Platinum Scotland Fights MND in Dad's Memory

0:00It's April 1st. This is Edinburgh News today, local news powered by AI. A family run plumbing and heating business in Muscleburg is stepping up big time for motor neuron disease awareness. Platinum Scotland, led by brothers Michael, Steven, Sean, and Jack Moffitt, just lost their dad Ian to the illness last November 2025. Only eight months after his diagnosis at age 67, they've picked M&D Scotland as their charity partner and got the whole team locked in for a year of tough fundraising events. Turns out, doctors think Ian might have had M&D for years, hidden by his earlier Parkinson's diagnosis. Symptoms like drop foot, shaky walking, and changing speech were there, but no one clocked it to late. Michael, the 40-year-old brother, says watching the decline of clothes was brutal night shifts, constant lifting, and gear like hoists, feeding, tubes, and suction machines that cost the fortune. The whole company felt the hit when Ian passed. It's more like a tight family than just a job.

1:02Staff who've been there six years or longer rallied, with young guys channeling grief into action. They've already knocked out the fallkirk wheel app sale, and now Michael, his 15-year-old son, Lenin, and others are training for tough mudder this. June, these challenges ain't just runs. They're about covering those massive equipment bills for other families in the same spot. Michael puts it plain, if their miles in sweat held one household, its mission accomplished. Dad was a quiet football fan with dry humor, the kind who lit up after a drink. M&D Scotland's fundraising lead is hyped, saying this support hits family statewide and boosts awareness. With the platinum crew pushing forward, they're turning pain into real change for the fight ahead.