From being told at the age of five that he may never walk again, Ognjen Stojanovic now hopes to become the first ever Serbian triathlete to compete at an Olympic Games. Part of the ITU Development programme since 2007, Stojanovic is currently at university and training in Spain, but the story of how he got there reads like an inspirational novel.

On Sunday 18th March, Dom Gilvarry and his team ran the Liverpool Half Marathon to raise funds for Perthes Association, Dom completed the Marathon in 1 hour 47 minutes and raised £2,387 to date! This money will go some way toward buying special equipment for children with Perthes disease - Thank you so much! To read more about Team Ella, please visit their website

Pictured here young Gwion Williams withe Shebon Lee (otherwise known as George), Shebon Lee is running the Marathon on behalf of Perthes Association,any support you can give would be very much appreciated .......

Good News ! A Summer Get Together and Party has been arranged for all the families with children who have Perthes disease, The party is for the whole family and designed to be totally inclusive, so no worries that your child won't be able to join in.

The staff, parents and children of Oaklands Infant School presented a cheque for £1,108-94 to Perthes Association on 6th January 2012. The money was raised during a school year after the school adopted Perthes Association as their chosen charity after a little boy at the school was diagnosed.

We are immensely grateful for the support of our members, without whom we could not help the thousands of families who seek our support, this month we are featuring a grandmother who organised a group of friends to run the Cardiff Half Marathon with her, to raise funds for Perthes Association.