{"id":10,"date":"2025-01-23T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/bre\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:21:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/parkinsons-uk\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/parkinsons-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/453\/2026\/02\/parkinsons-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"parkinsons-banner-2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  About Us\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<p>It all started with Mali Jenkins. Mali\u2019s sister, Sarah, had Parkinson\u2019s. When Mali looked for information about the condition, she didn\u2019t find anything helpful. But she didn\u2019t give up. Mali reached out to others living with Parkinson\u2019s to share experiences. It was the beginning of our journey!<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 years later, we haven\u2019t stopped. Today, we\u2019re a united movement of people living and caring for people with Parkinson\u2019s across the UK. Together we share one mission: to make life with Parkinson\u2019s better, today.<\/p>\n<p>We will find a cure! We\u2019re the leading European funder of Parkinson\u2019s research and have invested over \u00a3130m in vital research that has delivered groundbreaking discoveries, new medications and better care. 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