Alzheimer's Research UK
LSU Rag Dash to Dubrovnik 2021
Alzheimer's Research UK and Loughborough University Students' Union Rag are partnering on the epic Dash to Dubrovnik, a 2000-mile drive across 12 (or more!) countries.
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*UPDATE: May 2021* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dash to Dubrovnik has been postponed to June/July 2022. All participant places and amazing fundraising will be automatically carried over, so please do continue fundraising and donating using these existing Dash fundraising pages. Thank you!
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In June 2021, teams from Loughborough University will take a £500 car of their choice on an epic 2000-mile journey across 12 countries.
Along the way, expect to see the sights of Brussels, Lake Garda, the Alps, Slovenia and Dubrovnik to name but a few. You'll also have the chance to drive the famous Stelvio Pass and to push your car to its limits around the Nürburgring race track in Germany.
Participants on the Dash to Dubrovnik will need to raise a minimum of £600 for Alzheimer's Research UK.
Since Alzheimer's disease was first diagnosed in 1901, Loughborough University was established, astronauts have travelled to the moon, research has helped double cancer survival rates, and a diagnosis of HIV is no longer a death sentence. Yet, we still don't have any treatments to slow or stop the diseases that cause dementia.
At Alzheimer's Research UK, we want to see a world free from the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia and research is the answer.
We are the UK's leading dementia research charity, and we are powering world-class research studies to beat dementia sooner. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we're challenging the way people think about dementia, uniting the big thinkers in the field, and funding the innovative science that will deliver a cure. We're working across four key areas of action:
Understand the diseases that cause dementia .
Diagnose people earlier and more accurately .
Reduce risk, backed by the latest evidence .
Treat dementia effectively .
Through these important strands of work, we're bringing about breakthroughs that will change lives. One in three babies born today will die with dementia but with the support of Loughborough Rag, we can be the last generation to fear dementia.