15 campaign

What we’re doing

This year is a big one. In every sense. ’15 for 15′ means we’re planning 15 fundraising events, and have an ambitious fundraising target of £150K. So there’s a lot going on, starting with February’s firewalk. Then there’s Munros, races, the Kiltwalks, the Black & Red Ball, and a whole lot more.

Get involved – follow what’s happening, spread the word, and maybe even take part!

Why we’re doing it

15 years ago, Adrienne and Grant Currie set up The Lauren Currie Twilight Foundation after the death of their daughter, Lauren.

Lauren had only just turned 15.

Tragically, she needn’t have died. She had what’s now known as Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, a form of vasculitis. But it was diagnosed too late. Had her symptoms been recognised sooner, she could have been treated.

LCTF was founded by her parents to honour their daughter, to support other people with vasculitis, and to raise awareness of the condition so that other familes don’t have to go through the same heartbreak.

Read Lauren’s story here.

How you can help

For us to succeed this year, we’ll all be working flat out. But we’re a small team of volunteers, so we really need your help. Please get involved.

This year more than any other, we need your help:

Set up your own fundraising event – see how here
Give if you can – see how to donate
Follow us on social media – see our Facebook and Instagram, like and share our posts
Download and share our social graphics and other materials – see them here
Give your time, if you can – see how to volunteer

How to donate

We can’t do what we do without donations. And we know that it’s difficult to ask for donations when times are tough for a lot of us, but we really wouldn’t ask if we didn’t need it. It’s a hard truth.

All the support services, the groups, the counselling, the Twilight cabin, the research we support and courses we run – all of it is funded by donations. We have done so much over the past 15 years, and helped so many people, but we’ve so much more still to do. Please donate.

Donate or fundraise through our JustGiving page
Or see other ways to donate

How we’re doing

£150K is a lot of money. But we’re confident that we can reach it by the end of this year.

We’ve only just begun, though, and we’re still waiting for the conclusion of our first 15 for 15 event – our firewalk on 28 February. So come back regularly to see our progress!

See more about the firewalk event

Thank you to everyone who has got involved so far.

We’d like to give our heartmost thanks to everyone who has given their time, hard work or generous donations to this campaign, or anything else we do. Our thanks go to:

Suresafe Protection Ltd for their luxury Christmas hamper raffle which raised £870
Toby Dawtrey who is running the Sheffield Half Marathon for us (still to come)
The Grill, Fraserburgh for hill climbing and bonus ball, they raised £1200
Shona McBain for her Forth Road Bridge Abseil which raised £826
Sandra Currie and colleagues from Lloyds Banking Group who ran a bake sale, tombola, and raffle, and raised £1700
Mel Chambers who made a £500 donation
Gill McLuckie, Natalie Hakeem, Tom Dalling, Mike Rutland, Iain Murray, Tracey Macleod, Alison Kennedy and Rachel Henderson for taking part in our Firewalk
Debbie Morris, Marion Hall, Adrienne Currie and Grant Currie from Virtual Services Group taking part in our firewalk as Team Virtual

Help us raise awareness

Vasculitis is a relatively rare condition, and the chances are most people won’t have heard of it unless they know someone affected by it. Your help is invaluable in raising awareness – because with more awareness comes quicker diagnoses, better patient outcomes and – eventually – a cure.

What is vasculitis? We explain what vasculitis is and what a diagnosis of the condition can mean.

Share on social media Feel free to share our graphics and more on social media to help get the word out.

Vasculitis stories Read about what it's like to be diagnosed and live with vasculitis, from all kinds of people with the condition.

Help support our work

Without donations and fundraising, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. All the information, resources, awareness campaigns, research and support services we offer are made possible by you. We really appreciate anything you can do for us – from monthly giving to something as simple as buying from our shop. Thank you.

Donate How to donate, either as a one-off or to give monthly by direct debit.

Fundraise From bake sales to sponsored runs, here’s how to help fundraise for us.

Shop Buy from our online shop to support LCTF's work.

Volunteer Donate your time and expertise as a volunteer for LCTF.

Events Attending our events is a great way to have fun and do good at the same time.

Legacy giving Donating in your will can make supporting vasculitis part of your legacy.

Corporate giving We’ve lots of ways for businesses to get involved – from event sponsorship to association with the charity.