Why the care sector must act now to defeat dementia
Seventy per cent of all people living in care homes today will have dementia. With the number of people living with this devastating condition expected to rise, it’s no wonder there are fears for how...
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Climbing the Volcan San Pedro for dementia research
Alzheimer’s Research UK’s first ever overseas trek to Guatemala has come to an end after a gruelling but rewarding seven days. Our team spent our trip scaling five active volcanoes. To say it was tough...
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I won’t let depression stop me Running Down Dementia
Andy Morris is taking on the Running Down Dementia challenge for the third year, having already run more than 750km and raised more than £5,000 over the past two years. Here, during Mental Health...
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40 years running a post office – Alzheimer’s robbed my mum of the retirement...
My mum and dad married in 1965. My mum worked in the NHS at the time. She was respected and liked by all staff in the Robinson Memorial Hospital. By all accounts she was on track to a senior...
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Walking the Welsh coastline for dementia research
As Master of the Worshipful Company of Paviors, I’m used to lots of questions about the organisation and my role within it. As you might guess from our name, we have a long history, having been founded...
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Walnuts And Wheelnuts: raising funds doing what we do best!
There is only one thing on my mind this morning – the open road. To be fair when I say just one thing I’m actually thinking of a couple of other related things – guitars, sausages, bagpipes,...
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If at first you don’t succeed: My Jurassic Coast Experience
In 2016, Diane Hill was inspired to take on a 100km trek for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the chosen charity of her employer, AXA Insurance – but the challenge didn’t go as planned. Instead it sparked a...
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