Hi Everyone,

Why I am part of team fortybyforty?

Having recently lost my wonderful Godfather, Uncle Ern, I would like to complete this challenge in his memory. Ern was such a kind, gentle and loving man. It has been devastating for our family to see the decline in both him and his beautiful wife, my Aunty Sylv. Sadly, he recently lost his battle with dementia, we will miss him greatly. I promise to do him proud by completing this adventurous challenge. 

What is fortybyforty and the challenge ahead?

This brave group of people was put together by my best friend Marge Ainsley. We will be running the Great North Run in September 2019. The aim is to raise an amazing £40,000 as a team for Alzheimer's Research UK, which will mark the very special occasion of my best friend's 40th Birthday! Anything you can donate to my page will contribute to our overall target, which you can see on our team page. I would like to raise £1,000 in memory of Uncle Ern. 

Alzheimer's is a horrendous disease which strips away everything that makes 'you', you. I have seen the impact it has on not just the person suffering the disease, but also family and friends surrounding that person. We need to do more to stop this terrible disease. 

The reality of research into dementia

At £24 billion each year, dementia costs the UK economy more than cancer and heart disease combined, but over two thirds of the care for dementia patients is paid for by themselves or their family.

Dementia research currently gets 13 times less funding than cancer so it needs all the support it can get.

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.

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

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