DOZENS of people are set to embark on a four-mile seafront walk to raise funds for charity.

People from across the city are encouraged to walk to support those living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) next weekend.

Patients, carers and volunteers will take part in the walk from The Big Beach Cafe, Hove Lagoon along the seafront to the i360 and back to raise funds for the MND Association.

People in wheelchairs will also take part, with those attending wearing blue and orange MND Association T-shirts to raise awareness.

Motor Neurone Disease is a progressive, incurable condition which, in no set order, takes away the ability to use your arms, hands, legs, eat, talk and ultimately to breathe.

It is mainly rapidly progressive with 33 per cent of those diagnosed passing away within a year.

There is a 1 in 300 lifetime risk of getting MND, meaning it will affect over 200,000 of the current UK population.

The average age of onset is in the mid-50s, but many younger people, including those in their late teens or early 20s, also live with MND.

Writing on the Just Giving page for the event, a Motor Neurone Disease Association said: "*On Sunday, August 29, patients, carers and our amazing volunteers will be taking the 4 mile walk from The Big Beach Café, Hove Lagoon along the seafront to the i360/West Pier and back to Hove again.

"As well as able-bodied adults, there will be wheelchairs, pushchairs, children and, of course, dogs!

"We will be resplendent in our blue and orange MND Association T-shirts and other regalia, raising awareness at the same time as much-needed funds through a bucket collection and online donations.

"All money given to us via this Just Giving page will be split equally between the West Sussex North Branch, West Sussex South Branch and the East Sussex Branch of The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) to help the people in the Sussex area."

You can donate to the Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mndsussexwalk