Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I have joined Marge Bradshaw's team of 40 runners taking part in the World's biggest half marathon - the Great North Run - this September.

I am motivated to do this because I lost my lovely Grandparents (pictured above) to Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia 2 years ago.

They were the most inspirational loving couple who were never apart - so much so that they actually passed away within 6 months of each other.  This horrible illness stripped them of what made "them" them...  and this was so hard for all our immediate family to witness and cope with. 

What your donation will go towards

Alzheimer’s Research UK receive no government funding for their research and are completely dependent on supporters to fund their research programme:

• £20 raised pays for 1 hour of pioneering dementia research
• £100 raised could provide the tools for scientists to map 10,000 genes in minute detail, identifying targets for the development of new treatments
• £500 raised will cover the cost of a sensitive brain scan for a patient involved in a research study, tracking the effectiveness of new drug treatments, improving diagnosis and better understanding how diseases like Alzheimer’s wreak their havoc in the brain
• £1000 raised will pay for reagents, unique chemicals that are crucial for successfully growing cells in a laboratory ready for disease study
• £2500 raised will allow researchers to buy synthetically made amyloid, to better understand this hallmark Alzheimer’s protein in the lab.

Thank you for any contribution you make.

Mel

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