About Borje Salming ALS Foundation
Borje Salming ALS Foundation aims to promote medical scientific research to increase understanding and improve the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS. The foundation will also create initiatives to provide support to those affected and their relatives.
The foundation provides financial support to researchers for basic science and patient-oriented research projects that are focused on studying the causes of ALS, development of new methods in the medical treatment of the disease, and projects for innovative solutions that facilitate the care of ALS patients.
Allocation of research funds
In 2023, the Börje Salming ALS Foundation awarded five prominent Swedish ALS researchers SEK 6.3 million.
Support for victims and relatives
The foundation's initiative Give back started in October 2024 and is a digital and physical meeting point where relatives and victims meet to talk about current problems and share solutions.
During the first meeting in October 2024, Anneli Ozanne, who is a researcher at the foundation, presented how children and young people are affected when a loved one has ALS.
Anneli Ozanne also talked about how the ALS team at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg works.
A new opportunity for Give back is planned for March 2025.
Purpose of the Foundation
The Foundation shall fulfill its purpose by providing financial support to prominent ALS researchers and supporting ALS sufferers and relatives of sufferers
Research
The Borje Salming Foundation aims to promote medical scientific research to increase understanding and improve the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Support for relatives
The Foundation will contribute to the dissemination of knowledge about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The Foundation will also create initiatives to facilitate and provide support to people with ALS and to their relatives.
Raising awareness of ALS - a crucial task
Along with research, the power to change lives currently lies within awareness and understanding
The Board
The board consists of people with different backgrounds and experiences who strive to fulfill the foundation's purpose and goals, i.e. to raise funds for ALS research and to support sufferers and relatives.
Statutes
For those who want to read the foundation's statutes.
Thank you for your support
We are overwhelmed by the love and generosity that the Borje Salming ALS Foundation has received since its inception in the fall of 2022.
When we started the foundation, it was the clear will and desire of Borje and the Salming family to support ALS research and relatives of those affected, and that work has only just begun. Let's solve the ALS puzzle together. No more will should affected.
Thank you for your support!
Richard Josefson
