Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I've signed up to run the Great North Run half marathon in 2019 as part of a team of 40 people aiming to raise £40,000 as a team for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Anything you donate to my page will contribute to our overall target which you can see on our team page.

The team (https://fortybyforty2019.com/) is led by Marge Ainsley whose step-dad has mixed dementia (Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s).

I haven’t asked for sponsorship for any running event I’ve done before, but Marge’s cause is one close to my heart. My uncle suffered from Vascular Dementia at a tragically young age. Both my grandmothers had Alzheimer’s in older age. Most of us know someone living with dementia – today there’s over 850,000 people diagnosed in the UK, but this is predicted to reach 2 million by 2051.

But Dementia does not have to be an inevitable part of growing older. Dementia is caused by complex brain diseases and ARUK support the most pioneering science to discover what causes nerve cells to die and why, in many different types of dementia. Thank you for any contribution you make.

If you would like to find out more about Dementia, the causes, effects and research, visit their website http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org.

Lyndsey

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