I do voluntary work for a key research college in the UK for Parkinson's research, Kings College Hospital in London. I do their literature searches, even interview candidates for them, and fundraise.
Another volunteer on the team is a 31 year old called James Bowthorpe, who is currently cycling round the world to raise funds for PD research at the hospital. He is currently in Istanbul, Turkey, then he goes through Iran, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada!!!! A total of 18,000 miles. This will take him 5 months. See http://www.globecycle.org/
You can follow his progress on
http://www.whereintheworldisjames.com/
But most of all, he needs donations on
http://www.justgiving.com/globecycle

He has to be back for September to start a doctors degree, so any help in pulling in funds would be most appreciated, eg do you know anyone or company that would sponsor him? He is doing this for us. He is totally alone, no support vehicle, he has to start and finish with the same bike or the record does not count. So he has to sleep and protect his bike and many currencies from theft. He needs 6,000 calories per day to power him round the world. James has spent the last 2 years doing (unpaid) voluntary work for the Parkinson's research team at Kings College. His granddad had PD.
Ron