Did you catch our incredible Big Freeze 12 Beanie hot air balloon on Sunrise this morning!?
The Big Freeze is back! To celebrate this year’s launch, we’ve pulled out all the stops and unveiled our biggest Beanie ever at Marvel Stadium. It’s a sign of hope, a sign of pride. It’s a signal to the world that we choose FIGHT and we won’t stop until we create a world free from MND.
Beanies will be on sale from Wednesday 6 May. In the meantime if you want to support us, donate today.
The Big Freeze is FightMND’s largest fundraising campaign, raising awareness and vital funds for MND research and projects supporting those living with MND
On Monday 8 June 2026, the MCG will be flooded with blue Beanies as brave celebrities take the plunge into Australia’s coldest ice bath ahead of the Collingwood vs Melbourne King’s Birthday clash. And we’re not stopping there! We’re freezing the nation with State Freeze events!
A football game is all about competition between two opposing sides. When it comes to the fight against the Beast, the Big Freeze shows that we’re all on the same team, united in our goal of a world without MND.
Want to get involved? Register your interest to become a Big Freeze volunteer!
MND is fought everywhere. It’s fought in clubs and classrooms. Offices and backyards. Wherever people – wherever you – choose to show up. So bring the fight against MND and magic of the Big Freeze to your community with DIY Big Freeze.
Host a fundraiser, sell merchandise or hold a community round and help raise funds for vital MND research and programs helping those living with MND in your community.
FightMND was established in 2014 by Neale Daniher AO, Pat Cunningham and the late Dr Ian Davis. We are a founder led organisation with a vision of a world free from motor neurone disease (MND). FightMND works to raise awareness and fund vital research to improve the quality of life and find treatments and, one day, a cure for those living with MND.
Since 2014, FightMND has invested more than $117 million into MND research and care projects supporting Australian’s living with MND. This includes 15 clinical trials for Australian patients and 34 drug development projects.
